Colombian parliamentary election, 1964

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Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 15 March 1964 to elect the Chamber of Representatives. [1] Under the National Front agreement, only the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party were able to contest the elections, with 50% of the seats in both houses allocated to each party. [2] As a result, the main contest at the elections was between factions within each party. [2]

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.

National Front was a period in the history of Colombia in which the two main political parties, the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party, agreed to rotate power, intercalating for a period of four presidential terms. The National Front Presidents were Alberto Lleras Camargo (Liberal), Guillermo León Valencia (Conservative), Carlos Lleras Restrepo (Liberal), and Misael Pastrana Borrero (Conservative).

Colombian Conservative Party traditional political party in Colombia

The Colombian Conservative Party is a conservative political party in Colombia. The party was formally established in 1849 by Mariano Ospina Rodríguez and José Eusebio Caro.

Results

PartyFactionVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party Frentenacionalistas738,43732.8590
Liberal Revolutionary Movement (soft)284,95212.623
Liberal Revolutionary Movement (hard)96,8954.38
National Popular Alliance 16,4950.71New
Liberal Independent Movement7,1290.31New
Others14,0900.60
Total1,157,99851.4920
Conservative Party Frentenacionalistas794,00035.265–21
National Popular Alliance 293,18313.026+20
Others8,2820.41+1
Total1,095,46548.6920
Invalid/blank votes7,727
Total2,261,1901001840
Registered voters/turnout6,135,62836.9
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. 1 2 Nohlen, p323