1949 Colombian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 27 November 1949.^[1] The result was a victory for Laureano Gómez of the Conservative Party, who received all but 23 of the 1.1 million valid votes cast.^[2] The opposition Liberal Party withdrew from the election and called for a boycott after their candidate Darío Echandía was the victim of a failed assassination attempt.^[2]

It is widely speculated that Jorge Eliécer Gaitán would likely have been elected President had he not been assassinated on 9 April 1948.^[3]^[4] This assassination occurred immediately prior to the armed insurrection or Bogotazo.^[5]^[4]

Results[]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Laureano Gómez	Colombian Conservative Party	1,140,122	100.00
Others			23	0.00
Total			1,140,145	100.00

Valid votes			1,140,145	99.96
Invalid/blank votes			501	0.04
Total votes			1,140,646	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,866,339	39.79
Source: Nohlen

References[]

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
^ ^a ^b Nohlen, p352
^ Weyl 1961, pp. 4, 7.
^ ^a ^b Jorge Eliécer Gaitán United Fruit Historical Society] Accessed 28 January 2008.
^ Weyl 1961, pp. 4–21.

Bibliography[]

Weyl, Nathaniel (1961). Red Star Over Cuba, the Russian Assault on the Western Hemisphere. Arlington House. ISBN 0-8159-6705-5.

[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

[NS-2] Nohlen, p352

[FOOTNOTEWeyl19614,_7-3] Weyl 1961, pp. 4, 7.

[unitedfruit-4] Jorge Eliécer Gaitán United Fruit Historical Society] Accessed 28 January 2008.

[FOOTNOTEWeyl19614–21-5] Weyl 1961, pp. 4–21.

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