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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 165 seats in the Chamber. Almost 30 million people were registered to vote.
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.
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.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Social Party of National Unity | 2,792,944 | 25.48 | 28 | |
Colombian Conservative Party | 2,257,335 | 20.59 | 22 | |
Colombian Liberal Party | 1,724,151 | 15.73 | 17 | |
National Integration Party | 892,720 | 8.14 | 9 | |
Radical Change | 861,816 | 7.86 | 8 | |
Alternative Democratic Pole | 824,948 | 7.53 | 8 | |
Green Party | 521,503 | 4.76 | 5 | |
Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation | 324,109 | 2.96 | 3 | |
Citizens' Compromise for Colombia | 181,513 | 1.66 | 0 | |
Liberal Opening Movement | 87,009 | 0.79 | 0 | |
Christian Party of Transformation and Order | 57,981 | 0.53 | 0 | |
Alternative for Social Advance | 38,248 | 0.35 | 0 | |
Colombian Party of Social Integration | 12,348 | 0.11 | 0 | |
Afro-Colombian Social Alliance | 11,636 | 0.11 | 0 | |
Blank votes | 373,370 | 3.41 | – | |
Total | 10,961,631 | 100.00 | 100 | |
Valid votes | 10,961,631 | 84.16 | ||
Invalid votes | 2,063,718 | 15.84 | ||
Total votes | 13,025,349 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 29,861,699 | 43.62 | ||
Indigenous seats | ||||
Independent Social Alliance Movement | 27,453 | 14.92 | 1 | |
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 24,045 | 13.07 | 1 | |
Social and Indigenous Movement | 21,950 | 11.93 | 0 | |
National Integration Party | 11,105 | 6.03 | 0 | |
Alternative Democratic Pole | 11,076 | 6.02 | 0 | |
Blank votes | 88,411 | 48.04 | – | |
Total | 184,040 | 100.00 | 2 | |
Source: RNEC, RNEC, RNEC |
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 | ||
Independent 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 | ||
Blank votes | – | ||||
Total | 9,459,289 | 100.00 | 162 | ||
Afro-Colombian seats | |||||
AFROVIDES | 51,160 | 11.98 | 1 | ||
United People's Movement | 31,818 | 7.45 | 1 | ||
COLDEMAFRO | 25,104 | 5.88 | 0 | ||
OEACOR | 18,356 | 4.30 | 0 | ||
FUNDECON | 17,371 | 4.07 | 0 | ||
FUNDALABOR | 17,106 | 4.01 | 0 | ||
FUNAGUA | 15,845 | 3.71 | 0 | ||
FISA | 15,670 | 3.67 | 0 | ||
National Afro-Colombian Movement | 14,410 | 3.37 | 0 | ||
ADCNPK | 13,400 | 3.14 | 0 | ||
Revivir | 13,235 | 3.10 | 0 | ||
ASOPRA | 12,256 | 2.87 | 0 | ||
Afro-Colombian Social Alliance | 10,801 | 2.53 | 0 | ||
Afro-Colombian Ethnic Community Organisation | 10,080 | 2.36 | 0 | ||
FACE | 7,867 | 1.84 | 0 | ||
AFRONEC | 7,763 | 1.82 | 0 | ||
People's Will Movement | 7,009 | 1.64 | 0 | ||
OBTALA | 6,758 | 1.58 | 0 | ||
National Association of Afro-Colombian Students | 6,349 | 1.49 | 0 | ||
ADCNAK | 5,838 | 1.37 | 0 | ||
Los Cangrejos | 5,415 | 1.27 | 0 | ||
Asociación Mision Colombia | 5,324 | 1.25 | 0 | ||
AFROYUMBO | 5,294 | 1.24 | 0 | ||
Afro-Colombian Ancestral Organisation | 5,234 | 1.23 | 0 | ||
Fundapas Foundation | 4,984 | 1.17 | 0 | ||
FUNDAIN | 4,920 | 1.15 | 0 | ||
Fundación Cultural Raices Negras | 4,719 | 1.10 | 0 | ||
OSCNAD | 4,361 | 1.02 | 0 | ||
ADCNSAA | 4,277 | 1.00 | 0 | ||
Movimiento Nacional Cimarron | 3,735 | 0.87 | 0 | ||
Corporación Cimarron | 3,665 | 0.86 | 0 | ||
FUNCOPACOL | 3,494 | 0.82 | 0 | ||
ADCNMLK | 3,454 | 0.81 | 0 | ||
CANOAS | 3,452 | 0.81 | 0 | ||
ASODM | 3,249 | 0.76 | 0 | ||
CORPOSINPAC | 3,194 | 0.75 | 0 | ||
AKUASOMAR | 2,931 | 0.69 | 0 | ||
CODECAP GVC | 2,657 | 0.62 | 0 | ||
Estudiantes Palenkeros | 2,652 | 0.62 | 0 | ||
AMAHY | 2,496 | 0.58 | 0 | ||
CARDONAL | 2,419 | 0.57 | 0 | ||
CCPL | 2,367 | 0.55 | 0 | ||
Cadheubev Benkos Vive | 2,283 | 0.53 | 0 | ||
Colombian Afro-Environmental Movement | 2,177 | 0.51 | 0 | ||
Peaceful Coexistence Foundation | 2,019 | 0.47 | 0 | ||
AAASC | 1,937 | 0.45 | 0 | ||
FORFUTURO | 1,911 | 0.45 | 0 | ||
AFROCAR | 1,767 | 0.41 | 0 | ||
FUNDEVIA | 1,745 | 0.41 | 0 | ||
FUNBARACK | 1,737 | 0.41 | 0 | ||
SINFRONTERAS | 1,627 | 0.38 | 0 | ||
FUNIDEA | 1,570 | 0.37 | 0 | ||
CORABOSAO | 1,494 | 0.35 | 0 | ||
Corporación Afroetnico | 1,446 | 0.34 | 0 | ||
Asociación Civica Fuerzas Negras | 1,413 | 0.33 | 0 | ||
CORMANDELA | 1,297 | 0.30 | 0 | ||
AIE | 1,259 | 0.29 | 0 | ||
New Life Association | 1,258 | 0.29 | 0 | ||
FUNDECH | 1,070 | 0.25 | 0 | ||
ASODCPRC | 1,069 | 0.25 | 0 | ||
FDSDCAS | 963 | 0.23 | 0 | ||
FUNDIAFRO | 884 | 0.21 | 0 | ||
Fundación Semillas Sin Odio Colombia | 855 | 0.20 | 0 | ||
COLOMU | 830 | 0.19 | 0 | ||
Corporación Afrocolombiana Malcolm X | 767 | 0.18 | 0 | ||
CCCC | 690 | 0.16 | 0 | ||
La Moña | 532 | 0.12 | 0 | ||
Blank votes | – | ||||
Total | 427,089 | 100.00 | 2 | ||
Indigenous seat | |||||
Alternative Democratic Pole | 53,680 | 56.76 | 1 | ||
Independent Social Alliance Movement | 23,497 | 24.84 | 0 | ||
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 17,404 | 18.40 | 0 | ||
Blank votes | – | ||||
Total | 94,581 | 100.00 | 1 | ||
Source: RNEC, RNEC |
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