1999 Salvadoran presidential election

1999 Salvadoran presidential election

7 March 1999
Registered3,171,224
Turnout38.57% (13.70pp)
 
Nominee Francisco Flores Facundo Guardado
Party ARENA FMLN
Running mate Carlos Quintanilla Schmidt María Marta Valladares
Popular vote 614,268 343,472
Percentage 51.96% 29.05%

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.