1998 Colombian Presidential Election
31 May 1998 · Two rounds · two-round vote
Andrés Pastrana Arango won in the runoff with 50.34% against Horacio Serpa on 46.58%. Turnout 51.5%.
President before
Ernesto Samper
Liberal
Elected President
Andrés Pastrana Arango
Conservative
Winning share
50.3%
second round
Turnout
51.5%
The result
Horacio Serpa
Colombian Liberal Party · 3.696.334 votes
46.58%
second round
Andrés Pastrana Arango
Great Alliance for Change · 3.653.048 votes
50.34%
second round
Noemí Sanín
Yes Colombia · 2.845.750 votes
26.77%
first round
Harold Bedoya Pizarro
Force Colombia · 193.037 votes
1.82%
first round
Beatriz Cuellar
Christian Union Movement · 30.832 votes
0.29%
first round
Germán Rojas Niño
19th of April Movement · 16.072 votes
0.15%
first round
Jorge Hernán Betancur
Metapolitical Unitary Movement · 13.892 votes
0.13%
first round
Jesús Antonio Lozano
National Movement of Black Communities · 11.834 votes
0.11%
first round
Jorge Pulecio
People's Participation Movement · 11.500 votes
0.11%
first round
Guillermo Alemán
Ecological Orientation Movement · 9.885 votes
0.09%
first round
Efraín Díaz Valderrama
Citizens in Training Movement · 9.255 votes
0.09%
first round
Guillermo Nanneti
Progressive National Movement–Coalition for Peace · 8.862 votes
0.08%
first round