Colombian presidential election, 1994

Colombian presidential election, 1994
29 May 1994 (first round)
19 June 1994 (second round)
Turnout 34.0% (first round) Decrease 9.5%
43.3% (second round) Increase 9.3%

 
Nominee Ernesto Samper Andrés Pastrana Arango
Party Liberal Conservative
Home state Bogotá Bogotá
Running mate Humberto De la Calle Luis Fernando Ramírez
Popular vote 3,733,366 3,576,781
Percentage 51.1% 48.9%
Winner by department, Second Round
President before election

César Gaviria
Liberal

 Elected President

Ernesto Samper
Liberal

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Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 1994, with a second round on 19 June.[1] The result was a victory for Ernesto Samper of the Liberal Party, who received 51.1% of the vote in the run-off.[2]

Samper's election was tainted by accusations during the campaign and afterwards that his Liberal Party had sought funding from the Cali Cartel. This resulted in the Proceso 8000 investigation, which found several of Samper's close associates within the party guilty, although Samper himself was absolved of any wrongdoing.[3] However, the scandal badly damaged his presidency and his party, and resulted in a grand coalition of opposition politicians standing against and defeating the Liberal Party at the following election in 1998; Samper was Colombia's last Liberal president.

Results

First Round Results by Department
  Ernesto Samper Won
  Andres Pastrana won
Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Ernesto SamperLiberal Party2,623,21045.33,733,33651.1
Andrés Pastrana ArangoConservative Party2,604,77145.03,576,78148.9
Antonio Navarro WolffColombian Compromise219,2413.8
Regina Betancur de LiskaMetapolitical Unitary Movement64,1311.1
Miguel Alfredo Maza MarquezCivic People's Convergence55,1901.0
Alberto Mendoza MoralesNational Convergence–Patriotic Union34,4370.6
Enrique Parejo GonzalezADN29,2460.5
Guillermo AlemánEcological Orientation Movement22,9230.4
Gloria GaitánJorge Eliecer Gaitán Movement17,3970.3
José Antonio Cortes HuertasChristian Civic Commitment to the Community11,7040.2
Miguel Zamora AvilaLet's Protest9,0590.2
José GalatMoral Front9,0550.2
Doris de CastroIndependent Christian Movement6,0200.1
Luis Rodríguez OrjuelaProgressive National Movement5,7110.1
Oscar Rojas MassoWe are Free4,3680.1
José Guillermo Barnosa MillanOrganisation for National Peace3,7970.1
Mario Diazgranados LlinasChristian CGT3,3190.1
Efraín Toress PlazasBelieve – No to the War2,6370.0
Invalid/blank votes95,115–117,625–
Total5,821,3311007,427,742100
Registered voters/turnout17,146,59734.017,146,59743.3
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ↑ Nohlen, Dieter (2005). Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-19928-358-3.
  2. ↑ Nohlen (2005). p. 356.
  3. ↑ "El proceso 8.000, a 21 años del escándalo mayor". El Espectador. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2016.


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