Colombian presidential election, 1990

Colombian presidential election, 1990
Colombia
27 May 1990

 
Nominee Álvaro Gómez Hurtado
Party Liberal Party National Salvation Movement
Popular vote 2,891,808 1,433,913
Percentage 48.2% 23.9%

President before election

Virgilio Barco Vargas
Liberal Party

Elected President

César Gaviria
Liberal Party

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Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 27 May 1990.[1] In an election tarnished by violence, the result was a victory for César Gaviria of the Liberal Party, who received 48.2% of the vote.[2]

Background

On 18 August 1989 Luis Carlos Galán, the Liberal Party's nominated presidential candidate and favourite for the election was assassinated. On 22 March 1990, Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa, the candidate of the Patriotic Union (UP), was assassinated, resulting in the UP pulling out of the elections. A third assassination occurred on 26 April, when the AD/M-19's candidate Carlos Pizarro Leongómez was killed. Pizarro was replaced by Antonio Navarro Wolff.[2]

César Gaviria won the nomination for the Liberal Party candidacy in primary elections carried out on the same day as the March 1990 parliamentary elections. There had previously been an attempt to assassinate Gaviria when Avianca Flight 203 was bombed, but he was not on board.

Results

Candidate Party Votes %
César GaviriaLiberal Party2,891,80848.2
Álvaro Gómez HurtadoNational Salvation Movement1,433,91323.9
Antonio Navarro WolffDemocratic Alliance M-19754,74012.6
Rodrigo Hernan Lloreda CaicedoSocial Conservative Party735,37412.3
Regina Betancur de LiskaMetapolitical Unitary Movement37,5370.6
Claudia Rodríguez de CastellanosChristian National Party33,6450.6
Oscar LoaizaNatural Party9,4680.2
José Agustín LinaresChristian Democratic Party9,0480.2
Luis Carlos ValenciaSocialist Workers' Party8,1680.1
Guillermo AlemánEcological Orientation Movement7,4290.1
Jesús GarcíaLove for Colombia2,4110.0
Jairo Rodríguez88 Meeting Movement9960.0
Invalid/blank votes123,029
Total6,047,566100
Registered voters/turnout13,903,32443.5
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p306 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. 2.0 2.1 Nohlen, p354