2018 Colombian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 11 March 2018 to elect 102 members of the Senate and 166 members of the House of Representatives.

2018 Colombian parliamentary election

11 March 2018

Party Leader % Seats ± Senate Democratic Center Álvaro Uribe 16.41% 19 -1 Radical Change Arturo Char Chaljub 14.07% 16 +7 Conservative David Barguil 12.58% 14 -4 Liberal Lidio García Turbay 12.42% 14 -3 Party of the U Roy Barreras 12.10% 14 -7 Green Alliance Antanas Mockus 8.60% 9 +4 PDA Jorge Enrique Robledo 4.80% 5 0 List of Decency Gustavo Bolívar 3.41% 3+1 +4 MIRA Ana Agudelo 3.27% 3 +3 House of Representatives Liberal N/A 14.89% 35 -4 Democratic Center N/A 13.32% 32 +13 Radical Change N/A 13.14% 30 +15 Party of the U N/A 12.80% 25 -12 Conservative N/A 9.10% 21 -5 Green Alliance N/A 5.09% 9 +3 List of Decency N/A 3.62% 2+1 +3 MIRA N/A 3.46% 2 +1 PDA N/A 16.57% 2 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Results of the election in the House of Representatives and Senate (bottom left).

Electoral system

Of the 166 members of the House of Representatives, 162 are elected by proportional representation from 33 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with seats allocated using the largest remainder method.[1] Two members are elected by Afro-Colombian community, one by indigenous community, and one by Colombian expatriates.[2]

The 102 Senators are elected by two methods; 100 from a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation (with seats allocated using the largest remainder) and two from a two-seat constituency for indigenous Colombians.[3]

FARC will be guaranteed five seats in the House and five in the Senate as part of the Colombian peace process.[4][5]

Candidates

1. Green Alliance
2. National Integration Party
3. Colombian Conservative Party
4. Democratic Center
5. Movimiento Todos Somos Colombia
6. Radical Change
7. Colombian Liberal Party
8. Grupo Significativo de Ciudadanos Colombia Justa Libres
9. Grupo Significativo de Ciudadanos Unión con Fortaleza
10. Alternative Democratic Pole
11. Social Party of National Unity
12. Common Alternative Revolutionary Force
13. Grupo Significativo de Ciudadanos Sí Se Puede
14. Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation
15. Partido Somos Región Colombia
16. La Lista de la Decencia (Indigenous Social Alliance Movement, Unión Patriótica and Movimiento Alternativo Indígena y Social)

Opinion polls

Voting intention for Senate

Date(s) conducted	Polling organisation/client	Sample size	Party													None	Blank vote	Don't know/ No response	Margin of error
			U	CD	PCC	PLC	CR	PV	PDA	OC	MIRA	Prog	FARC	UP	Others
2014 Senate election results			19.11%	17.52%	16.66%	14.98%	8.54%	4.84%	4.64%	4.52%	2.80%	—	—	—	—
23–26 Nov 2017	Cifras y Conceptos/ Red+ Noticias & Caracol Radio	1795	6%	14%	5%	12%	9%	5%	3%	2%	5%	1%	1%	0%	3%	25%	1%	6%	4.5%
11–14 Dec 2017	Guarumo & EcoAnalítica/ El Tiempo & W Radio	2352	4.8%	14.2%	3.9%	9.5%	4.0%	7.0%	3.3%	0.8%	2.0%	—	1.0%	—	2.6%	—	27.3%	19.6%	4%
24–28 Jan 2018	Cifras y Conceptos/ Red+ Noticias & Caracol Radio	2813	5%	15%	6%	14%	10%	5%	2%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	3%	24%	2%	8%	4.6%
24–28 Jan 2018	YanHaas/RCN Televisión, RCN Radio, La F.M. Radio & various newspapers	1251	7%	11%	8%	15%	7%	6%	6%	2%	—	—	1%	—	—	19%	18%	—	2.2%
27–31 Jan 2018	Guarumo & EcoAnalítica/ El Tiempo & W Radio	2187	5.2%	15.6%	3.5%	8.5%	6.0%	8.7%	5.3%	1.3%	1.8%	—	1.2%	—	3.6%	—	23.4%	15.9%	4%
23–26 Feb 2018	Cifras y Conceptos/ Red+ Noticias & Caracol Radio	2960	5%	17%	6%	12%	10%	4%	5%	3%	3%	—	0%	—	35%	—	—	—	4.5%
24 Feb–1 Mar 2018	Guarumo & EcoAnalítica/ El Tiempo & W Radio	3425	4.8%	20.1%	5.0%	9.9%	8.1%	6.1%	4.0%	1.8%	1.5%	—	0.6%	—	7.3%	—	16.1%	14.7%	2.7%

