Colombian parliamentary election, 1998
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Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 8 March 1998 to elect the Senate and Chamber of Representatives.[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 84 of the 161 seats in the Chamber and 48 of the 102 seats in the Senate.
Results
Senate
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Party | 3,897,373 | 47.4 | 48 | –8 |
Conservative Party | 1,000,032 | 12.2 | 15 | –5 |
Conservative National Movement | 442,767 | 5.4 | 7 | +6 |
Liberal Oxygen Movement | 158,184 | 1.9 | 2 | – |
Civic Defence Movement | 127,248 | 1.5 | 2 | – |
National Popular Alliance | 111,531 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 |
Progressive National Movement | 108,607 | 1.3 | 2 | +1 |
Citizens' Movement | 107,680 | 1.3 | 1 | – |
Civic People's Convergence | 104,836 | 1.3 | 1 | – |
New Democratic Force | 100,643 | 1.2 | 1 | – |
Indigenous Social Alliance Movement | 95,523 | 1.2 | 1 | +1 |
National Democratic Reconstruction | 83,715 | 1.0 | 1 | – |
National Salvation Movement | 82,687 | 1.0 | 1 | –1 |
Bolivarian Movement for the New Colombia | 70,581 | 0.9 | 1 | – |
Vamos Colombia | 65,824 | 0.8 | 1 | – |
Christian Union Movement | 53,753 | 0.7 | 0 | –1 |
Movement '98 | 46,648 | 0.6 | 1 | – |
C4 | 44,859 | 0.5 | 1 | +1 |
Force Colombia | 44,587 | 0.5 | 0 | – |
Education and Social Change | 44,347 | 0.5 | 1 | – |
Independent Conservatism | 43,908 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Front of Hope | 41,608 | 0.5 | 1 | – |
Colombia My Country | 40,661 | 0.5 | 1 | – |
Citizens' Participation Movement | 39,276 | 0.5 | 0 | – |
Laicists for Colombia | 38,412 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Humbertista Movement | 37,782 | 0.5 | 0 | – |
Independent Liberal Restoration Movement | 36,194 | 0.4 | 0 | –1 |
Political Attitudes Renovation Movement | 36,194 | 0.4 | 0 | – |
Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement | 35,856 | 0.4 | 0 | – |
The Collective Movement | 32,459 | 0.4 | 0 | – |
Solidarity Option Movement | 30,952 | 0.4 | 0 | – |
National Civic Concentration | 25,967 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Independent Civic Movement | 25,387 | 0.3 | 0 | –1 |
Progressive Force | 23,961 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Communist Party | 23,613 | 0.3 | 0 | –1 |
Democratic Renovation Movement | 20,888 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
National Reserves' Alliance | 20,512 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
Women 2000 | 19,791 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement | 19,510 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 18,224 | 0.2 | 0 | –1 |
Hands Together Movement | 17,797 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
Colombian Collective Mission Movement | 17,677 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
Colombian Indigenous Movement | 17,381 | 0.2 | 0 | –1 |
Metropolitan Unitary Movement | 16,363 | 0.2 | 0 | –1 |
Citizens' Convergence | 15,312 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
Palenque Black Communities | 13,797 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
Socialist Renovation Current | 13,254 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
19th of April Movement | 13,166 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Citizens in Training Movement | 12,845 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
For Recreation and Sport | 8,965 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
New Colombia Movement | 8,707 | 0.1 | 0 | –1 |
Democratic Integration Movement | 8,472 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
National Integration Movement | 7,737 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
Serious Civic Movement for Colombia | 7,276 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
Ecological Civic Party | 3,915 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
Colombian Agricultural Movement | 3,381 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
People's Participation Movement | 3,241 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
Ecological Orientation Movement | 1,642 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
Colombian People's Party | 22,508 | 0.2 | 1 | – |
Others | 2 | – | ||
Coalitions | 609,973 | 7.7 | 7 | +5 |
Invalid/blank votes | 1,140,398 | – | – | – |
