Colombian presidential election, 1966

This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Colombia

Politics portal

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 1 May 1966.[1] Under the National Front agreement, it was the turn of the Liberal Party to govern, and so all candidates were members of the party. The result was a victory for Carlos Lleras Restrepo, who received 71.8% of the vote.[2]

Results

Candidate Party Votes %
Carlos Lleras RestrepoLiberal Party1,891,17571.8
José Jaramillo GiraldoLiberal PartyNational Popular Alliance742,13328.2
Antonio GoyenecheLiberal Party5970.0
Invalid/blank votes15,353
Total2,649,258100
Registered voters/turnout6,611,35240.1
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. Nohlen, p353
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, November 11, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.