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Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 5 May 1946, pitching the Colombian Conservative Party against two different Colombian Liberal Party candidates.[1] The Liberals received more votes combined, but due to their division the result was a victory for Mariano Ospina Pérez of the Conservative Party, who received 41.4% of the vote.[2] One of the Liberal candidates, Gabriel Turbay, was also supported by the Social Democratic Party.[2]
Two years after the election, the second Liberal Party candidate,
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala, was assassinated. This in turn sparked a ten-year civil war known as
La Violencia.
[2]Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala | Colombian Liberal Party dissident | 358,957 | 26.28 |
| Total | 1,366,095 | 100.00 |
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| Valid votes | 1,366,095 | 99.99 |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 177 | 0.01 |
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| Total votes | 1,366,272 | 100.00 |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 2,450,596 | 55.75 |
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| Source: Nohlen |
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