Colombian presidential election, 1825

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Presidential elections were held in Gran Colombia in 1825, with Congress certifying the results the following year. [1] The result was a victory for Simón Bolívar, who received 582 of the 608 votes. [2] Francisco de Paula Santander was elected Vice President. [1]

Gran Colombia Former republic

Gran Colombia is a name used today for the state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 1831. The state included the territories of present-day Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela, and parts of northern Peru, western Guyana and northwestern Brazil. The term Gran Colombia is used historiographically to distinguish it from the current Republic of Colombia, which is also the official name of the former state.

Simón Bolívar Venezuelan military and political leader, South American libertador

Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco, generally known as Simón Bolívar and also colloquially as El Libertador, or the Liberator, was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led the secession of what are currently the states of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama from the Spanish Empire.

Francisco de Paula Santander Colombian military and political leader

Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña, was a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independence war of the United Provinces of New Granada. He was the acting President of Gran Colombia between 1819 and 1826, and later elected by Congress as the President of the Republic of New Granada between 1832 and 1837. Santander came to be known as "The Man of the Laws".

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Electoral system

The 1821 constitution provided for a system where Provincial Assemblies elected the President and Vice President. If no candidate received a majority of the vote, an election would be held in the Congress.

Colombian Constitution of 1821

The Constitution of Cúcuta, also known as Constitution of the Gran Colombia and Constitution of 1821, was the founding document and constitution of the country of Gran Colombia, unifying the territories of the Viceroyalty of New Granada as part of a federation. It was signed during the Congress of Cúcuta on August 30, 1821.

Congress of Colombia parliament

The Congress of the Republic of Colombia is the name given to Colombia's bicameral national legislature.

Results

President

CandidateVotes%
Simón Bolívar 58295.72
José Antonio Páez 111.81
Francisco de Paula Santander 101.64
Antonio José Sucre 40.66
Rafael Urdaneta 10.16
Total608100
Source: Historia electoral colombiana [3]

Vice President

CandidateVotes%Congress
vote
Francisco de Paula Santander 28546.5770
Pedro Briceño 7912.916
José María Castillo 569.1522
Luis A Baralt 508.17
Antonio Jose Sucre 396.37
Cristóbal Mendoza 264.25
Domingo Caicedo 254.08
Carlos Soublette 193.10
Francisco Carabaño 71.14
Joaquín Mosquera 60.98
Pedro Gual Escandón 50.82
Mariano Montilla 40.65
José Antonio Páez 40.65
Vicente Aguirre 20.33
Rafael Urdaneta 20.33
Pedro Fortoul 10.16
Miguel Guerrero 10.16
Santiago Mariño 10.16
Total61210098
Source: Historia electoral colombiana [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Elections and Events 1810-1849 The Library, UC San Diego
  2. ↑ Colombia: Elecciones Presidenciales de 1826 a 1990 Political Database of the Americas
  3. 1 2 Historia electoral colombiana, La Registraduría, 1991, pp97–98
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