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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
Colombia held elections to both chambers of Congress on 14 March 2010. [1] The nationwide constituency for the 102-member Senate was contested by 16 lists, comprising 948 candidates. There are 33 regional constituencies for the Chamber of Representatives, plus a few other ethnic minority constituencies. In all, 282 lists, with 1,533 candidates, contested the 166 seats in the Chamber. Almost 30 million people were registered to vote.
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Incumbent President Álvaro Uribe maintained an absolute majority of seats in the Senate. The two major parties supporting Uribe – the Party of the U and the Conservative Party –, got 27 and 23 seats, respectively. The Party of the U achieved 25.17% of the votes, gaining eight seats, followed by the Conservative Party, with 20,6%, which gained four seats. The Liberals, which consists the main opposition party in the Senate, achieved 15.8% of the votes and kept its 18 seats.
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The Liberal Party was followed by the National Integration Party, also allied to Uribe, was an electoral surprise, achieving 8.13% of the votes and eight seats. It became the fourth political force in the country, surpassing the Radical Change, also in the Uribe coalition, which achieved 7.97% of the votes and also eight seats, losing seven. The Alternative Democratic Pole, a more radical opposition party, lost two seats, achieving 7.62% of the votes and eight seats. The Green Party achieved five seats with 4.75% of the votes, followed by the Independent Absolute Renovation Movement with one seat and 2.7% of the votes. The Citizens Commitment for Colombia achieved 1.6% of the votes and gained no seats.
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Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
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Party of the U (Partido de la U) | 2,804,123 | 25.8 | 28 |
Colombian Conservative Party (Partido Conservador Colombiano) | 2,298,748 | 21.2 | 22 |
Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano) | 1,763,908 | 16.3 | 17 |
National Integration Party (Partido de Integración Nacional) | 907,468 | 8.4 | 9 |
Radical Change (Cambio Radical) | 888,851 | 8.2 | 8 |
Alternative Democratic Pole (Polo Democrático Alternativo) | 848,305 | 7.8 | 8 |
Green Party (Partido Verde) | 531,293 | 4.9 | 5 |
Independent Absolute Renovation Movement (MIRA party) | 298,862 | 2.8 | 3 |
Citizens' Compromise for Colombia (Compromiso Ciudadano por Colombia) | 182,286 | 1.7 | 0 |
Others | 326,763 | 3.0 | — |
Indigenous Social Alliance (Alianza Social Indigena) | — | — | 1 |
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (Autoridades Indígenas de Colombia) | — | — | 1 |
Total valid votes (turnout 44.2%) | 10,851,207 | 100.0 | 102 |
Sources: Adam Carr's Election Archive |
Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
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Indigenous Social Alliance (Alianza Social Indigena) | 26,428 | 25.1 | 1 |
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (Autoridades Indigenas de Colombia) | 23,809 | 22.6 | 1 |
National Integration Party (Partido de Integración Nacional) | 20,887 | 19.9 | — |
Others | 34,111 | 32.4 | — |
Total (turnout %) | 105,235 | 100.0 | 2 |
Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive |
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Social Party of National Unity | 2,469,489 | 26.11 | 48 | |
Colombian Conservative Party | 2,027,323 | 21.43 | 36 | |
Colombian Liberal Party | 1,761,006 | 18.62 | 36 | |
Radical Change | 723,295 | 7.65 | 16 | |
National Integration Party | 703,620 | 7.44 | 11 | |
Alternative Democratic Pole | 533,729 | 5.64 | 4 | |
Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation | 332,926 | 3.52 | 1 | |
Green Party | 296,137 | 3.13 | 3 | |
Alternative for Social Advance | 185,616 | 1.96 | 1 | |
Indigenous Social Alliance Movement | 183,587 | 1.94 | 1 | |
Liberal Opening Movement | 102,215 | 1.08 | 2 | |
Liberal Unity | 79,507 | 0.84 | 2 | |
Huila Option | 22,794 | 0.24 | 0 | |
Christian Party of Transformation and Order | 14,612 | 0.15 | 0 | |
National Afro-Colombian Movement | 12,682 | 0.13 | 0 | |
Regional Integration Movement | 5,093 | 0.05 | 1 | |
Social Integration Party | 5,057 | 0.05 | 0 | |
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 601 | 0.01 | 0 | |
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | |
Total | 9,459,289 | 100 | 162 | |
Indigenous seats | ||||
Alternative Democratic Pole | 53,680 | 56.76 | 2 | |
Indigenous Social Alliance Movement | 23,497 | 24.84 | 0 | |
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 17,404 | 18.40 | 0 | |
Total | 100 | 2 | ||
Source: Registraduria, Registraduria |
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