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The German presidential election, 1999 saw the former social democrat Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia defeat christian democrat Dagmar Schipanski and the socialist and academic Uta Ranke-Heinemann.
| Candidate | Nominating Party/ies | Round One | Round Two | |||
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| Votes | Percentage | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Johannes Rau | SPD, Greens | 657 | 49.1 | 690 | 51.6 | |
| Dagmar Schipanski | CDU, CSU, FDP | 588 | 43.9 | 572 | 42.8 | |
| Uta Ranke-Heinemann | PDS | 69 | 5.2 | 62 | 4.6 | |
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