1982 Colombian presidential election

1982 Colombian presidential election
	Winner by department
President before election; Julio César Turbay Ayala; Liberal	Elected President ; Belisario Betancur; Conservative

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 30 May 1982.^[1] The result was a victory for Belisario Betancur of the Conservative Party–National Movement, who received 46.8% of the vote.^[2]

Results[]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Belisario Betancur	Colombian Conservative Party–National Movement	3,189,278	46.75
	Alfonso López Michelsen	Colombian Liberal Party	2,797,627	41.01
	Luis Carlos Galán	New Liberalism	745,738	10.93
	Gerardo Molina	Democratic Front	82,858	1.21
	Florentino Porras Pardo	Popular Claim	159	0.00
Write-ins			6,142	0.09
Total			6,821,802	100.00

Valid votes			6,821,802	99.73
Invalid/blank votes			18,590	0.27
Total votes			6,840,392	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			13,734,093	49.81
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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