Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see List of political parties in Colombia. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Colombia.| Parties - Candidates | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Álvaro Uribe Vélez - Colombia First (Primero Colombia) | 7,363,421 | 62.35 | |
| Carlos Gaviria Díaz - Alternative Democratic Pole (Polo Democrático Alternativo) | 2,609,412 | 22.04 | |
| Horacio Serpa Uribe - Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano) | 1,401,173 | 11.84 | |
| Antanas Mockus Sivickas - Indigenous Social Alliance Movement (Movimiento Alianza Social Indígena) | 146,540 | 1.24 | |
| Enrique Parejo González - National Democratic Reconstruction (Reconstrucción Democrática Nacional) | 44,610 | 0.38 | |
| Álvaro Leyva Durán - National Movement for Reconciliation (Movimiento Nacional de Reconciliación) | 22,039 | 0.19 | |
| Carlos Arturo Rincón Barreto - Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement (Movimiento Politico Comunal y Comunidad Colombiano) | 20,477 | 0.17 | |
| Total votes for candidates | 11,607,672 | 98.05 | |
| Blank votes | 230,749 | 1.95 | |
| Total valid votes | 11,838,421 | 100.00 | |
| Null votes | 136,326 | ||
| Unmarked ballots | 84,041 | ||
| Total votes cast (turnout 45.1%) | 12,058,788 | ||
| Registered voters | 26,731,700 | ||
| Source: Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil. | |||
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano) | 2,646,404 | 19.0 | 31 |
| Social National Unity Party/Party of the U (Partido Social de Unidad Nacional, also known as Partido de la U) | 1,453,353 | 16.7 | 28 |
| Colombian Conservative Party (Partido Conservador Colombiano) | 1,363,656 | 15.8 | 26 |
| Radical Change (Cambio Radical) | 932,207 | 10.7 | 18 |
| Alternative Democratic Pole (Polo Democrático Alternativo) | 708,664 | 8.2 | 14 |
| Citizens' Convergence (Convergencia Ciudadana) | 397,903 | 4.6 | 8 |
| Wings - Team Colombia Movement (Movimiento Alas Equipo Colombia) | 370,789 | 4.3 | 8 |
| Mira Movement (Movimiento Mira) | 233,920 | 2.7 | 5 |
| Democratic Colombia Party (Partido Colombia Demócrata) | 215,753 | 2.5 | 5 |
| Liberal Opening (Apertura Liberal) | 199,810 | 2.3 | 4 |
| National Movement (Movimiento Nacional) | 175,012 | 2.0 | 4 |
| United People's Movement (Movimiento Popular Unido) | 129,977 | 1.5 | 3 |
| For the Country of our Dreams (Por el País que soñamos) | 99,565 | 1.1 | 2 |
| Regional Integration Movement (Movimiento Integración Regional) | 91,547 | 1.1 | 2 |
| Huila New and Liberalism (Huila Nuevo y Liberalismo) | 80,688 | 0.9 | 2 |
| Social Action Party (Partido de Acción Social) | 52,340 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Renovation Movement Labour Action (Movimiento Renovación Acción Laboral) | 33,308 | 0.4 | 0 |
| National Salvation Movement (Movimiento de Salvación Nacional) | 28,975 | 0.3 | 0 |
| People's Participation Movement (Movimiento de Participación Popular) | 18,449 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Progressive National Movement (Movimiento Nacional Progresista) | 8,146 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Total votes for parties (turnout 40.54%) | 8,678,535 | 100.0 | 162 |
| Sources: Adam Carr and Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil | |||
| Parties | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| Social National Unity Party/Party of the U (Partido Social de Unidad Nacional, also known as Partido de la U) | 17.49 | 20 |
| Colombian Conservative Party (Partido Conservador Colombiano) | 16.13 | 18 |
| Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano) | 15.52 | 18 |
| Radical Change (Cambio Radical) | 13.36 | 15 |
| Alternative Democratic Pole (Polo Democrático Alternativo) | 9.74 | 10 |
| Citizens' Convergence (Convergencia Ciudadana) | 6.25 | 7 |
| Wings - Team Colombia Movement (Movimiento Alas Equipo Colombia) | 4.68 | 5 |
| Democratic Colombia Party (Partido Colombia Demócratica) | 2.85 | 3 |
| Mira Movement (Movimiento Mira) | 2.35 | 2 |
| Living Colombia Movement (Movimiento Colombia Viva) | 2.46 | 2 |
| Let the Moreno play movement (Movimiento Dejen Jugar al Moreno) | 1.50 | 0 |
| C4 | 0.88 | 0 |
| Visionaries with Antanas Mockus (Visionarios con Antanas Mockus) | 0.77 | 0 |
| Comunitarian Participation Movement (Movimiento de Participación Comunitaria) | 0.56 | 0 |
| Communal and Comunitarian Movement of Colombia (Movimiento Comunal y Comunitario de Colombia) | 0.42 | 0 |
| Colombia Unite Movement (Movimiento Únete Colombia) | 0.17 | 0 |
| Independent Conservatism (Conservatismo Independiente) | 0.14 | 0 |
| National Democratic Reconstruction (Reconstrucción Democrática Nacional) | 0.08 | 0 |
| Progressive National Movement (Movimiento Nacional Progresista) | 0.09 | 0 |
| Indigenous Social Alliance (Alianza Social Indigena) | 2 | |
| Total valid votes (turnout 40.54%) | 102 | |
| Sources: Registraduria Nacional del Estado Civil, Caracol Radio | ||
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous Social Alliance (Alianza Social Indigena) | ASI | 44,557 | 28.27 | 1 |
| Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (Autoridades Indigenas de Colombia) | AICO | 21,304 | 13.52 | 1 |
| Total (turnout %) | ||||
| Source: Registraduria Nacional del Estado Civil. | ||||
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