Colombian presidential election, 1930

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Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 9 February 1930. [1] The result was a victory for Enrique Olaya Herrera of the Liberal Party, who received 44.9% of the vote. [2] He took office on 7 August. [3]

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.

Enrique Olaya Herrera President of Colombia

Enrique Alfredo Olaya Herrera was a Colombian journalist and politician, President of Colombia from August 7, 1930 until August 7, 1934 representing the Colombian Liberal Party.

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.

It was the first time since direct presidential elections were introduced in 1914 that a Conservative Party candidate had not won. [4]

Colombian Conservative Party traditional political party in Colombia

The Colombian Conservative Party is a conservative political party in Colombia. The party was formally established in 1849 by Mariano Ospina Rodríguez and José Eusebio Caro.

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Enrique Olaya Herrera Liberal Party 369,93444.9
Guillermo Valencia Conservative Party 240,36029.2
Alfredo Vásquez Cobo Conservative Party 213,47025.9
Other candidates7660.1
Total824,530100
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, p350
  3. ↑ Nohlen, p358
  4. ↑ Nohlen, pp349–350
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