Senate of Colombia
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| Senate of Colombia Senado de Colombia | |
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| Type | |
| Type | Upper house |
| Leadership | |
| President |
Juan Fernando Cristo Bustos, (L) Since 20 July 2013 |
| First Vice President |
Carlos Emiro Barriga Peñaranda, (C) Since 20 July 2013 |
| Second Vice President |
Félix José Valera Ibáñez, (V) Since 20 July 2013 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 102 |
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Government (76) Opposition Parties (26) |
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| Elections | |
| Voting system | Direct election |
| Last election | 14 March 2010 |
| Next election | 9 March 2014 |
| Meeting place | |
| Capitolio Nacional, Bogotá | |
| Website | |
| www.senado.gov.co | |
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| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Colombia |
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The Senate of the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: Senado de la República de Colombia) is the upper house of the Congress of Colombia, with the lower house being the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia. The Senate has 102 members elected for concurrent (non-rotating) four-year terms.
Election process
According to the Colombian Constitution of 1991, 100 senators (senadores) are elected from a single national candidate list. The remaining two are elected from a special list set aside for Indigenous peoples communities and Afro-Colombian minorities. Senators can be elected by Colombian citizens abroad.
Requirements
To be a senator, a person must be a natural-born Colombian citizen who has attained the age of 30 years at the moment of election.
Exclusive powers of the Senate
- Approve or reject the resignations of both the President and the Vice-President.
- Approve or reject all military rank promotion at all grades.
- Grant leaves of absence for the President in cases other than sickness, and determine whether the reasons for the leave are worthy.
- Allow for the transit of foreign troops through Colombian territory.
- Authorize the Government to declare war on a foreign nation.
- Elect the Constitutional Court justices.
- Elect the Attorney General.
Latest election
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Party of the U (Partido de la U) | 2,804,123 | 25.8 | 28 |
| Colombian Conservative Party (Partido Conservador Colombiano) | 2,298,748 | 21.2 | 22 |
| Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano) | 1,763,908 | 16.3 | 17 |
| National Integration Party (Partido de Integración Nacional) | 907,468 | 8.4 | 9 |
| Radical Change (Cambio Radical) | 888,851 | 8.2 | 8 |
| Alternative Democratic Pole (Polo Democrático Alternativo) | 848,305 | 7.8 | 8 |
| Green Party (Partido Verde) | 531,293 | 4.9 | 5 |
| Independent Absolute Renovation Movement (MIRA party) | 298,862 | 2.8 | 3 |
| Citizens' Compromise for Colombia (Compromiso Ciudadano por Colombia) | 182,286 | 1.7 | 0 |
| Others | 326,763 | 3.0 | — |
| Indigenous Social Alliance (Alianza Social Indigena) | — | — | 1 |
| Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (Autoridades Indígenas de Colombia) | — | — | 1 |
| Total valid votes (turnout 44.2%) | 10,851,207 | 100.0 | 102 |
| Sources: Adam Carr's Election Archive | |||
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous Social Alliance (Alianza Social Indigena) | 26,428 | 25.1 | 1 |
| Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (Autoridades Indigenas de Colombia) | 23,809 | 22.6 | 1 |
| National Integration Party (Partido de Integración Nacional) | 20,887 | 19.9 | — |
| Others | 34,111 | 32.4 | — |
| Total (turnout %) | 105,235 | 100.0 | 2 |
| Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive | |||
Previous election
| 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 | |
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| 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.
Note: As the blank vote percentage was 58.21% (more than 50%), this special election must be repeated, with the same parties but different candidates | ||||
See also
External links
- Senate of Colombia official website
- Congreso Visible - civilian oversight program
- Democracia a distancia - oversight program for Colombian expatriates
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Coordinates: 4°35′51″N 74°04′35″W / 4.59750°N 74.07639°W
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