1998 Colombian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 31 May 1998, with a second round on 21 June.[1] Although Horacio Serpa of the Liberal Party received the most votes in the first round, the result was a victory for Andrés Pastrana Arango of the Great Alliance for Change, who received 51.9% of the vote in the run-off.[2]

1998 Colombian presidential election

31 May 1998 (first round)
21 June 1998 (second round)
Turnout51.6% (first round) 8.3%
59.0% (second round) 7.4%
 
Nominee Andrés Pastrana Arango Horacio Serpa
Party Conservative Liberal
Home state Bogotá Santander
Running mate Gustavo Bell María Emma Mejía Vélez
Popular vote 6,114,752 5,658,518
Percentage 51.9% 48.1%

Winner by department, Second Round

President before election

Ernesto Samper
Liberal

Elected President

Andrés Pastrana Arango
Conservative

Results

First round results by Department
  Won by Horacio Serpa
  Won by Andres Pastrana
  Won by Noemí Sanín
Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Horacio SerpaLiberal Party3,696,33434.45,658,51848.1
Andrés Pastrana ArangoGreat Alliance for Change3,653,04834.06,114,75251.9
Noemí SanínYes Colombia2,845,75026.4
Harold Bedoya PizarroForce Colombia193,0371.8
Beatríz Cuellar30,8320.3
Germán Rojas Niño16,0720.2
Jorge Hernán Betancur13,8920.1
Jesús Antonio Lozano11,8340.1
Jorge Pulido11,5000.1
Guillermo Alemán9,8850.1
Efraín Díaz Valderrama9,2250.1
Guillermo Nanneti8,8620.1
Francisco Cordoba Zartha5,8910.1
Invalid/blank votes245,273536,837
Total10,751,46510012,310,107100
Registered voters/turnout20,856,15051.620,857,80159.0
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p306 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p357


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