Total | 9,366,387 | 100 | 102 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 20,729,473 | 45.2 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen |
Chamber of Representatives
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Party | 4,022,739 | 50.0 | 84 | –4 |
Conservative Party | 1,212,419 | 15.0 | 28 | –12 |
New Democratic Force | 140,810 | 1.8 | 2 | +2 |
Independent Conservatism | 116,221 | 1.4 | 2 | +1 |
Progressive Force | 110,648 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 |
Civic People's Convergence | 109,573 | 1.4 | 2 | – |
Citizens' Movement | 90,927 | 1.1 | 1 | – |
Serious Civic Movement for Colombia | 80,528 | 1.0 | 1 | – |
New Colombia Movement | 73,348 | 0.9 | 1 | –1 |
Regional Integration Movement | 65,507 | 0.8 | 2 | +1 |
Democratic Alternative Movement | 64,695 | 0.8 | 1 | +1 |
Laicists for Colombia | 54,177 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
National Salvation Movement | 53,074 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 |
Force Colombia | 46,370 | 0.6 | 0 | – |
Colombian People's Party | 44,322 | 0.6 | 0 | – |
Metropolitan Unitary Movement | 44,258 | 0.6 | 0 | – |
Colombia My Country | 43,673 | 0.5 | 0 | – |
People's Participation Movement | 41,059 | 0.5 | 1 | – |
Liberal Oxygen Movement | 39,706 | 0.5 | 0 | – |
Liberal Opening Movement | 39,194 | 0.5 | 1 | – |
Front of Hope | 34,829 | 0.4 | 1 | – |
Vamos Colombia | 33,598 | 0.4 | 0 | – |
Democratic Renovation Movement | 32,499 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
Humbertista Movement | 30,641 | 0.4 | 1 | – |
Socialist Renovation Current | 29,265 | 0.4 | 0 | – |
Political Attitudes Renovation Movement | 28,279 | 0.4 | 0 | – |
Independent Civic Movement | 26,674 | 0.3 | 1 | +1 |
Citizens' Participation Movement | 23,749 | 0.3 | 0 | – |
Arena Movement | 21,043 | 0.3 | 0 | – |
Indigenous Social Alliance Movement | 21,294 | 0.3 | 2 | +1 |
C4 | 20,930 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 20,377 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Democratic Integration Movement | 19,084 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
For Recreation and Sport | 18,565 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
National Civic Concentration | 18,046 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Bolivarian Movement for the New Colombia | 16,474 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
Civic Defence Movement | 14,628 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement | 14,019 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
Education and Social Change | 13,342 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
National Movement of Pensioners | 12,933 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
People's Civic Independent Front | 10,923 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
19th of April Movement | 10,722 | 0.1 | 0 | –1 |
Movement '98 | 8,840 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement | 8,755 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
Colombian Indigenous Movement | 7,930 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
The Collective Movement | 7,582 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
Ecological Civic Party | 7,431 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
National Movement of Black Communities | 7,402 | 0.1 | 0 | –1 |
Citizens in Training Movement | 7,093 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
Colombian Collective Mission Movement | 5,294 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
National Democratic Reconstruction | 4,278 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
Women 2000 | 3,404 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
Solidarity Option Movement | 3,271 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
Colombian Agricultural Movement | 1,503 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
Citizens' Convergence | 1,205 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
Hands Together Movement | 955 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
Ecological Orientation Movement | 858 | 0.0 | 0 | – |
Communist Party | 484 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Conservative National Movement | 178,261 | 2.2 | 4 | –2 |
Others | 5 | – | ||
Coalitions | 825,166 | 10.3 | 16 | +15 |
Invalid/blank votes | 991,166 | – | – | – |
Total | 9,036,040 | 100 | 161 | –2 |
Registered voters/turnout | 20,729,473 | 43.6 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen |
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