A presidential election was held in Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains 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...

 on December 12, 1999. None of the candidates achieved an absolute majority and a runoff election among the top two contenders was held on January 16, 2000. In the first round, a total of 7,271,572 Chileans cast their vote, of an electorate of 8,084,476 citizens.

First round

Ballot number	Candidate	Party/Coalition	Votes	%	Result
1	Arturo Frei Bolívar Arturo Frei Arturo Frei Bolívar is a Chilean political figure, a former senator and presidential candidate in the 2000 election.He was born in Santiago, son of Arturo Frei Montalva and of Marcela Bolívar Le Fort. His uncle was Eduardo Frei Montalva, who would become president of Chile in 1964...	UCC Progressive Union of the Centrist Center The Progressive Union of the Centrist Center was a small center-right political party in Chile....	26,812	0.38
2	Sara María Larraín Ruiz-Tagle Sara Larraín Sara María Larraín Ruiz-Tagle is a Chilean politician and environmentalist who ran for president in 1999 presidential election. She is of Basque descent.-Education and early career:Larraín attended the Universidad de Chile in 1972, studying anthropology...	Ind.	31,319	0.44
3	Gladys Marín Millie Gladys Marín Gladys del Carmen Marín Millie was a Chilean activist and political figure. She was Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Chile and then president of the PCCh until her death...	PCC Communist Party of Chile The Communist Party of Chile is a Chilean political party inspired by the thoughts of Karl Marx and Lenin. It was founded in 1922, as the continuation of the Socialist Workers Party, and in 1934 it established its youth wing, the Communist Youth of Chile .In the last legislative elections in Chile...	225,224	3.19
4	Tomás Hirsch Goldschmidt Tomás Hirsch Tomás René Hirsch Goldschmidt is a leftist Chilean politician and businessman. He was the Together We Can Do More pact candidate for the 2005 Chilean presidential election, winning 5.4% of the vote.- Biography :...	PH Humanist Party (Chile) The Humanist Party is a progressive left-wing political party in Chile, founded in 1984.In December 1990, Laura Rodríguez became the first elected representative of any Humanist Party in the world after winning a seat as part of the Concertación coalition, after Augusto Pinochet handed over...	36,235	0.51
5	Ricardo Lagos Escobar Ricardo Lagos Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar is a 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 candidate Joaquín Lavín...	PPD Party for Democracy The Party for Democracy is a political party in Chile; it is social democratic in its political orientation. It was founded in December 1987 by Ricardo Lagos, who aimed at forming a legal social democratic party . The party continued to function after the defeat of Pinochet... /CPD Coalition of Parties for Democracy The Concert of Parties for Democracy , more often known as the Concertación, is a coalition of center-left political parties in Chile, founded in 1988...	3,383,334	47.96	Runoff
6	Joaquín Lavín Infante Joaquín Lavín Joaquín José Lavín Infante is a Chilean politician and economist. He is a member of the Independent Democrat Union party and former mayor of Santiago and Las Condes municipalities of capital Santiago...	UDI Independent Democrat Union The Independent Democrat Union is a Chilean right-wing, conservative political party, founded in 1983. Its main inspirer was the lawyer, politician and law professor Jaime Guzmán, a former senator of the Republic of Chile from 1990 until his assassination on April 1, 1991.Its ideological origins... /APC Alliance for Chile The Alliance for Chile , also known simply as The Alliance , was a coalition of right-wing Chilean political parties.The Alliance was replaced in 2009 by the Coalition for Change....	3,352,192	47.51	Runoff
	Total valid votes		7,055,116	100
	Null votes		159,465	2.19
	Blank votes		56,991	0.78
	Total votes		7,271,572	100
	Total voters enrolled		8,084,476	| 89.94% turnout
	Voting age population		10,205,559	| 79.22% registered

Source: Tricel.

Runoff

Ballot number	Candidate	Party/Coalition	Votes	%	Result
1	Ricardo Lagos Escobar Ricardo Lagos Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar is a 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 candidate Joaquín Lavín...	PPD Party for Democracy The Party for Democracy is a political party in Chile; it is social democratic in its political orientation. It was founded in December 1987 by Ricardo Lagos, who aimed at forming a legal social democratic party . The party continued to function after the defeat of Pinochet... /CPD Coalition of Parties for Democracy The Concert of Parties for Democracy , more often known as the Concertación, is a coalition of center-left political parties in Chile, founded in 1988...	3,683,158	51.31	President
2	Joaquín Lavín Infante Joaquín Lavín Joaquín José Lavín Infante is a Chilean politician and economist. He is a member of the Independent Democrat Union party and former mayor of Santiago and Las Condes municipalities of capital Santiago...	UDI Independent Democrat Union The Independent Democrat Union is a Chilean right-wing, conservative political party, founded in 1983. Its main inspirer was the lawyer, politician and law professor Jaime Guzmán, a former senator of the Republic of Chile from 1990 until his assassination on April 1, 1991.Its ideological origins... /APC Alliance for Chile The Alliance for Chile , also known simply as The Alliance , was a coalition of right-wing Chilean political parties.The Alliance was replaced in 2009 by the Coalition for Change....	3,495,569	48.69
	Total valid votes		7,178,727	100
	Null votes		103,351	1.41
	Blank votes		44,675	0.61
	Total votes		7,326,753	100
	Total voters enrolled		8,084,476	| 90.62% turnout
	Voting age population		10,205,559	| 79.22% registered

Source: Tricel.