1978 Colombian presidential election

1978 Colombian presidential election
	Winner by department
President before election; Alfonso López Michelsen; Liberal	Elected President ; Julio César Turbay Ayala; Liberal

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 4 June 1978.^[1] The result was a victory for Julio César Turbay Ayala of the Liberal Party, who received 49.5% of the vote.^[2]

Results[]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Julio César Turbay Ayala	Colombian Liberal Party	2,503,681	49.50
	Belisario Betancur	Colombian Conservative Party–National Movement	2,356,620	46.59
	Julio César Pernía		97,234	1.92
	Alvaro Valencia Tovar	National Renovation Movement	65,961	1.30
	Jaime Piedrahita Cardona		27,059	0.53
	Luz del Socorro Ramírez	Labour and Socialist Union	6,643	0.13
	Victor Julio Gómez Hoyos	National Civic Action Movement	587	0.01
	Regina Betancur de Liska		126	0.00
	Jesús Arena Fajardo	Labour Movement	14	0.00
Total			5,057,925	100.00

Valid votes			5,057,925	99.65
Invalid/blank votes			17,794	0.35
Total votes			5,075,719	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			12,580,851	40.34
Source: Nohlen

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

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