1999 German Presidential Election

23 May 1999 · The Berlin republic · two-round vote

Johannes Rau was elected on the second ballot with 690 electoral votes. An absolute majority is needed on the first two ballots; a plurality is enough on the third.

President before

Roman Herzog

CDU

Elected President

Johannes Rau

SPD

Winning share

51.6%

second round

Turnout

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The result


Johannes Rau	SPD, Greens	657	49.10%	690	51.60%
Dagmar Schipanski	CDU/CSU	588	43.90%	572	42.80%
Uta Ranke-Heinemann	Independent (endorsed by PDS)	69	5.20%	62	4.60%