2006 Colombian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on March 12, 2006 to elect members of the Senate and Chamber of Representatives. Presidential primaries were also held for the Liberal Party and the Alternative Democratic Pole prior to the upcoming presidential elections in May.

Chamber of Representatives[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Colombian Liberal Party	1,639,593	18.51	35
	Social Party of National Unity	1,434,919	16.20	30
	Colombian Conservative Party	1,347,904	15.22	29
	Radical Change	917,912	10.36	20
	Alternative Democratic Pole	677,964	7.66	7
	Citizens' Convergence	385,589	4.35	8
	Wings – Team Colombia	366,766	4.14	8
	Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation	241,704	2.73	1
	Liberal Opening Movement	222,033	2.51	5
	Democratic Colombia Party	213,077	2.41	2
	National Movement	172,476	1.95	2
	United People's Movement	133,324	1.51	2
	For the Country of Our Dreams	103,795	1.17	2
	Regional Integration Movement	93,394	1.05	4
		88,268	1.00	1
	C4	82,673	0.93	0
	New Huila and Liberalism	81,335	0.92	2
	Social Action Party	53,217	0.60	1
	Visionaries with Antanas Mockus	47,217	0.53	0
	Let the Moreno Play Movement	37,239	0.42	0
	Renovation Movement Labour Action	34,082	0.38	1
	Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement	28,956	0.33	0
	Living Colombia Movement	28,389	0.32	0
	National Salvation Movement	27,531	0.31	1
	Independent Social Alliance Movement	27,378	0.31	0
	Republican Movement	22,513	0.25	0
	People's Participation Movement	19,773	0.22	1
	Indigenous Authorities of Colombia	17,632	0.20	0
	Community Participation	12,480	0.14	0
	Progressive National Movement	7,932	0.09	1
	Colombia Unite	6,631	0.07	0
	People's Will Movement	5,467	0.06	0
	Independent Conservatism	4,604	0.05	0
	National Democratic Reconstruction	3,428	0.04	0
	Citizens' Footprint Movement	2,693	0.03	0
	Colombian Social Democratic Party	1,686	0.02	0
	We are Colombia	1,039	0.01	0
	Yes Colombia	797	0.01	0
		739	0.01	0
	Colombia Always	441	0.00	0
	New Liberalism	295	0.00	–
	Democratic Unity Party	294	0.00	0
	Democratic Progressivity	171	0.00	0
	Citizens' Movement	132	0.00	0
	National Popular Alliance	68	0.00	0
	Progressive Force	40	0.00	0
Blank votes		260,579	2.94	–
Total		8,856,169	100.00	163

Valid votes		8,856,169	83.05
Invalid votes		1,807,014	16.95
Total votes		10,663,183	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		26,593,271	40.10
Afro-Colombian seats
		7,682	5.67	1
		6,833	5.04	1
	Black Roots	6,287	4.64	0
	CORPOSINPAC	5,497	4.06	0
	FUNDECON	5,385	3.98	0
	ASOPRA	5,065	3.74	0
	United Corporation for Afro Culture	4,829	3.57	0
	Organisation of Afro-Colombian Women	4,465	3.30	0
	APONURY	4,367	3.22	0
	National Association of Afro-Colombian Students	4,333	3.20	0
	National Cimarron Movement	4,205	3.10	0
	ACIA	3,183	2.35	0
	Tambor Yoruba Foundation	2,850	2.10	0
	ANALDIC	2,281	1.68	0
	Afro-Colombian Malcolm X	1,756	1.30	0
	AFIN	1,729	1.28	0
	DESPERTAR	1,640	1.21	0
	CINDENT	1,592	1.18	0
	Afro-Colombian Exchange of Experiences Association	1,526	1.13	0
	FUNDECONA	1,483	1.09	0
	FUNDAIN	1,334	0.98	0
	Pacific Coexistence Organisation	1,255	0.93	0
	Coagro Pacifico LTDA	1,111	0.82	0
	CANOAS	936	0.69	0
	ASOPACIFICO	920	0.68	0
	CECPCC	828	0.61	0
	APDDEC	781	0.58	0
Blank votes		51,298	37.87	–
Total		135,451	100.00	2

Indigenous seat
	Alternative Democratic Pole	29,308	21.47	1
	Independent Social Alliance Movement	18,956	13.89	0
	Community Participation	8,637	6.33	0
	Indigenous Authorities of Colombia	7,058	5.17	0
	Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement	5,950	4.36	0
	Colombia Unite	3,348	2.45	0
Blank votes		63,257	46.34	–
Total		136,514	100.00	1

Source: Barrero et al.

