Country: | Colombia |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1994 Colombian presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1994 |
Next Election: | 2002 Colombian presidential election |
Next Year: | 2002 |
Election Date: | 31 May 1998 (first round) 21 June 1998 (second round) |
Turnout: | 51.55% (first round) 58.76% (second round) |
Image1: | Andres Pastrana Arango (2001).jpg |
Nominee1: | Andrés Pastrana Arango |
Party1: | Colombian Conservative Party |
Home State1: | Bogotá |
Running Mate1: | Gustavo Bell |
Popular Vote1: | 6,114,752 |
Percentage1: | 50.34% |
Nominee2: | Horacio Serpa |
Party2: | Colombian Liberal Party |
Home State2: | Santander |
Running Mate2: | María Emma Mejía Vélez |
Popular Vote2: | 5,658,518 |
Percentage2: | 46.58% |
Map Size: | 250px |
President | |
Before Election: | Ernesto Samper |
Before Party: | Colombian Liberal Party |
After Election: | Andrés Pastrana Arango |
After Party: | Colombian Conservative Party |
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 50.3% of the vote in the run-off.