Preliminary results

House of Representatives

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Colombian Liberal Party	2,471,596	13.82%	35
Democratic Center	2,388,405	13.36%	32
Radical Change	2,140,630	11.97%	30
Social Party of National Unity	1,840,481	10.29%	25
Colombian Conservative Party	1,819,867	10.18%	21
Green Alliance	884,146	4.94%	9
Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation	585,638	3.27%	1
Alternative Democratic Pole	444,912	2.49%	2
Citizen Option	310,724	1.74%	2
List of Decency Coalition (ASI–UP–MAIS)	262,282	1.47%	2
Partido Somos	160,618	0.90%	0
Colombia Coalition	121,338	0.68%	0
Colombia Justa Libres	114,174	0.64%	1
Indigenous Social Alliance Movement	112,340	0.63%	0
Alternative Santandereana Coalition	71,953	0.40%	1
Alternative Indigenous and Social Movement	44,034	0.25%	1
Colombia Justa Libres	58,654	0.33%	0
List of Decency Coalition (ASI–UP–MAIS)	49,426	0.28%	0
Patriotic Union	42,910	0.28%	0
Citizen Force for Decency	35,140	0.20%	0
Common Alternative Revolutionary Force (FARC)	32,636	0.18%	0
AV–PDA	21,849	0.12%	0
Coalition for the North	17,935	0.10%	0
Todos Somos Colombia	16,447	0.09%	0
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia	11,244	0.06%	0
Arauca for All	5,028	0.03%	0
Movement for Regional Integration	3,033	0.02%	0
Afro-Colombian Seats
C.C. Ancenstral de Comunidades Negras Playa Renaciente	32,439	0.18%	1
Consejo Comunitario La Mamuncia	23,627	0.13%	1
C.C. de la Comunidad Negra de la Plata Bahía Málaga	17,006	0.10%	0
Consejo Comunitario del Rio Yurumangui	13,355	0.07%	0
Consejo Comunitario Mayor de Certegui	11,743	0.07%	0
C.C. De Comun. Negras Palenque Vda. Las Trescientas y Mun. Galapa	11,655	0.07%	0
Fundación Laborar por Colombia Fundalabor	8,035	0.04%	0
Fundación Esperanza Afro-Esafro	7,933	0.04%	0
Consejo Comunitario de Alejandro Duran Diaz	7,828	0.04%	0
Todos Somos Colombia	7,287	0.04%	0
Corporación Poder Ciudadano	6,597	0.04%	0
Consejo Comunitario Renacer Negro	6,346	0.04%	0
Si Se Puede	5,904	0.03%	0
Consejo Comunitario Bocas del Atrato y Leoncito	3,919	0.02%	0
Consejo Comunitario Ma Kankamana de San Basilio de Palenque	3,795	0.02%	0
C.C. de la Comunidad Negra de la Calle Larga Rio Dagua	3,527	0.02%	0
C.C. de los Corregimientos de San Antonio y El Castillo	3,292	0.02%	0
Consejo Comunitario Los Andes	3,220	0.02%	0
Consejo Comunitario Veredas Unidas Un Bien Común	3,194	0.02%	0
ACN-EAT	2,991	0.02%	0
C.C. De La Comun. Negra De Tierra Baja Mi Territorio Ancestral	2,980	0.02%	0
Consejo Comunitario Imbilpi del Carmen	2,451	0.01%	0
Consejo Comunitario de la Comunidad Negra de Limones	2,403	0.01%	0
AFROSANPEDRO	2,329	0.01%	0
FUNAFROPECOR	2,193	0.01%	0
Consejo Comunitario Tablon Salado	2,134	0.01%	0
AFROCODES	1,988	0.01%	0
Asociación Colombia Negra Huellas de Africania en Paz	1,915	0.01%	0
Kusuto Magende Cokumalu de Luruaco	1,905	0.01%	0
Consejo Comunitario de las Baras	1,873	0.01%	0
Fundación Amor y Paz	1,691	0.01%	0
Consejo Comunitario de Comunidades Negras Obatala	1,634	0.01%	0
CENAFROZ	1,628	0.01%	0
Cuenca del Rio Iscuande	1,557	0.01%	0
Consejo Comunitario de Comunidades Negras Santo Domingo	1,554	0.01%	0
Org. Social de Comunidades Negras "Nelson Mandela"	1,533	0.01%	0
FUNETCOL	1,509	0.01%	0
C.C. General del Río Baudó y Sus Afluentes "Acaba"	1,340	0.01%	0
Los Palenkes	1,314	0.01%	0
FUNDEVIA	1,075	0.01%	0
Fundación Renacer Para Todos	1,010	0.01%	0
Asoc. de Afr. Sin Animo de Lucro de S. Cristóbal Sur Asafroscol 4	1,006	0.01%	0
Indigenous Seats
Alternative Indigenous and Social Movement	99,645	0.56%	1
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia	45,969	0.26%	0
UAIZSACOR	4,437	0.02%	0
ANICOL	4,308	0.02%	0
Taita Zipa Foundation	2,442	0.01%	0
Casiyouren Traditional Authority	1,909	0.01%	0
Invalid/blank votes	3,433,453	–	–
Total	17,882,318	100	166
Registered voters/turnout	36,493,318		–
Source: RNEC (99.03% of polling stations reporting)

