Colombian parliamentary election, 1947

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Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 16 March 1947 to elect the Senate and Chamber of Representatives, [1] the first occasion on which the Senate was directly elected. [2] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 73 of the 131 seats in the Chamber. [3]

Colombia Country in South America

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America. Colombia shares a border to the northwest with Panama, to the east with Venezuela and Brazil and to the south with Ecuador and Peru. It shares its maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Colombia is a unitary, constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments, with the capital in Bogota.

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Results

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats
Liberal Party 805,87455.034
Conservative Party 653,71644.629
Social Democratic Party 6,4220.40
Invalid/blank votes
Total1,466,01210063
Registered voters/turnout2,613,586
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Representatives

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party 805,73254.773–7
Conservative Party 653,98644.458+11
Social Democratic Party 11,5770.80–4
People's Front1,3910.10
Invalid/blank votes
Total1,472,6861001310
Registered voters/turnout2,613,586
Source: Nohlen

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References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN   978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p306
  3. Nohlen, p339