1966 Colombian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 20 March 1966 to elect the Senate and Chamber of Representatives.[1] Under the National Front agreement, only the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party were allowed to contest the elections, with each party allocated 50% of the seats in both houses.[2] As a result, the main contest at the elections was between factions within each party.[2]
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Results
Senate
| Party | Faction | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Liberal Party | Oficialistas | 1,120,394 | 38.5 | 46 | +9 |
| Liberal Revolutionary Movement (soft) | 367,457 | 12.6 | 7 | – | |
| National Popular Alliance | 10,283 | 0.4 | 0 | – | |
| Independents | 31,009 | 1.1 | 0 | – | |
| Others | 347 | 0.0 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 1,529,490 | 52.6 | 53 | +4 | |
| Conservative Party | National Popular Alliance | 474,489 | 16.3 | 18 | +16 |
| Unionistas | 472,876 | 16.2 | 20 | –11 | |
| Lauro-Alzatistas | 339,809 | 16.3 | 14 | New | |
| Independents | 81,586 | 2.8 | 1 | +1 | |
| Leyvistas | 6,984 | 0.2 | 0 | – | |
| Others | 3,960 | 0.1 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 1,379,704 | 47.4 | 53 | +4 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 8,669 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 2,917,863 | 100 | 106 | +8 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,609,639 | 44.1 | – | – | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||||
Chamber of Representatives
| Party | Faction | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Liberal Party | Oficialistas | 1,120,824 | 38.3 | 69 | +10 |
| Liberal Revolutionary Movement (soft) | 369,956 | 12.6 | 21 | –2 | |
| National Popular Alliance | 100,898 | 3.4 | 4 | +3 | |
| Independents | 24,026 | 0.8 | 1 | +1 | |
| Others | 14,940 | 0.5 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 1,630,644 | 55.7 | 95 | +3 | |
| Conservative Party | Unionistas | 474,397 | 16.2 | 35 | – |
| National Popular Alliance | 422,204 | 14.4 | 33 | +7 | |
| Lauro-Alzatistas | 346,664 | 11.8 | 25 | New | |
| Independents | 40,106 | 1.4 | 1 | +1 | |
| Leyvistas | 7,485 | 0.3 | 1 | +1 | |
| Others | 7,771 | 0.3 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 1,298,627 | 44.3 | 95 | +3 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 9,951 | – | – | – | |
| Total | 2,939,222 | 100 | 190 | +6 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,609,639 | 44.5 | – | – | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||||
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References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- Nohlen, p. 323.
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