Chilean presidential election, 1999–2000

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Chilean presidential election, 1999–2000
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  1993 12 December 1999
16 January 2000
2005–2006  

  Ricardo Lagos (2003).jpeg Joaquin Lavin.jpg
Candidate Ricardo Lagos Joaquín Lavín
Party For Democracy UDI
Alliance Concertación Alliance for Chile
Popular vote3,683,158 3,495,569
Percentage51.31% 48.69%

President before election

Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Christian Democratic

Elected President

Ricardo Lagos
For Democracy

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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]

Chile republic in South America

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. Chile also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica, although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty.

Two-round system voting system used to elect a single winner where a second round of voting is used if no candidate wins an absolute majority in the first round

The two-round system is a voting method used to elect a single winner, where the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate. However, if no candidate receives the required number of votes, then those candidates having less than a certain proportion of the votes, or all but the two candidates receiving the most votes, are eliminated, and a second round of voting is held.

Ricardo Lagos politician from Chile

Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar is a Chilean lawyer, economist and social democrat politician who served as President of Chile from 2000 to 2006. He won the 1999-2000 presidential election by a narrow margin in a runoff over Independent Democrat Union (UDI) candidate Joaquín Lavín. Lagos was the third president from the center-left Coalition of Parties for Democracy to have ruled Chile since 1990. He was succeeded on March 11, 2006 by Socialist Michelle Bachelet, from the same coalition. Since May 2007 he has served as a Special Envoy on Climate Change for the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

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 3,352,19247.52 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)

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References

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