Colombian parliamentary election, 1986

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Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 9 March 1986 to elect the Senate and Chamber of Representatives. [1] The Liberal Party remained the largest party, but lost its majority in the Chamber. [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.

Senate of Colombia

The Senate of the Republic of Colombia is the upper house of the Congress of Colombia, with the lower house being the House of Representatives. The Senate has 108 members elected for concurrent (non-rotating) four-year terms.

Colombian Liberal Party political party

The Colombian Liberal Party is a centrist and social liberal political party in Colombia. It was founded as a classical liberal party but later developed a more social-democratic tradition, joining the Socialist International in 1999.

Contents

Campaign

The Patriotic Union made alliances with several of the small parties at the regional and constituency level for the elections, including the Communist Party, some Liberal Party and New Liberalism members, and the National Popular Alliance. [3]

Patriotic Union (Colombia) political party from Colombia

The Patriotic Union or UP is a leftist Colombian political party. It was founded by the FARC and the Colombian Communist Party in 1985, as part of the peace negotiations that the guerrillas held with the Conservative Belisario Betancur administration. The party was subject to political violence from drug lords, paramilitaries and security forces agents during the mid-1980s, leading to its eventual decline, virtual disappearance and extermination.

Colombian Communist Party Marxist Leninist Party

The Colombian Communist Party or PCC is a legal communist party in Colombia. It was founded in 1930 as the Communist Party of Colombia, at which point it was the Colombian section of the Comintern, and changed its name in 1991. The party is currently led by Jaime Caycedo and publishes a weekly newspaper called Voz.

National Popular Alliance

The National Popular Alliance or ANAPO was a political party in Colombia. It was founded in 1961 as a movement by the ex-president Gustavo Rojas Pinilla and was disbanded in 1998. Many ANAPO leaders and militants joined the Independent Democratic Pole coalition.

Results

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party 3,382,40649.458+3
Conservative Party 2,541,09437.143–6
New Liberalism 453,5506.66–2
Patriotic Union 103,0011.52New
Others362,7835.35
Invalid/blank votes26,591
Total6,869,435100114+2
Registered voters/turnout15,839,75443.4
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Representatives

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party 3,290,98047.798–6
Conservative Party 2,558,05037.080–2
New Liberalism 455,5546.67–4
Patriotic Union 137,1342.03New
Others443,2106.411
Invalid/blank votes24,846
Total6,909,8381001990
Registered voters/turnout15,839,75443.6
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, p342
  3. Nohlen, p333