2006 Colombian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on March 12, 2006 to elect members of the Senate and Chamber of Representatives.[1] Presidential primaries were also held for the Liberal Party and the Alternative Democratic Pole prior to the upcoming presidential elections in May.
Chamber of Representatives
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Colombian Liberal Party | 1,639,593 | 18.51 | 35 | |
Social Party of National Unity | 1,434,919 | 16.20 | 30 | |
Colombian Conservative Party | 1,347,904 | 15.22 | 29 | |
Radical Change | 917,912 | 10.36 | 20 | |
Alternative Democratic Pole | 677,964 | 7.66 | 7 | |
Citizens' Convergence | 385,589 | 4.35 | 8 | |
Wings – Team Colombia | 366,766 | 4.14 | 8 | |
Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation | 241,704 | 2.73 | 1 | |
Liberal Opening Movement | 222,033 | 2.51 | 5 | |
Democratic Colombia Party | 213,077 | 2.41 | 2 | |
National Movement | 172,476 | 1.95 | 2 | |
United People's Movement | 133,324 | 1.51 | 2 | |
For the Country of Our Dreams | 103,795 | 1.17 | 2 | |
Regional Integration Movement | 93,394 | 1.05 | 4 | |
Centre Option Party | 88,268 | 1.00 | 1 | |
C4 | 82,673 | 0.93 | 0 | |
New Huila and Liberalism | 81,335 | 0.92 | 2 | |
Social Action Party | 53,217 | 0.60 | 1 | |
Visionaries with Antanas Mockus | 47,217 | 0.53 | 0 | |
Let the Moreno Play Movement | 37,239 | 0.42 | 0 | |
Renovation Movement Labour Action | 34,082 | 0.38 | 1 | |
Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement | 28,956 | 0.33 | 0 | |
Living Colombia Movement | 28,389 | 0.32 | 0 | |
National Salvation Movement | 27,531 | 0.31 | 1 | |
Independent Social Alliance Movement | 27,378 | 0.31 | 0 | |
Republican Movement | 22,513 | 0.25 | 0 | |
People's Participation Movement | 19,773 | 0.22 | 1 | |
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 17,632 | 0.20 | 0 | |
Community Participation | 12,480 | 0.14 | 0 | |
Progressive National Movement | 7,932 | 0.09 | 1 | |
Colombia Unite | 6,631 | 0.07 | 0 | |
People's Will Movement | 5,467 | 0.06 | 0 | |
Independent Conservatism | 4,604 | 0.05 | 0 | |
National Democratic Reconstruction | 3,428 | 0.04 | 0 | |
Citizens' Footprint Movement | 2,693 | 0.03 | 0 | |
Colombian Social Democratic Party | 1,686 | 0.02 | 0 | |
We are Colombia | 1,039 | 0.01 | 0 | |
Yes Colombia | 797 | 0.01 | 0 | |
Independent Civic Movement | 739 | 0.01 | 0 | |
Colombia Always | 441 | 0.00 | 0 | |
New Liberalism | 295 | 0.00 | 0 | |
Democratic Unity Party | 294 | 0.00 | 0 | |
Democratic Progressivity | 171 | 0.00 | 0 | |
Citizens' Movement | 132 | 0.00 | 0 | |
National Popular Alliance | 68 | 0.00 | 0 | |
Progressive Force | 40 | 0.00 | 0 | |
Blank votes | 260,579 | 2.94 | – | |
Total | 8,856,169 | 100.00 | 163 | |
Valid votes | 8,856,169 | 83.05 | ||
Invalid votes | 1,807,014 | 16.95 | ||
Total votes | 10,663,183 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 26,593,271 | 40.10 | ||
Afro-Colombian seats | ||||
Afro-Colombian Social Alliance | 7,682 | 5.67 | 1 | |
AFROUNINCCA | 6,833 | 5.04 | 1 | |
Black Roots | 6,287 | 4.64 | 0 | |
CORPOSINPAC | 5,497 | 4.06 | 0 | |
FUNDECON | 5,385 | 3.98 | 0 | |
ASOPRA | 5,065 | 3.74 | 0 | |
United Corporation for Afro Culture | 4,829 | 3.57 | 0 | |
Organisation of Afro-Colombian Women | 4,465 | 3.30 | 0 | |
APONURY | 4,367 | 3.22 | 0 | |
National Association of Afro-Colombian Students | 4,333 | 3.20 | 0 | |
National Cimarron Movement | 4,205 | 3.10 | 0 | |
ACIA | 3,183 | 2.35 | 0 | |
Tambor Yoruba Foundation | 2,850 | 2.10 | 0 | |
ANALDIC | 2,281 | 1.68 | 0 | |
Afro-Colombian Malcolm X | 1,756 | 1.30 | 0 | |
AFIN | 1,729 | 1.28 | 0 | |
DESPERTAR | 1,640 | 1.21 | 0 | |
CINDENT | 1,592 | 1.18 | 0 | |
Afro-Colombian Exchange of Experiences Association | 1,526 | 1.13 | 0 | |
FUNDECONA | 1,483 | 1.09 | 0 | |
FUNDAIN | 1,334 | 0.98 | 0 | |
Pacific Coexistence Organisation | 1,255 | 0.93 | 0 | |
Coagro Pacifico LTDA | 1,111 | 0.82 | 0 | |
CANOAS | 936 | 0.69 | 0 | |
ASOPACIFICO | 920 | 0.68 | 0 | |
CECPCC | 828 | 0.61 | 0 | |
APDDEC | 781 | 0.58 | 0 | |
Blank votes | 51,298 | 37.87 | – | |
Total | 135,451 | 100.00 | 2 | |
Indigenous seat | ||||
Alternative Democratic Pole | 29,308 | 21.47 | 1 | |
Independent Social Alliance Movement | 18,956 | 13.89 | 0 | |
Community Participation | 8,637 | 6.33 | 0 | |
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 7,058 | 5.17 | 0 | |
Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement | 5,950 | 4.36 | 0 | |
Colombia Unite | 3,348 | 2.45 | 0 | |
Blank votes | 63,257 | 46.34 | – | |
Total | 136,514 | 100.00 | 1 | |
Source: Barrero et al. |
Senate
[edit]In the two-seat indigenous constituency, more blank votes were cast than votes for parties, resulting in a re-run being required. This took place with the same parties (AICO and ASI) but difference candidates.
Senate Members
[edit]- Of the 102 elected congressman and women that took office on July 20, 2006. 52 were re-elected, 25 had previously served in the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia in the 2002–2006 term, 3 returned to the senate after a few years of absence and 22 were elected to congress for the first time.
References
[edit]"Boletin de Prensa N° 010" (Press release) (in Spanish). Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil. 2006-07-14. Archived from the original (DOC) on 2007-07-28. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
- ^ "IPU PARLINE database: COLOMBIA (Senado de la República) ELECTIONS IN 2006". INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2024.