1857 Colombian presidential election

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Presidential elections were held in the Republic of New Granada in 1857. Following constitutional reforms in 1853, they were the first direct presidential elections in the country. The result was a victory for Mariano Ospina Rodríguez of the Conservative Party.^[1]

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