1999–2000 Chilean presidential election

1999–2000 Chilean presidential election
Turnout	89.95% (first round); 90.63% (second round)
President before election; Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle; PDC	Elected President ; Ricardo Lagos; PPD

Presidential elections were held in Chile on 12 December 1999, with a runoff on 16 January 2000.^[1] The result was a victory for Ricardo Lagos of the Concertación alliance, who received 51% of the vote in the runoff.^[2]

Results[]


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	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
Total			7,055,128	100.00	7,178,727	100.00

Valid votes			7,055,128	97.02	7,178,727	97.98
Invalid/blank votes			216,456	2.98	148,026	2.02
Total votes			7,271,584	100.00	7,326,753	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			8,084,476	89.95	8,084,476	90.63
Source: SERVEL (first round), SERVEL (runoff)

References[]

^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ Nohlen, p289

[N1-1] Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

[2] Nohlen, p289

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