1998 Colombian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 8 March 1998 to elect the Senate and Chamber of Representatives. ^[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 84 of the 161 seats in the Chamber and 48 of the 102 seats in the Senate.

Results

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Colombian Liberal Party	3,897,272	44.88	48	–8
	Colombian Conservative Party	1,000,032	11.52	15	–5
	Conservative National Movement	442,767	5.10	7	+6
	Liberal Oxygen Movement	158,184	1.82	2	–
	Civic Defence Movement	127,248	1.47	2	–
	National Popular Alliance	111,531	1.28	1	0
	Progressive National Movement	108,607	1.25	2	+1
	Citizens' Movement	107,680	1.24	1	–
	Civic People's Convergence	104,836	1.21	1	–
	New Democratic Force	100,643	1.16	1	–
	Independent Social Alliance Movement	95,523	1.10	2	+2
	National Democratic Reconstruction	83,707	0.96	1	–
	National Salvation Movement	82,687	0.95	1	–1
	Bolivarian Movement for the New Colombia	70,581	0.81	1	–
	Vamos Colombia	65,824	0.76	1	–
	Christian Union Movement	53,753	0.62	0	–1
	Movement '98	46,648	0.54	1	–
	C4	44,859	0.52	1	0
	Force Colombia	44,587	0.51	0	–
	Colombian People's Party	44,510	0.51	1	–
	Education and Social Change	44,347	0.51	1	–
	Independent Conservatism	43,908	0.51	1	0
	Front of Hope	41,608	0.48	1	–
	Colombia My Country	40,661	0.47	1	–
	Citizens' Participation Movement	39,276	0.45	0	–
	Laicists for Colombia	38,412	0.44	1	0
	Humbertista Movement	37,782	0.44	0	–
	Independent Liberal Restoration Movement	36,194	0.42	0	–1
	Political Attitudes Renovation Movement	36,194	0.42	0	–
	Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement	35,956	0.41	0	–
	The Collective Movement	32,459	0.37	0	–
	Solidarity Option Movement	30,952	0.36	0	–
	National Civic Concentration	25,967	0.30	0	0
	Independent Civic Movement	25,387	0.29	0	–1
	Progressive Force	23,961	0.28	0	0
	Colombian Communist Party	23,613	0.27	0	–1
	Democratic Renovation Movement	20,888	0.24	0	0
	National Reserves' Alliance	20,512	0.24	0	–
	Women 2000	19,791	0.23	0	–
	Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement	19,510	0.22	0	–
	Indigenous Authorities of Colombia	18,224	0.21	1	0
	Hands Together Movement	17,797	0.20	0	–
	Colombian Collective Mission Movement	17,677	0.20	0	–
	Colombian Indigenous Movement	17,381	0.20	0	–1
	Metapolitical Unitary Movement	16,363	0.19	0	–1
	Citizens' Convergence	15,312	0.18	0	–
	Palenque Black Communities	13,797	0.16	0	–
	Socialist Renovation Current	13,254	0.15	0	–
	Democratic Alliance M19	13,166	0.15	0	0
	Citizens in Training Movement	12,845	0.15	0	–
	For Recreation and Sport	8,965	0.10	0	–
	New Colombia Movement	8,707	0.10	0	–1
	Democratic Integration Movement	8,472	0.10	0	–
	National Integration Movement	7,737	0.09	0	–
	Serious Civic Movement for Colombia	7,276	0.08	0	–
	19th of April Movement	5,459	0.06	0	0
	Ecological Civic Party	3,915	0.05	0	–
	Colombian Agricultural Movement	3,381	0.04	0	–
	People's Participation Movement	3,241	0.04	0	–
	Ecological Orientation Movement	1,642	0.02	0	–
	Coalitions	609,972	7.02	7	+5
	Others	67,380	0.78	0	–
Blank		362,860	4.18	–	–
Total		8,683,680	100.00	102	0
Valid votes		8,683,680	91.78
Invalid votes		777,538	8.22
Total votes		9,461,218	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,823,769	45.43
Source: Barrero et al.

