1994 Colombian presidential election

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1994 Colombian presidential election

← 1990 29 May 1994 (first round)
19 June 1994 (second round)
1998 →
Turnout33.95% (first round)
43.32% (second round)
  Samper cropped.jpg Andrespastranaarango.png
Nominee Ernesto Samper Andrés Pastrana Arango
Party Liberal Conservative
Home state Bogotá Bogotá
Running mate Humberto De la Calle Luis Fernando Ramírez
Popular vote 3,733,366 3,576,781
Percentage 50.57% 48.45%

Colombian Presidential Election Second Round Results, 1994.svg
Winner by department, Second Round

President before election

César Gaviria
Liberal

Elected President

Ernesto Samper
Liberal

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 1994, with a second round on 19 June.[1] The result was a victory for Ernesto Samper of the Liberal Party, who received 50.57% of the vote in the run-off.

Samper's election was tainted by accusations during the campaign and afterwards that his Liberal Party had sought funding from the Cali Cartel. This resulted in the Proceso 8000 investigation, which found several of Samper's close associates within the party guilty, although Samper himself was absolved of any wrongdoing.[2] However, the scandal badly damaged his presidency and his party, and resulted in a grand coalition of opposition politicians standing against and defeating the Liberal Party at the following election in 1998; Samper was Colombia's last Liberal president.

Results[]

First Round Results by Department
  Ernesto Samper Won
  Andres Pastrana won
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Ernesto SamperColombian Liberal Party2,623,21045.303,733,33650.57
Andrés Pastrana ArangoColombian Conservative Party2,604,77144.983,576,78148.45
Antonio Navarro WolffColombian Compromise219,2413.79
Regina Betancur de Liska64,1311.11
Miguel Alfredo Maza MarquezCivic People's Convergence55,1900.95
Alberto Mendoza MoralesNational Convergence–Patriotic Union34,4370.59
Enrique Parejo GonzalezDemocratic Alternative29,2460.50
Guillermo AlemánEcological Orientation Movement22,9230.40
Gloria GaitánJorge Eliecer Gaitán Movement17,3970.30
José Antonio Cortes HuertasChristian Civic Commitment to the Community11,7040.20
Miguel Zamora AvilaLet's Protest9,0590.16
José GalatMoral Front9,0550.16
Doris de CastroIndependent Christian Movement6,0200.10
Luis Rodríguez OrjuelaProgressive National Movement5,7110.10
Oscar Rojas MassoWe are Free4,3680.08
José Guillermo Barnosa MillanOrganisation for National Peace3,7970.07
Mario Diazgranados LlinasChristian CGT3,3190.06
Efraín Toress PlazasBelieve – No to the War2,6370.05
Blank votes65,1161.1272,5360.98
Total5,791,332100.007,382,653100.00
Valid votes5,791,33299.487,382,65399.39
Invalid votes29,9990.5245,0890.61
Total votes5,821,331100.007,427,742100.00
Registered voters/turnout17,146,59733.9517,146,59743.32
Source: Nohlen

References[]

  1. ^ Nohlen, Dieter (2005). Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-19928-358-3.
  2. ^ "El proceso 8.000, a 21 años del escándalo mayor". El Espectador. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2016.


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