Colombian general election, 1970

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General elections were held in Colombia on 19 April 1970 to elect the President, the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives.[1] It was the first time all three institutions had been elected on the same day, and was also the last election under the National Front agreement, which had restricted electoral participation to the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party, with each party allocated 50% of the seats in both houses,[2] whilst the Presidency alternated between the two parties. As a result, the main contest in parliamentary elections was between factions within each party,[2] whilst only Conservative candidates ran for the presidency. The result was a victory for Misael Pastrana Borrero, who received 40.7% of the vote.[3] However, supporters of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla claimed that the election had been rigged in favour of Pastrana.[3] Rojas had also been supported by the Christian Social Democratic Party.[3] The 19th of April Movement guerrillas traced their origins to this alleged fraud.[4]

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Misael Pastrana BorreroConservative Party1,625,02540.7
Gustavo Rojas PinillaConservative PartyANAPO1,561,46839.1
Belisario BetancurConservative Party471,35011.8
Evaristo Sourdis JuliaoConservative Party336,2868.4
Rafael Corredor 110.0
Invalid/blank votes42,318
Total4,036,458100
Registered voters/turnout7,683,78552.5
Source: Nohlen

Senate

Party Faction Votes % Seats +/–
Conservative PartyNational Popular Alliance1,036,65026.226+8
Pastranistas586,13114.818
Belisaristas294,1857.49
Sourdistas185,2064.76
Total2,102,17253.159+6
Liberal PartyPastranistas1,074,05927.239
National Popular Alliance382,77710.012+12
Sourdistas152,5063.95
Belisaristas131,4303.33
Others108,6532.70
Total1,849,42546.859+6
Invalid/blank votes15,409
Total3,967,006100118+12
Registered voters/turnout7,666,71651.7
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Representatives

Party Faction Votes % Seats +/–
Liberal PartyPastranistas1,051,66626.557
National Popular Alliance536,61414.228+22
Sourdistas156,8774.09
Belisaristas137,0693.56
People's Liberal Revolutionary Movement34,4910.90–1
Others90,8252.35+5
Total2,034,54251.3105+3
Conservative PartyNational Popular Alliance849,13821.443+15
Pastranistas589,23415.030
Belisaristas300,2237.619
Sourdistas185,6864.713
Others7,8810.20
Total1,932,16248.7105+3
Invalid/blank votes13,497
Total3,980,201100210+6
Registered voters/turnout7,666,71651.9
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. 1 2 Nohlen, p323
  3. 1 2 3 Nohlen, p353
  4. "Colombia: The 19th of April Movement". Country Studies Series. Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. December 1988. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
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