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Presidential elections were held in the Republic of New Granada in 1856. [1] Following constitutional reforms in 1853, they were the first direct presidential elections in the country. The elections were free and fair. [2]
Following the elections, Congress convened on 4 February 1857 to verify the results. [1] The result was a victory for Mariano Ospina Rodríguez of the Conservative Party. [3]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mariano Ospina Rodríguez | Colombian Conservative Party | 96,651 | 46.26 | |
| Manuel Murillo Toro | Colombian Liberal Party | 79,411 | 38.01 | |
| Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera | National Party | 32,713 | 15.66 | |
| Mariano Ospina | 83 | 0.04 | ||
| Patrocinio Cuéllar | 6 | 0.00 | ||
| Manuel A. Murillo de Torres | 6 | 0.00 | ||
| Vicente Cárdena | 4 | 0.00 | ||
| Juan A. Arias | 3 | 0.00 | ||
| Casto Celedón | 3 | 0.00 | ||
| José María Obando | 3 | 0.00 | ||
| Ezequiel Rojas | 3 | 0.00 | ||
| Florentino González | 2 | 0.00 | ||
| Francisco F. Martínez | 2 | 0.00 | ||
| Pedro Alcántara Herrán | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Julio Arboleda Pombo | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Benedicto Arias | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Juan Demetrio Arizabaleta | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Justo Arosemena Quesada | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| J. Antonio de la Barrera | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Martín Barros | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Simón Belacázar | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Gabriel Bermúdez Santos | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Manuel José Bonilla | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Miguel Burbano | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Juan Campos | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Celedonio Castillo | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Luis Celadón Fernández | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Manuel Ezequiel Corrales | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Rufino Díaz | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| José María Franco | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Luis María Galindo | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Reyes Gamboa | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Rafael María Giraldo | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Narciso Gómez | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Ramón Gómez | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Manuel Góngora | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| J. María Jovane Arce | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Manuel S. Jurado | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Juan Lara | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| José María Llanos | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Mariano Montaña | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Joaquín Mosquera | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Manuel Muriilo | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Manuel Murillo Tero | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Manuel U. Orna | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Juan de D. Ortiz | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Juan Oscorio Aldana | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Mariano Ospina Rodríguez | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Pastor Ospina | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Emigdio Palau | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Francisco A. Palau | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Joaquín Paris | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Manuel Piedrahíta | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Antonio Pinto | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Saturnino Rincón | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Manual Ma. Rodríguez Y. | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Alejandro Rubiano de Rivariv | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Rafael Salcedo | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Antonio Sánchez | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Leando Sánchez | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Proto Sandoval | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| José Manuel Suárez | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Dionisio E. Vélez | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Marcos Veloza | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Total | 208,941 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 208,941 | 99.95 | ||
| Invalid votes | 26 | 0.01 | ||
| Blank votes | 71 | 0.03 | ||
| Total votes | 209,038 | 100.00 | ||
| Source: Historia electoral colombiana [4] | ||||
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