2014 Colombian parliamentary election

Legislative elections were held to elect members to both chambers of Congress in Colombia on 9 March 2014.[1] The nationwide constituency for the 102-member Senate was contested, as well as the 166 seats of the House of Representatives, plus the delegates to the Andean Parliament. There were 773 candidates for the Senate, 1528 candidates for the House of Representatives, and 23 candidates for the five Colombian seats in the Andean Parliament.[2] 32,795,962 Colombians had been registered to vote in the elections by the cut-off date of 25 January 2014.[3][4]

2014 Colombian House of Representatives election

9 March 2014
Turnout	43.6%
Party Leader % Seats ± Liberal N/A 17.26% 39 Party of the U N/A 19.61% 38 Conservative N/A 16.09% 28 Democratic Center N/A 11.57% 19 Radical Change N/A 9.46% 16 Green Alliance N/A 4.09% 6 Citizen Option N/A 3.99% 6 PDA N/A 3.54% 3 MIRA N/A 3.52% 3 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results of the election in the House of Representatives and Senate (bottom left).

The elections were notable for the decision by former president Álvaro Uribe to stand for the Senate, the first ex-president in modern Colombian history to run for Congress afterwards.[5][6] Uribe is constitutionally barred from standing for president again, having already served two terms.

Electoral system

Both Senators and Representatives are elected to four-year terms however the electoral system differs. The electoral system used for the Senate is a one national constituency to elect 100 members by proportional representation whilst the remaining 2 Senators are reserved for Indigenous Colombians, who have a separate ballot. The House of Representatives uses proportional representation with the departments serving as constituencies, each electing from between 2 and 18 members.

Results

Party		House of Representatives			Senate
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Party of the U (U)	2,297,786	19.61	38	2,230,208	19.11	21
	Liberal Party (PLC)	2,022,093	17.26	39	1,748,789	14.98	17
	Conservative Party (PC)	1,884,706	16.09	28	1,944,284	16.66	19
	Democratic Center (CD)	1,355,358	11.57	19	2,045,564	17.52	19
	Radical Change (CR)	1,108,502	9.46	16	996,872	8.54	9
	Green Party	479,521	4.09	6	564,663	4.84	5
	Civic Option (OC)	467,728	3.99	6	527,124	4.52	5
	Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA)	414,346	3.54	3	541,145	4.64	5
	Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation (MIRA)	411,800	3.51	3	326,943	2.80	0
	100% for Colombia	157,621	1.34	2	0	0.00	0
	Patriotic Union (UP)	99,414	0.85	0	0	0.00	0
	For a Better Huila	73,573	0.63	1	0	0.00	0
	Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (AICO)	65,888	0.56	1	0	0.00	0
	Indigenous Social Alliance Movement (ASI)	46,789	0.40	1	0	0.00	0
	Others	5,875	0.05	0	0	0.00	0
	FUNECO (Afro-Colombians)	58,965	-	2	0	-	0
	Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (Indigenous)	28,360	-	1	30,132	-	0
	MAIS (Indigenous)	20,692	-	0	45,964	-	1
	Indigenous Social Alliance Movement (Indigenous)	0	-	0	34,293	-	1
Invalid/blank votes		824,956	–	–	746,659	–	–
Total		11,715,956	100	166	11,672,251	100	102
Source: Colombia

Opinion polls

Date	Pollster	Sample size	PLC	La U	CD	PCC	PDA	CR	OC	AV	MIRA	Others	None/Don't know	Margin of error
2010 elections			17.8%	25.9	–	21.3	6.9	8.0	7.9	4.0	2.9	–	–	–
12–19 Oct 2013	Cifras y Conceptos	2500	15%	13%	17%	5%	5%	2%	n.a.	5%	2%	2%	33%	2.9%
22–27 Nov 2013	Cifras y Conceptos	2500	17%	11%	15%	6%	4%	2%	n.a.	5%	1%	n.a.	36%	2.9%
29–31 Jan 2014	Datexco/El Tiempo & W Radio	1200	12.2%	18.2%	10.4%	8.8%	6.0%	4.9%	0.5%	5.4%	2.9%	2.8%	26.8%	2.8%
20–24 Feb 2014	Cifras y Conceptos	2500	17%	11%	20%	8%	6%	5%	3%	6%	5%	n.a.	20%	2.9%
25–28 Feb 2014	Datexco/El Tiempo & W Radio	1200	13.6%	13.4%	23.4%	7.3%	10.0%	5.1%	1.1%	4.3%	2.2%	0.2%	19.4%	2.8%

See also

• 2014 Colombian presidential election
• National Electoral Council of Colombia

References

1. "Resolución No. 10367 de 10 Oct 2013: Para la cual se modifica la Resolución No. 1444 del 15 de febrero 2013, mediante la cual se establece el Calendario Electoral para las elecciones de Congreso de la Republica y Parlamento Andino, que se realizarán el 9 de marzo de 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil. 10 October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
2. "Comunicado de Prensa No. 0136 de 2014: La Registraduría presenta las cifras de la elección de Congreso y Parlamento Andino que se celebrará este domingo 9 de marzo" (in Spanish). Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
3. "Comunicado de Prensa No. 0061 de 2014: 32.795.962 colombianos están habilitados para votar en las elecciones de Congreso y Parlamento Andino" (in Spanish). Registraduría Nacional de Estado Civil. 6 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
4. "Un total de 32.795.962 colombianos votarán el próximo 9 de marzo". El Universal (in Spanish). Cartagena, Colombia. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
5. "Former Colombian president Uribe attempts comeback in senate elections". The Guardian. London, England. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
6. "Con dardos a Santos, Uribe inscribió su lista al Senado". Semana (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.