Colombian parliamentary election, 1968

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Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 17 March 1968 to elect the Chamber of Representatives, [1] the last occasion on which mid-term elections were held for the Chamber. 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]

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Results

PartyFactionVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party Oficialistas988,54039.777+8
Oficialistas disidentes196,4577.917New
National Popular Alliance 82,2943.36+2
People's Liberal Revolutionary Movement55,9842.22New
Others5,3510.20
Total1,328,62653.4102+7
Conservative Party Unionistas578,48523.249+14
National Popular Alliance 319,60912.828–5
Independents199,3308.019+18
Lauro-Alzatistas48,0871.95–20
Others14,9370.61+1
Total1,160,44846.6102+7
Invalid/blank votes7,381
Total2,496,455100204+14
Registered voters/turnout6,696,72337.3
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