1999 Salvadoran presidential election

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1999 Salvadoran presidential election
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  1994 7 March 1999 2004  
Registered3,171,224
Turnout38.57% (Decrease2.svg13.70pp)
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Nominee Francisco Flores Facundo Guardado
Party ARENA FMLN
Running mate Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt María Marta Valladares
Popular vote614,268343,472
Percentage51.96%29.05%

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Results by department

President before election

Armando Calderón Sol
ARENA

Elected President

Francisco Flores Pérez
ARENA

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 7 March 1999. The result was a victory for Francisco Flores of the Nationalist Republican Alliance, who won in the first round with 51.96% of the vote. [1]

Results

CandidateRunning matePartyVotes%
Francisco Flores Pérez Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt Nationalist Republican Alliance 614,26851.96
Facundo GuardadoMaría Marta Valladares FMLN–USC343,47229.05
Rubén Zamora Roberto Meza United Democratic Centre 88,6407.50
Rodolfo Parker Donald Ricardo Calderón Lam Christian Democratic Party 67,2075.68
Hernán ContrerasJulio Eduardo Moreno Niños National Conciliation Party 45,1403.82
Salvador Nestor GarcíaMauricio MeyerDemocratic Republican League19,2691.63
Francisco Ayala de PazHumberto Merlos HernándezParty of the United People and the New Deal4,2520.36
Total1,182,248100.00
Valid votes1,182,24896.65
Invalid/blank votes40,9673.35
Total votes1,223,215100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,171,22438.57
Source: TSE

References

  1. "Memoria Especial de Labores Elección 1999" (PDF). Tribunal Supremo Electoral. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.