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1999 Argentine Presidential Election

24 October 1999 · The restored democracy

The Convertibility Plan, which had helped bring about stable prices and economic recovery and modernization, had endured the 1995 Mexican peso crisis, the 1997 Asian financial crisis, and other global shocks; but not without strain.

President before

Carlos Menem

Justicialist Party

Elected President

Fernando de la Rúa

Radical Civic Union

Winning share

48.4%

Turnout

82.3%

The result

Fernando de la RúaUCR9.167.22048.37%
Eduardo DuhaldePJ7.255.58638.28%
Domingo CavalloAxR1.937.54410.22%