1825 Colombian presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in Gran Colombia in 1825, with Congress certifying the results the following year.[1] The result was a victory for Simón Bolívar, who received 582 of the 608 votes.[2] Francisco de Paula Santander was elected Vice President.[1]
Electoral system[]
The 1821 constitution provided for a system where Provincial Assemblies elected the President and Vice President. If no candidate received a majority of the vote, an election would be held in the Congress.
Results[]
President[]
Candidate | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Simón Bolívar | 582 | 95.72 |
José Antonio Páez | 11 | 1.81 |
Francisco de Paula Santander | 10 | 1.64 |
4 | 0.66 | |
Rafael Urdaneta | 1 | 0.16 |
Total | 608 | 100.00 |
Source: Historia electoral colombiana[3] |
Vice President[]
Candidate | Public vote | Congress vote | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Votes | % | |
Francisco de Paula Santander | 285 | 46.57 | 70 | 71.43 |
79 | 12.91 | 6 | 6.12 | |
56 | 9.15 | 22 | 22.45 | |
50 | 8.17 | |||
39 | 6.37 | |||
Cristóbal Mendoza | 26 | 4.25 | ||
25 | 4.08 | |||
Carlos Soublette | 19 | 3.10 | ||
7 | 1.14 | |||
Joaquín Mosquera | 6 | 0.98 | ||
Pedro Gual Escandón | 5 | 0.82 | ||
Mariano Montilla | 4 | 0.65 | ||
José Antonio Páez | 4 | 0.65 | ||
Vicente Aguirre | 2 | 0.33 | ||
Rafael Urdaneta | 2 | 0.33 | ||
1 | 0.16 | |||
1 | 0.16 | |||
Santiago Mariño | 1 | 0.16 | ||
Total | 612 | 100.00 | 98 | 100.00 |
Source: Historia electoral colombiana[3] |
References[]
- ^ a b Elections and Events 1810-1849 The Library, UC San Diego
- ^ Colombia: Elecciones Presidenciales de 1826 a 1990 Political Database of the Americas
- ^ a b Historia electoral colombiana, La Registraduría, 1991, pp97–98
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