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats
National Seats
Democratic Center	2,513,320	17.36	19
Radical Change	2,155,487	14.89	16
Colombian Conservative Party	1,927,320	13.32	15
Colombian Liberal Party	1,901,933	13.14	14
Social Party of National Unity	1,853,054	12.80	14
Green Alliance	1,317,429	9.10	10
Alternative Democratic Pole	736,367	5.09	5
List of Decency Coalition (ASI–UP–MAIS)	523,286	3.62	4
Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation	501,489	3.46	3
Colombia Justa Libres	431,418	2.98	0
Citizen Option	354,042	2.45	0
Partido Somos	94,349	0.65	0
Todos Somos Colombia	63,443	0.44	0
Common Alternative Revolutionary Force (FARC)	52,532	0.36	0
Union for Fortaleza	34,121	0.24	0
Si Se Puede	14,860	0.10	0
Indigenous Seats
Alternative Indigenous and Social Movement	72,591	45.68	1
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia	34,957	22.00	1
Indigenous Social Alliance Movement	23,742	14.94	0
Political Sovereignty Movement	15,692	9.87	0
Casiyouren Traditional Authority	5,370	3.38	0
Ethnic Renovation of Colombia	4,382	2.76	0
Indigenous Environmental Movement	2,181	1.37	0
Invalid/blank votes	3,184,820	–	–
Total	17,818,185	100	102
Registered voters/turnout	36,493,318	48.82	–
Source: Colombia.com (98.97% of polling stations reporting)

References

1. Electoral system IPU
2. House of Representatives Archived 2018-03-14 at the Wayback Machine RNEC
3. Electoral system IPU
4. Elections and uncertainty (in Spanish)
5. "Colombia clears path for former FARC members to hold office". CNN. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.

External links

• The Liberal Party and the upcoming elections (in Spanish)