1998 Colombian presidential election

1998 Colombian presidential election

← 1994 31 May 1998 (first round) 21 June 1998 (second round) 2002 →
Turnout	51.55% (first round) 58.76% (second round)
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 50.34% 46.58%
Winner by department, Second Round
President before election Ernesto Samper Liberal Elected President Andrés Pastrana Arango Conservative

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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.