1999–2000 Chilean presidential election

Chilean presidential election, 1999–2000

12 December 1999 (first round) 16 January 2000 (second round)

Candidate Ricardo Lagos Joaquín Lavín Party For Democracy UDI Alliance Concert of Parties for Democracy Alliance for Chile Popular vote 3,683,158 3,495,569 Percentage 51.31% 48.69%

President before election Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle PDC Elected President Ricardo Lagos For Democracy

Presidential elections were held in Chile on 12 December 1999, with a second round run-off on 16 January 2000. 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.

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)

First round Lagos   47.96% Lavín   47.52% Marín   3.19% Hirsch   0.51% Larraín   0.44% Frei Bolívar   0.38%

Second round Lagos   51.31% Lavín   48.69%