Elections in Colombia

Elections in Colombia are regulated and controlled by the National Electoral Council which also gives 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 two-party system, in which it could be difficult for third parties to find success. Politicians from the two main parties tended to win elections when not confronted by strong challengers from their own party (in which cases their traditional opponents tend to win).

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
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

2018 Presidential election

Candidate		Party/alliance	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party/alliance	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Iván Duque Márquez	Grand Alliance for Colombia	7,569,693	39.14	10,373,080	53.98
	Gustavo Petro	List of Decency	4,851,254	25.09	8,034,189	41.81
	Sergio Fajardo	Colombia Coalition	4,589,696	23.73
	Germán Vargas Lleras	Mejor Vargas Lleras	1,407,840	7.28
	Humberto De la Calle	PLC–ASI	399,180	2.06
	Jorge Antonio Trujillo	We Are All Colombia	75,614	0.39
	Promotores Voto En Blanco	Party of Ethnic Reclamation "PRE"	60,312	0.31
	Viviane Morales Hoyos	Somos Región Colombia	41,458	0.21
Blank votes			341,087	1.76	808,104	4.21
Invalid votes			300,080	–	295,499	–
Total			19,336,134	100	19,510,684	100
Registered voters/turnout			36,227,267	53.37	36,783,940	53.04
Source: El Tiempo Government

2018 Parliamentary election

House of Representatives

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Colombian Liberal Party	2,471,596		35
Democratic Center	2,388,405		32
Radical Change	2,140,630		30
Social Party of National Unity	1,840,481		25
Colombian Conservative Party	1,819,867		21
Green Alliance	884,146		9
Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation	585,638		1
Alternative Democratic Pole	444,912		2
Citizen Option	310,724		2
List of Decency Coalition (ASI–UP–MAIS)	262,282		2
Partido Somos	160,618		0
Colombia Coalition	121,338		0
Colombia Justa Libres	114,174		1
Indigenous Social Alliance Movement	112,340		0
Alternative Santandereana Coalition	71,953		1
Alternative Indigenous and Social Movement	44,034		1
Colombia Justa Libres	58,654		0
List of Decency Coalition (ASI–UP–MAIS)	49,426		0
Patriotic Union	42,910		0
Citizen Force for Decency	35,140		0
Common Alternative Revolutionary Force (FARC)	32,636		0
AV–PDA	21,849		0
Coalition for the North	17,935		0
Todos Somos Colombia	16,447		0
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia	11,244		0
Arauca for All	5,028		0
Movement for Regional Integration	3,033		0
Afro-Colombian Seats
C.C. Ancenstral de Comunidades Negras Playa Renaciente	32,439		1
Consejo Comunitario La Mamuncia	23,627		1
C.C. de la Comunidad Negra de la Plata Bahía Málaga	17,006		0
Consejo Comunitario del Rio Yurumangui	13,355		0
Consejo Comunitario Mayor de Certegui	11,743		0
C.C. De Comun. Negras Palenque Vda. Las Trescientas y Mun. Galapa	11,655		0
Fundación Laborar por Colombia Fundalabor	8,035		0
Fundación Esperanza Afro-Esafro	7,933		0
Consejo Comunitario de Alejandro Duran Diaz	7,828		0
Todos Somos Colombia	7,287		0
Corporación Poder Ciudadano	6,597		0
Consejo Comunitario Renacer Negro	6,346		0
Si Se Puede	5,904		0
Consejo Comunitario Bocas del Atrato y Leoncito	3,919		0
Consejo Comunitario Ma Kankamana de San Basilio de Palenque	3,795		0
C.C. de la Comunidad Negra de la Calle Larga Rio Dagua	3,527		0
C.C. de los Corregimientos de San Antonio y El Castillo	3,292		0
Consejo Comunitario Los Andes	3,220		0
Consejo Comunitario Veredas Unidas Un Bien Común	3,194		0
ACN-EAT	2,991		0
C.C. De La Comun. Negra De Tierra Baja Mi Territorio Ancestral	2,980		0
Consejo Comunitario Imbilpi del Carmen	2,451		0
Consejo Comunitario de la Comunidad Negra de Limones	2,403		0
AFROSANPEDRO	2,329		0
FUNAFROPECOR	2,193		0
Consejo Comunitario Tablon Salado	2,134		0
AFROCODES	1,988		0
Asociación Colombia Negra Huellas de Africania en Paz	1,915		0
Kusuto Magende Cokumalu de Luruaco	1,905		0
Consejo Comunitario de las Baras	1,873		0
Fundación Amor y Paz	1,691		0
Consejo Comunitario de Comunidades Negras Obatala	1,634		0
CENAFROZ	1,628		0
Cuenca del Rio Iscuande	1,557		0
Consejo Comunitario de Comunidades Negras Santo Domingo	1,554		0
Org. Social de Comunidades Negras "Nelson Mandela"	1,533		0
FUNETCOL	1,509		0
C.C. General del Río Baudó y Sus Afluentes "Acaba"	1,340		0
Los Palenkes	1,314		0
FUNDEVIA	1,075		0
Fundación Renacer Para Todos	1,010		0
Asoc. de Afr. Sin Animo de Lucro de S. Cristóbal Sur Asafroscol 4	1,006		0
Indigenous Seats
Alternative Indigenous and Social Movement	99,645		1
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia	45,969		0
UAIZSACOR	4,437		0
ANICOL	4,308		0
Taita Zipa Foundation	2,442		0
Casiyouren Traditional Authority	1,909		0

Invalid/blank votes	3,433,453	–	–
Total	17,882,318	100	166
Registered voters/turnout	36,493,318		–
Source: RNEC (99.03% of polling stations reporting)

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats
National Seats
Democratic Center	2,513,320	17.36	19
Radical Change	2,155,487	14.89	16
Colombian Conservative Party	1,927,320	13.32	15
Colombian Liberal Party	1,901,933	13.14	14
Social Party of National Unity	1,853,054	12.80	14
Green Alliance	1,317,429	9.10	10
Alternative Democratic Pole	736,367	5.09	5
List of Decency Coalition (ASI–UP–MAIS)	523,286	3.62	4
Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation	501,489	3.46	3
Colombia Justa Libres	431,418	2.98	0
Citizen Option	354,042	2.45	0
Partido Somos	94,349	0.65	0
Todos Somos Colombia	63,443	0.44	0
Common Alternative Revolutionary Force (FARC)	52,532	0.36	0
Union for Fortaleza	34,121	0.24	0
Si Se Puede	14,860	0.10	0
Indigenous Seats
Alternative Indigenous and Social Movement	72,591	45.68	1
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia	34,957	22.00	1
Indigenous Social Alliance Movement	23,742	14.94	0
Political Sovereignty Movement	15,692	9.87	0
Casiyouren Traditional Authority	5,370	3.38	0
Ethnic Renovation of Colombia	4,382	2.76	0
Indigenous Environmental Movement	2,181	1.37	0

Invalid/blank votes	3,184,820	–	–
Total	17,818,185	100	102
Registered voters/turnout	36,493,318	48.82	–
Source: Colombia.com (98.97% of polling stations reporting)

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.

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[1] "Investigan a 17 alcaldes por mal uso de recursos para invierno". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 7 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.

[2] "Colombia President's Aide Linked to Drug Money". New York Times. 27 July 1995.

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