1999 Chilean Presidential Election
12 December 1999 · The return to democracy · two-round vote
Ricardo Lagos won in the runoff with 51.31% against Joaquín Lavín on 48.69%. Turnout 90.0%.
President before
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
PDC
Elected President
Ricardo Lagos
PPD
Winning share
51.3%
second round
Turnout
90.0%
The result
Ricardo Lagos
Concertación (PPD) · 3.383.339 votes
51.31%
second round
Joaquín Lavín
Alliance for Chile (UDI) · 3.352.199 votes
48.69%
second round
Gladys Marín
The Left (PCCh) · 225.224 votes
3.19%
first round
Tomás Hirsch
Humanist Green Alliance (PH) · 36.235 votes
0.51%
first round
Sara Larraín
Independent · 31.319 votes
0.44%
first round
Arturo Frei Bolívar
Independent · 26.812 votes
0.38%
first round