Election in Colombia

Description of election in  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 Chamber of Representatives has 162 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation. 

The Senate of the Republic has 102 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation. Colombia has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, a situation which has usually meant that it would be difficult for anybody to achieve significant electoral success under the banner of any other party. 

Dissidents from the two main parties usually have chances to win elections, if they are not confronted by strong challengers from their own former party (in which cases their traditional opponents tend to win). Recent electoral inroads made by a number of independent candidates towards the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, such as the elections of Antanas Mockus and later Luis Eduardo Garzón as mayors of Bogotá, amid a climate of perceived generalized dissatisfaction with the country's traditional political background, have tended to shows signs that past electoral trends may be weakening and the potential for diversity could be increasing.

    

Population (as of July 1, 2013)=45,745,783

Registered Voters (as of )   

Elections in our database=15

   

Average Turnout=47.98%

Election For          Date                Votes               Registered     Turn

                                                                             Voters             Out

President               2015-06-15     -                       -         -

President               2014-05-25     -                       -         -

Senate                   2014-03-09     -                       -         -

House of    

Representatives     2014-03-09     -                      -         -

President               2010-06-20     13,337,658     29,983,279     44.48%

President               2010-05-30     14,781,020     29,983,279     49.3%

House of

Representatives    2010-03-14     13,061,735     29,853,299     43.75%

Senate                  2010-03-14      13,203,762     29,853,299     44.23%

President              2006-05-28      12,041,737     26,731,700     45.05%

House of

Representatives    2006-03-12      -                        -                   -

Senate                   2006-03-12      -                        -                   -

Referendum          2003-10-25      -                     24,208,311     -

President               2002-05-26     11,244,288     24,208,150     46.45%

President               1998-06-21     12,310,107     20,857,801     59.02%

President               1998-05-31     10,751,465     20,856,150     51.55%