Colombian presidential election, 1962

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Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 6 May 1962.^[1] Under the National Front agreement, it was the turn of the Conservative Party to govern. The result was a victory for Guillermo León Valencia, who received 84% of the valid votes.^[2]

Despite the National Front agreement, Alfonso López Michelsen of the Liberal Party also contested the election. However, the Electoral Court labelled any votes for him as invalid. Votes for Gustavo Rojas Pinilla of the National Popular Alliance were also declared invalid due to Rojas' leadership of the 1953 military coup.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Guillermo León Valencia	Conservative Party	1,636,081	84.1
Alfonso López Michelsen	Liberal Party	625,630	–
Jorge Leyva	Conservative Party	308,992	15.9
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla	National Popular Alliance	54,562	–
Others		509	0.0
Invalid/blank votes		9,066	–
Total		2,634,840	100
Registered voters/turnout		5,404,765	48.8
Source: Nohlen

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
1 2 Nohlen, p353

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