1968 Colombian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 17 March 1968 to elect the Chamber of Representatives,[1] the last occasion on which mid-term elections were held for the Chamber. Under the National Front agreement, only the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party were able to contest the elections, with 50% of the seats in both houses allocated to each party.[2] As a result, the main contest at the elections was between factions within each party.[2]
Results
[edit]Party and faction | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colombian Liberal Party | Oficialistas | 988,540 | 39.72 | 77 | +8 | ||
Oficialistas disidentes | 196,457 | 7.89 | 17 | New | |||
National Popular Alliance | 82,294 | 3.31 | 6 | +2 | |||
People's Liberal Revolutionary Movement | 55,984 | 2.25 | 2 | New | |||
Others | 5,351 | 0.21 | 0 | – | |||
Total | 1,328,626 | 53.38 | 102 | +7 | |||
Colombian Conservative Party | Unionistas | 578,485 | 23.24 | 49 | +14 | ||
National Popular Alliance | 319,609 | 12.84 | 28 | –5 | |||
Lauro-Alzatistas | 48,087 | 1.93 | 5 | –20 | |||
Others | 14,937 | 0.60 | 1 | +1 | |||
Independents | 199,330 | 8.01 | 19 | +18 | |||
Total | 1,160,448 | 46.62 | 102 | +7 | |||
Total | 2,489,074 | 100.00 | 204 | +14 | |||
Valid votes | 2,489,074 | 99.70 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 7,381 | 0.30 | |||||
Total votes | 2,496,455 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,696,723 | 37.28 | |||||
Source: Nohlen |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ a b Nohlen, p323