1986 Colombian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 25 May 1986.[1] The result was a victory for Virgilio Barco Vargas of the Liberal Party, who received 58.36% of the vote.

1986 Colombian presidential election

← 1982 25 May 1986 1990 →
 
Nominee Virgilio Barco Vargas Álvaro Gómez Hurtado
Party Liberal Conservative
Popular vote 4,214,510 2,588,050
Percentage 58.36% 35.84%

Winner by department

President before election

Belisario Betancur
Conservative

Elected President

Virgilio Barco Vargas
Liberal

Electoral system

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The elections were held using first-past-the-post voting and were the first in which the electoral commission counted blank votes as valid votes.[2]

Results

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Virgilio Barco VargasColombian Liberal Party4,214,51058.36
Álvaro Gómez HurtadoConservative Party–National Participation Movement2,588,05035.84
Jaime Pardo LealPatriotic Union328,7524.55
Regina Betancur de LiskaMetapolitical Unitary Movement46,8110.65
Juan David Pérez GaviriaHumanist Party2290.00
Write-ins1,2610.02
Blank votes42,2050.58
Total7,221,818100.00
Valid votes7,221,81899.89
Invalid votes8,1190.11
Total votes7,229,937100.00
Registered voters/turnout15,839,75445.64
Source: Nohlen

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, p354