Chilean presidential election, 1999–2000
Chilean presidential election, 1999–2000
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12 December 1999 16 January 2000 |
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Candidate |
Ricardo Lagos |
Joaquín Lavín |
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Party |
PPD |
UDI |
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Alliance |
Concert of Parties for Democracy |
Alliance for Chile |
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Popular vote |
3,683,158 |
3,495,569 |
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Percentage |
51.31% |
48.69% |
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Presidential elections were held in Chile on 12 December 1999, with a second round run-off on 16 January 2000.[1] The result was a victory for Ricardo Lagos of the Concert of Parties for Democracy alliance, who received 51% of the vote in the second round.[2]
Results
Candidate |
Party/coalition |
First round |
Second round |
Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
Ricardo Lagos | PPD/CPD | 3,383,334 | 47.96 | 3,683,158 | 51.31 |
Joaquín Lavín | UDI/APC | 3,352,192 | 47.52 | 3,495,569 | 48.69 |
Gladys Marín | Communist Party | 225,224 | 3.19 | |
Tomás Hirsch | Humanist Party | 36,235 | 0.51 |
Sara Larraín | Independent | 31,319 | 0.44 |
Arturo Frei Bolívar | UCC | 26,812 | 0.38 |
Valid votes | 7,055,116 | 100.00 | 7,178,727 | 100.00 |
Null votes | 159,465 | 2.19 | 103,351 | 1.41 |
Blank votes | 56,991 | 0.78 | 44,675 | 0.61 |
Total votes | 7,271,572 | 100.00 | 7,326,753 | 100.00 |
Registered voters/turnout | 8,084,476 | 89.94 | 8,084,476 | 90.62 |
Source: Tricel via LeyChile (first round); Tricel via Servel (runoff) |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ↑ Nohlen, p289