Elections in Colombia
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Elections in Colombia are regulated and controlled by the National Electoral Council which provides information on elections and election results in for the politics of Colombia.
Colombia elects on national level a head of state — the president — and a legislature. The president is elected for a four-year term by the people. The Congress' (Congreso) has two chambers. The House of Representatives (Cámara de Representantes) has 162 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation. The Senate of the Republic (Senado de la República) has 102 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation.
Colombia used to have a
Since the implementation of the 1991 constitution however, there has been a proliferation of 3rd parties which have won most recent elections.
Electoral fraud, bribery, and other scandals that occur at both municipal[1] and national[2] levels are part of Colombia's corruption problem.
Schedule
Election
Position | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Presidential (May) Congress (March) |
Local (October) | None | None | Presidential (May) Congress (March) |
President and vice president |
President and vice president | None | President and vice president | ||
Congress | All seats | None | All seats | ||
Local | None | All positions | None |
Inauguration
Position | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Type | Presidential Congress |
None | Local | None | Presidential Congress |
President and vice president |
7 August | None | August 7 | ||
Congress | 20 July | None | July 20 | ||
Local | None | January 1 | None |
Latest elections
2022 Presidential election
2018 Presidential election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic Center | Iván Duque | 4,044,509 | 67.76% | ||
Independent | Marta Lucía Ramírez | 1,538,882 | 25.78% | ||
La Patria de Pie | Alejandro Ordóñez | 385,110 | 6.45% | ||
Source: Semana |
Duque won the nomination, and following his victory, he selected the runner-up, Ramírez, to be the alliance's vice presidential nominee.[3]
2018 Parliamentary election
House of Representatives
Regional Integration Movement | 3,123 | 0.02 | 0 | |
Vice-presidential runner-up | 1 | |||
Vacant[a] | 1 | |||
Blank votes | 815,502 | 5.51 | – | |
Total | 14,801,298 | 100.00 | 169 | |
Valid votes | 14,801,298 | 86.95 | ||
Invalid votes | 2,222,411 | 13.05 | ||
Total votes | 17,023,709 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 36,025,318 | 47.25 | ||
Afro-Colombian seats | ||||
C.C. Ancestral De Comunidades Negras Playa Renaciente | 32,243 | 8.12 | 1 | |
Consejo Comunitario La Mamuncia | 25,428 | 6.40 | 1 | |
C.C. De La Comunidad Negra De La Plata Bahía Málaga | 17,477 | 4.40 | 0 | |
Consejo Comunitario Del Rio Yurumangui | 14,048 | 3.54 | 0 | |
C.C. De Comun. Negras Palenque Vda. Las Trescientas Y Mun. Galapa | 13,122 | 3.30 | 0 | |
Consejo Comunitario Mayor De Certegui | 11,340 | 2.86 | 0 | |
Consejo Comunitario De Alejandro Duran Diaz | 8,604 | 2.17 | 0 | |
Todos Somos Colombia | 7,578 | 1.91 | 0 | |
Corporación Poder Ciudadano | 7,048 | 1.78 | 0 | |
Consejo Comunitario Renacer Negro | 6,414 | 1.62 | 0 | |
Consejo Comunitario Bocas Del Atrato Y Leoncito | 4,219 | 1.06 | 0 | |
Consejo Comunitario Ma Kankamana De San Basilio De Palenque | 4,179 | 1.05 | 0 | |
C.C. De La Comunidad Negra De La Calle Larga Rio Dagua | 3,539 | 0.89 | 0 | |
C.C. De Los Corregimientos De San Antonio Y El Castillo | 3,437 | 0.87 | 0 | |
Consejo Comunitario Los Andes | 3,391 | 0.85 | 0 | |
C. C. De La Comun. Negra De Tierra Baja Mi Territorio Ancestral | 3,325 | 0.84 | 0 | |
Consejo Comunitario Veredas Unidas Un Bien Común | 3,201 | 0.81 | 0 | |
Consejo Comunitario Imbilpi Del Carmen | 2,711 | 0.68 | 0 | |
Consejo Comunitario De La Comunidad Negra De Limones | 2,618 | 0.66 | 0 | |
Consejo Comunitario Tablon Salado | 2,225 | 0.56 | 0 | |
Fund. Afrocolombiana Liberal De Desarrollo Social (Afrocodes) | 2,162 | 0.54 | 0 | |
Kusuto Magende Cokumalu De Luruaco | 2,136 | 0.54 | 0 | |
Consejo Comunitario De Las Baras | 1,989 | 0.50 | 0 | |
Consejo Comunitario De Comunidades Negras Obatala | 1,766 | 0.44 | 0 | |
Cuenca Del Rio Iscuande | 1,667 | 0.42 | 0 | |
Org. Social De Comunidades Negras "Nelson Mandela" | 1,619 | 0.41 | 0 | |
Consejo Comunitario De Comunidades Negras Santo Domingo | 1,505 | 0.38 | 0 | |
C.C. General Del Río Baudó Y Sus Afluentes "Acaba" | 1,428 | 0.36 | 0 | |
Blank votes | 206,635 | 52.04 | – | |
Total | 397,054 | 100.00 | 2 | |
Indigenous seat | ||||
Indigenous and Social Alternative Movement | 99,182 | 25.68 | 1 | |
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 45,358 | 11.75 | 0 | |
ANICOL | 4,409 | 1.14 | 0 | |
UAIZSACOR | 4,156 | 1.08 | 0 | |
Taita Zipa Foundation | 2,610 | 0.68 | 0 | |
Casiyouren Traditional Authority | 1,946 | 0.50 | 0 | |
Blank votes | 228,488 | 59.17 | – | |
Total | 386,149 | 100.00 | 1 | |
Source: MOE, MOE |
Senate
Independent Social Alliance Movement 23,372 | 4.62 | 0 | | ||||
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Political Sovereignty Movement | 15,927 | 3.15 | 0 | ||||
Casiyouren Traditional Authority | 4,961 | 0.98 | 0 | ||||
Ethnic Renovation of Colombia | 4,567 | 0.90 | 0 | ||||
Indigenous Environmental Movement | 2,254 | 0.45 | 0 | ||||
Blank votes | 342,080 | 67.63 | – | ||||
Total | 505,817 | 100.00 | 2 | ||||
Source: El Mundo, MOE |
See also
- Corruption in Colombia
- Electoral calendar
- Electoral system
- Government of Colombia
Notes
References
- ^ "Investigan a 17 alcaldes por mal uso de recursos para invierno". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 7 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "Colombia President's Aide Linked to Drug Money". New York Times. 27 July 1995.
- ^ "2018 Colombian elections: A test for peace?" (PDF). European Parliamentary Research Service. Retrieved 18 September 2022.