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Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on March 12, 2006 to elect members of the Senate and Chamber of Representatives. [1] Presidential primaries were also held for the Liberal Party and the Alternative Democratic Pole prior to the upcoming presidential elections in May.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombian Liberal Party | 1,639,593 | 18.51 | 35 | |
| Social Party of National Unity | 1,434,919 | 16.20 | 30 | |
| Colombian Conservative Party | 1,347,904 | 15.22 | 29 | |
| Radical Change | 917,912 | 10.36 | 20 | |
| Alternative Democratic Pole | 677,964 | 7.66 | 7 | |
| Citizens' Convergence | 385,589 | 4.35 | 8 | |
| Wings – Team Colombia | 366,766 | 4.14 | 8 | |
| Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation | 241,704 | 2.73 | 1 | |
| Liberal Opening Movement | 222,033 | 2.51 | 5 | |
| Democratic Colombia Party | 213,077 | 2.41 | 2 | |
| National Movement | 172,476 | 1.95 | 2 | |
| United People's Movement | 133,324 | 1.51 | 2 | |
| For the Country of Our Dreams | 103,795 | 1.17 | 2 | |
| Regional Integration Movement | 93,394 | 1.05 | 4 | |
| Centre Option Party | 88,268 | 1.00 | 1 | |
| C4 | 82,673 | 0.93 | 0 | |
| New Huila and Liberalism | 81,335 | 0.92 | 2 | |
| Social Action Party | 53,217 | 0.60 | 1 | |
| Visionaries with Antanas Mockus | 47,217 | 0.53 | 0 | |
| Let the Moreno Play Movement | 37,239 | 0.42 | 0 | |
| Renovation Movement Labour Action | 34,082 | 0.38 | 1 | |
| Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement | 28,956 | 0.33 | 0 | |
| Living Colombia Movement | 28,389 | 0.32 | 0 | |
| National Salvation Movement | 27,531 | 0.31 | 1 | |
| Independent Social Alliance Movement | 27,378 | 0.31 | 0 | |
| Republican Movement | 22,513 | 0.25 | 0 | |
| People's Participation Movement | 19,773 | 0.22 | 1 | |
| Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 17,632 | 0.20 | 0 | |
| Community Participation | 12,480 | 0.14 | 0 | |
| Progressive National Movement | 7,932 | 0.09 | 1 | |
| Colombia Unite | 6,631 | 0.07 | 0 | |
| People's Will Movement | 5,467 | 0.06 | 0 | |
| Independent Conservatism | 4,604 | 0.05 | 0 | |
| National Democratic Reconstruction | 3,428 | 0.04 | 0 | |
| Citizens' Footprint Movement | 2,693 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Colombian Social Democratic Party | 1,686 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| We are Colombia | 1,039 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Yes Colombia | 797 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Independent Civic Movement | 739 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Colombia Always | 441 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| New Liberalism | 295 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Democratic Unity Party | 294 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Democratic Progressivity | 171 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Citizens' Movement | 132 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| National Popular Alliance | 68 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Progressive Force | 40 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Blank votes | 260,579 | 2.94 | – | |
| Total | 8,856,169 | 100.00 | 163 | |
| Valid votes | 8,856,169 | 83.05 | ||
| Invalid votes | 1,807,014 | 16.95 | ||
| Total votes | 10,663,183 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 26,593,271 | 40.10 | ||
| Afro-Colombian seats | ||||
| Afro-Colombian Social Alliance | 7,682 | 5.67 | 1 | |