Senate[]

In the two-seat indigenous constituency, more blank votes were cast than votes for parties, resulting in a re-run being required. This took place with the same parties (AICO and ASI) but difference candidates.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Social Party of National Unity	1,591,775	17.30	20
	Colombian Conservative Party	1,470,029	15.98	18
	Colombian Liberal Party	1,436,657	15.62	18
	Radical Change	1,211,457	13.17	15
	Alternative Democratic Pole	875,451	9.52	10
	Citizens' Convergence	566,823	6.16	7
	Wings – Team Colombia	418,124	4.54	5
	Democratic Colombia Party	272,524	2.96	3
	Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation	237,512	2.58	2
	Living Colombia Movement	229,556	2.50	2
	For the Country of Our Dreams	165,981	1.80	0
	Let the Moreno Play Movement	136,636	1.49	0
	C4	86,609	0.94	0
	Visionaries with Antanas Mockus	71,843	0.78	0
	Community Participation	54,356	0.59	0
	Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement	37,545	0.41	0
	Colombia Unite	15,568	0.17	0
	Independent Conservatism	13,221	0.14	0
	Progressive National Movement	8,794	0.10	0
	National Democratic Reconstruction	7,751	0.08	0
Blank votes		291,864	3.17	–
Total		9,200,076	100.00	100

Valid votes		9,200,076	85.24
Invalid votes		1,593,332	14.76
Total votes		10,793,408	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		26,595,171	40.58
Indigenous seats
	Independent Social Alliance Movement	43,903	27.02	1
	Indigenous Authorities of Colombia	21,624	13.31	1
Blank votes		96,948	59.67	–
Total		162,475	100.00	2

Source: RNEC

Senate Members[]

circumscription	Party	Senator
National	Social Party of National Unity (U)	Dilian Francisca Toro Gina Parody Marta Lucía Ramírez José David Name Armando Benedetti Jairo Clopatofsky Manuel Enríquez Rosero Jorge Visbal Martelo (after the death of Luis Guillermo Vélez) Ricardo Arias (after renounced) Aurelio Iragorri Mauricio Pimiento (suspended, substituted by ) Zulema Jattin Corrales
	Colombian Conservative Party (C)	Roberto Gerlein Germán Villegas (suspended, substituted by ) Juan Manuel Corzo Román Eduardo Enríquez Maya Luis Humberto Gómez Gallo
	Colombian Liberal Party (L)	(suspended, substituted by ) Juan Fernando Cristo Piedad Córdoba Ruiz Cecilia López Montaño Mauricio Jaramillo
	Radical Change Party (CR)	Germán Vargas Lleras (after the death of ) (after the renunciation of ) Arturo Char Chaljub Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez (suspended, substituted by ) David Char Navas
	Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA)	Gustavo Petro Urrego Alexander López
	Partido Convergencia Ciudadana	(after the renunciation of ) (suspended, substituted by ) Gabriel Acosta Bendek
	Movimiento	(after the renunciation of Álvaro Araújo Castro )
		(after the renunciation of Mario Uribe Escobar) (after the renunciation of ) (after the renunciation of )
	Movimiento Independiente de Renovación Absoluta (MIRA)	Alexandra Moreno Piraquive Manuel Antonio Virgüez Carlos Alberto Baena
	Movimiento Colombia Viva	(suspended, substituted by , y ahora por )
Indigenous	(ASI)
Indigenous	Autoridades Indígenas de Colombia (AICO)

Of the 102 elected congressman and women that took office on July 20, 2006. 52 were re-elected, 25 had previously served in the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia in the 2002–2006 term, 3 returned to the senate after a few years of absence and 22 were elected to congress for the first time.

References[]

"Boletin de Prensa N° 010" (Press release) (in Spanish). Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil. 2006-07-14. Archived from the original (DOC) on 2007-07-28. Retrieved 2007-02-09.

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Senate[]

Senate Members[]

References[]

See also[]

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