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 | 47.96% | 3.683.158 | 51.31% |
| Joaquín Lavín | Alliance for Chile (UDI) | 3.352.199 | 47.51% | 3.495.569 | 48.69% |
| Gladys Marín | The Left (PCCh) | 225.224 | 3.19% | — | — |
| Tomás Hirsch | Humanist Green Alliance (PH) | 36.235 | 0.51% | — | — |
| Sara Larraín | Independent | 31.319 | 0.44% | — | — |
| Arturo Frei Bolívar | Independent | 26.812 | 0.38% | — | — |