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Presidential elections were held in the Republic of New Granada in 1833. Francisco de Paula Santander was re-elected President, whilst Joaquín Mosquera was elected Vice President.
The Republic of New Granada was a centralist republic consisting primarily of present-day Colombia and Panama with smaller portions of today's Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, and Brazil. It was created after the dissolution in 1830 of Gran Colombia, with the secession of Ecuador and Venezuela and was formed by the departments of Boyaca, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, and Istmo, all parts of the present Republic of Colombia. except Istmo, which is part of present-day Panama). In November 1831, those departments created the Republic of New Granada, but nothing was established about a flag. Old flags were confirmed provisional by the National Convention of 17 December 1831. However, it is not clear what flag it was: Restrepo believes that it is the flag with two cornucopias of Gran Colombia. While new flags were discussed, some proposals were issued. On 9 May 1834, the national flag was adopted and was used until 26 November 1861, with the Gran Colombian colors in Veles' arrangement. The merchant ensign had the eight-pointed star in white.
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".
Joaquín Mariano de Mosquera-Figueroa y Arboleda-Salazar was a Colombian statesman and a Founding Father of Colombia who served as the 3rd and 5th President of Gran Colombia. Mosquera also served as Vice President of the Republic of New Granada. During the administration of President Simón Bolívar, he was named as the 1st Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the nascent states of Peru, the United Provinces of South America, and Chile with the purpose of creating unity amongst the South American nations.
Following the promulgation of the new constitution, Francisco de Paula Santander was elected interim President by the Constituent Assembly on 9 March 1832, to serve until the first official presidential term began on 1 April 1833. [1]
The electoral college was elected later in 1832. [1]
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Francisco de Paula Santander | 1,012 | 80.1 |
Joaquín Mosquera | 121 | 9.6 |
José Ignacio de Márquez | 35 | 2.8 |
Rafael Mosquero | 30 | 2.4 |
Eusebio Canabal | 14 | 1.1 |
José Fábrega | 13 | 1.0 |
Domingo Caycedo | 9 | 0.7 |
José María Obando | 5 | 0.4 |
Félix Restrepo | 3 | 0.2 |
Enrique Umaño | 3 | 0.2 |
Santiago Pérez De Valencia | 2 | 0.2 |
Miguel Uribe Restropo | 2 | 0.2 |
Juan de Dios Amador | 1 | 0.1 |
Mariano Arosemena | 1 | 0.1 |
Luis Antonio Baralt | 1 | 0.1 |
Vicente Borrero | 1 | 0.1 |
Salvador Camacho | 1 | 0.1 |
José María Cuervo | 1 | 0.1 |
Rufino Cuervo y Barreto | 1 | 0.1 |
José María Estévez | 1 | 0.1 |
Juan Fernández de Sotomayor | 1 | 0.1 |
Diego F Gómez | 1 | 0.1 |
José María Mantilla | 1 | 0.1 |
Manual Mota | 1 | 0.1 |
José María Ortega | 1 | 0.1 |
José Cornelio Valencia | 1 | 0.1 |
Total | 1,263 | 100 |
Source: Historia electoral colombiana [2] |
Candidate | College vote | Congressional vote | ||||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
José Ignacio de Márquez | 422 | 34.4 | 22 | 38.6 | 22 | 38.6 | 19 | 33.3 |
Joaquín Mosquera | 217 | 17.7 | 25 | 43.9 | 35 | 61.4 | 38 | 66.7 |
Rafael Mosquera | 148 | 12.1 | 10 | 17.5 | ||||
Vicente Azuero | 122 | 10.0 | ||||||
Miguel Uribe | 52 | 4.2 | ||||||
Domingo Caycedo | 46 | 3.8 | ||||||
José María Obando | 38 | 3.1 | ||||||
Diego F Gómez | 29 | 2.4 | ||||||
José María Ortega | 27 | 2.2 | ||||||
José María del Castillo y Rada | 16 | 1.3 | ||||||
Juan de Dios Amador | 15 | 1.2 | ||||||
Pereira Soto | 13 | 1.1 | ||||||
José Fábrega | 13 | 1.1 | ||||||
Dr Cuervo | 11 | 0.9 | ||||||
Felix Restrepo | 10 | 0.8 | ||||||
José Vallarino | 10 | 0.8 | ||||||
Antonion Borrero | 10 | 0.8 | ||||||
Others | 26 | 2.1 | ||||||
Total | 1,225 | 100 | 57 | 100 | 57 | 100 | 57 | 100 |
Source: Historia electoral colombiana [2] |
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