| AFROUNINCCA | 6,833 | 5.04 | 1 | |
| Black Roots | 6,287 | 4.64 | 0 | |
| CORPOSINPAC | 5,497 | 4.06 | 0 | |
| FUNDECON | 5,385 | 3.98 | 0 | |
| ASOPRA | 5,065 | 3.74 | 0 | |
| United Corporation for Afro Culture | 4,829 | 3.57 | 0 | |
| Organisation of Afro-Colombian Women | 4,465 | 3.30 | 0 | |
| APONURY | 4,367 | 3.22 | 0 | |
| National Association of Afro-Colombian Students | 4,333 | 3.20 | 0 | |
| National Cimarron Movement | 4,205 | 3.10 | 0 | |
| ACIA | 3,183 | 2.35 | 0 | |
| Tambor Yoruba Foundation | 2,850 | 2.10 | 0 | |
| ANALDIC | 2,281 | 1.68 | 0 | |
| Afro-Colombian Malcolm X | 1,756 | 1.30 | 0 | |
| AFIN | 1,729 | 1.28 | 0 | |
| DESPERTAR | 1,640 | 1.21 | 0 | |
| CINDENT | 1,592 | 1.18 | 0 | |
| Afro-Colombian Exchange of Experiences Association | 1,526 | 1.13 | 0 | |
| FUNDECONA | 1,483 | 1.09 | 0 | |
| FUNDAIN | 1,334 | 0.98 | 0 | |
| Pacific Coexistence Organisation | 1,255 | 0.93 | 0 | |
| Coagro Pacifico LTDA | 1,111 | 0.82 | 0 | |
| CANOAS | 936 | 0.69 | 0 | |
| ASOPACIFICO | 920 | 0.68 | 0 | |
| CECPCC | 828 | 0.61 | 0 | |
| APDDEC | 781 | 0.58 | 0 | |
| Blank votes | 51,298 | 37.87 | – | |
| Total | 135,451 | 100.00 | 2 | |
| Indigenous seat | ||||
| Alternative Democratic Pole | 29,308 | 21.47 | 1 | |
| Independent Social Alliance Movement | 18,956 | 13.89 | 0 | |
| Community Participation | 8,637 | 6.33 | 0 | |
| Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 7,058 | 5.17 | 0 | |
| Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement | 5,950 | 4.36 | 0 | |
| Colombia Unite | 3,348 | 2.45 | 0 | |
| Blank votes | 63,257 | 46.34 | – | |
| Total | 136,514 | 100.00 | 1 | |
| Source: Barrero et al. | ||||
In the two-seat indigenous constituency, more blank votes were cast than votes for parties, resulting in a re-run being required. This took place with the same parties (AICO and ASI) but difference candidates.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Party of National Unity | 1,591,775 | 17.30 | 20 | |
| Colombian Conservative Party | 1,470,029 | 15.98 | 18 | |
| Colombian Liberal Party | 1,436,657 | 15.62 | 18 | |
| Radical Change | 1,211,457 | 13.17 | 15 | |
| Alternative Democratic Pole | 875,451 | 9.52 | 10 | |
| Citizens' Convergence | 566,823 | 6.16 | 7 | |
| Wings – Team Colombia | 418,124 | 4.54 | 5 | |
| Democratic Colombia Party | 272,524 | 2.96 | 3 | |
| Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation | 237,512 | 2.58 | 2 | |
| Living Colombia Movement | 229,556 | 2.50 | 2 | |
| For the Country of Our Dreams | 165,981 | 1.80 | 0 | |
| Let the Moreno Play Movement | 136,636 | 1.49 | 0 | |
| C4 | 86,609 | 0.94 | 0 | |
| Visionaries with Antanas Mockus | 71,843 | 0.78 | 0 | |
| Community Participation | 54,356 | 0.59 | 0 | |
| Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement | 37,545 | 0.41 | 0 | |
| Colombia Unite | 15,568 | 0.17 | 0 | |
| Independent Conservatism | 13,221 | 0.14 | 0 | |
| Progressive National Movement | 8,794 | 0.10 | 0 | |
| National Democratic Reconstruction | 7,751 | 0.08 | 0 | |
| Blank votes | 291,864 | 3.17 | – | |
| Total | 9,200,076 | 100.00 | 100 | |
| Valid votes | 9,200,076 | 85.24 | ||
| Invalid votes | 1,593,332 | 14.76 | ||
| Total votes | 10,793,408 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 26,595,171 | 40.58 | ||
| Indigenous seats | ||||
| Independent Social Alliance Movement | 43,903 | 27.02 | 1 | |
| Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 21,624 | 13.31 | 1 | |
| Blank votes | 96,948 | 59.67 | – | |
| Total | 162,475 | 100.00 | 2 | |
| Source: RNEC | ||||
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