Chamber of Representatives

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Colombian Liberal Party	4,022,739	45.11	84	–4
	Colombian Conservative Party	1,212,419	13.60	28	–12
	Conservative National Movement	296,313	3.32	4	–2
	New Democratic Force	140,810	1.58	2	+2
	Independent Conservatism	116,221	1.30	2	+1
	Progressive Force	110,648	1.24	4	0
	Civic People's Convergence	109,573	1.23	2	–
	Citizens' Movement	90,927	1.02	1	–
	Serious Civic Movement for Colombia	80,528	0.90	1	–
	New Colombia Movement	73,348	0.82	1	–1
	Regional Integration Movement	65,507	0.73	2	+1
	Democratic Alternative Movement	64,695	0.73	1	+1
	Laicists for Colombia	54,177	0.61	0	0
	National Salvation Movement	53,074	0.60	1	0
	Force Colombia	46,370	0.52	0	–
	Colombian People's Party	44,322	0.50	0	–
	Metapolitical Unitary Movement	44,258	0.50	0	–
	Colombia My Country	43,673	0.49	0	–
	People's Participation Movement	41,059	0.46	1	–
	Christian Union Movement	40,687	0.46	0	0
	Christian National Party	40,311	0.45	1	0
	Progressive National Movement	40,091	0.45	1	0
	Liberal Oxygen Movement	39,706	0.45	0	–
	Liberal Opening Movement	39,194	0.44	1	–
	Front of Hope	34,829	0.39	1	–
	Vamos Colombia	33,598	0.38	0	–
	Democratic Renovation Movement	32,499	0.36	0	0
	Humbertista Movement	30,641	0.34	1	–
	Socialist Renovation Current	29,265	0.33	0	–
	Political Attitudes Renovation Movement	28,279	0.32	0	–
	Independent Civic Movement	26,674	0.30	1	+1
	Citizens' Participation Movement	23,749	0.27	0	–
	Independent Social Alliance Movement	21,294	0.24	2	+1
	Arena Movement	21,043	0.24	0	–
	C4	20,930	0.23	0	0
	Indigenous Authorities of Colombia	20,377	0.23	0	0
	Democratic Integration Movement	19,084	0.21	0	–
	For Recreation and Sport	18,565	0.21	0	–
	National Civic Concentration	18,046	0.20	0	0
	Bolivarian Movement for the New Colombia	16,474	0.18	0	–
	Civic Defence Movement	14,628	0.16	0	–
	Democratic Alliance M19	14,598	0.16	0	–
	Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement	14,019	0.16	0	–
	Education and Social Change	13,342	0.15	0	–
	National Movement of Pensioners	12,933	0.15	0	–
	People's Civic Independent Front	10,923	0.12	0	–
	19th of April Movement	10,722	0.12	0	–1
	Movement '98	8,840	0.10	0	–
	Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement	8,755	0.10	0	–
	Colombian Indigenous Movement	7,930	0.09	0	0
	The Collective Movement	7,582	0.09	0	–
	Ecological Civic Party	7,431	0.08	0	–
	National Movement of Black Communities	7,402	0.08	0	–1
	Citizens in Training Movement	7,093	0.08	0	–
	Colombian Collective Mission Movement	5,294	0.06	0	–
	National Democratic Reconstruction	4,278	0.05	0	–
	Women 2000	3,403	0.04	0	–
	Solidarity Option Movement	3,271	0.04	0	–
	National Popular Alliance	2,216	0.02	0	0
	Colombian Agricultural Movement	1,503	0.02	0	–
	Citizens' Convergence	1,205	0.01	0	–
	Hands Together Movement	955	0.01	0	–
	Ecological Orientation Movement	858	0.01	0	–
	Colombian Communist Party	484	0.01	0	0
	Coalitions	825,166	9.25	16	+15
	Others	179,119	2.01	3	–
Blank votes		436,784	4.90	–	–
Total		8,916,731	100.00	161	–2
Valid votes		8,916,731	94.15
Invalid votes		554,382	5.85
Total votes		9,471,113	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,823,769	45.48
Source: Nohlen, Barrero et al., Global Elections Database

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p306 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3