Colombian presidential election, 2006
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The 2006 Colombian presidential election was held on 28 May 2006. Álvaro Uribe was re-elected as President of the Republic and will serve another four-year term, starting on 7 August 2006. Uribe obtained 62.20% of the votes, thus surpassing the 50% needed to avoid a runoff against the second place candidate.
Following a constitutional amendment enacted by the government, this was the first occasion in over 100 years that a Colombian president was eligible for immediate re-election.
[edit] Results
Parties - Candidates | Votes | % | |
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Álvaro Uribe Vélez - Colombia First (Primero Colombia) | 7,363,421 | 62.20 | |
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. |