Colombian legislative election, 2010

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Colombia held elections to both houses of the Congress on 14 March 2010^[1]. The nationwide constituency for the 102-member Senate was contested by 16 lists, comprising 948 candidates. There are 33 regional constituencies for the Chamber of Representatives, plus a few other ethnic minority constituencies. In all, 282 lists, with 1,533 candidates, contested the 166 seats in the Chamber. Almost 30 million people were registered to vote.

Results

Senate

Incumbent President Álvaro Uribe maintained an absolute majority of seats in the Senate. The two major parties supporting Uribe – the Party of the U and the Conservative Party –, got 27 and 23 seats, respectively. The Party of the U achieved 25.17% of the votes, gaining eight seats, followed by the Conservative Party, with 20,6%, which gained four seats. The Liberals, which consists the main opposition party in the Senate, achieved 15.8% of the votes and kept its 18 seats.

The Liberal Party was followed by the National Integration Party, also allied to Uribe, was an electoral surprise, achieving 8.13% of the votes and eight seats. It became the fourth political force in the country, surpassing the Radical Change, also in the Uribe coalition, which achieved 7.97% of the votes and also eight seats, losing seven. The Alternative Democratic Pole, a more radical opposition party, lost two seats, achieving 7.62% of the votes and eight seats. The Green Party achieved five seats with 4.75% of the votes, followed by the Independent Absolute Renovation Movement with one seat and 2.7% of the votes. The Citizens Commitment for Colombia achieved 1.6% of the votes and gained no seats.

e • d Summary of the 14 March 2010 Senate of Colombia election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Party of the U (Partido de la U)	2,804,123	25.8	28
Colombian Conservative Party (Partido Conservador Colombiano)	2,298,748	21.2	22
Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano)	1,763,908	16.3	17
National Integration Party (Partido de Integración Nacional)	907,468	8.4	9
Radical Change (Cambio Radical)	888,851	8.2	8
Alternative Democratic Pole (Polo Democrático Alternativo)	848,305	7.8	8
Green Party (Partido Verde)	531,293	4.9	5
Independent Absolute Renovation Movement (Movimiento Independiente de Renovación Absoluta)	298,862	2.8	3
Citizens' Compromise for Colombia (Compromiso Ciudadano por Colombia)	182,286	1.7	0
Others	326,763	3.0	—
Indigenous Social Alliance (Alianza Social Indigena)	—	—	1
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (Autoridades Indígenas de Colombia)	—	—	1
Total valid votes (turnout 44.2%)	10,851,207	100.0	102
Sources: Adam Carr's Election Archive

e • d Seats reserved for indigenous

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Indigenous Social Alliance (Alianza Social Indigena)	26,428	25.1	1
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (Autoridades Indigenas de Colombia)	23,809	22.6	1
National Integration Party (Partido de Integración Nacional)	20,887	19.9	—
Others	34,111	32.4	—
Total (turnout %)	105,235	100.0	2
Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive

Chamber

The Uribist coalition also maintained its majority in the Chamber. 48 Party of the U candidates were elected as deputies, followed by 39 of its main opponent, the Liberal Party. 38 Uribist Conservative Party candidates were as deputies. 14 Radical Change candidates were elected, followed by the National Integration Party, with 12. Four Democratic Pole candidates were elected, followed by the Green Party, with three deputies. The Independent Absolute Renovation Movement, the Liberal Unity, and the Liberal Opening won two seats each. The Indigenous Social Alliance and the ALAS won one seat each.

e • d Summary of the 14 March 2010 Chamber of Representatives of Colombia election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Party of the U (Partido de la U)	2,486,824	25.9	47
Colombian Conservative Party (Partido Conservador Colombiano)	2,057,849	21.4	38
Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano)	1,856,068	19.3	37
Radical Change (Cambio Radical)	743,758	7.7	15
National Integration Party (Partido de Integración Nacional)	714,476	7.4	12
Alternative Democratic Pole (Polo Democrático Alternativo)	563,555	5.9	4
Independent Absolute Renovation Movement (Movimiento Independiente de Renovación Absoluta)	284,244	3.0	3
Green Party (Partido Verde)	283,293	3.0	3
Indigenous Social Alliance (Alianza Social Indigena)	182,515	1.9	1
Liberal Alternative (Alternativa Liberal)	171,090	1.8	1
Liberal Opening (Apertura Liberal)	117,871	1.2	2
Regional Integration (Integración Regional)	5,045	0.1	1
Others	143,883	1.5	—
Total valid votes (turnout 43.8%)	9,610,471	100.0	164
Sources: Adam Carr's Election Archive

Senate Members

Partido	Senador
Partido Social de Unidad Nacional (U)	Juan Lozano Ramírez Dilian Francisca Toro José David Name Efraín Torrado Roy Barreras Armando Benedetti Piedad Zuccardi Bernardo Miguel Elías Germán Darío Hoyos Mauricio Lizcano Juan Carlos Vélez Uribe Musa Besayle Maritza Martínez Jaime Alonso Zuluaga Carlos Enrique Soto Karime Mota y Morad Manuel Guillermo Mora Manuel Enríquez Rosero Jorge Eduardo Géchem Milton Rodríguez Sarmiento Aurelio Iragorri Hormaza Carlos Roberto Ferro Plinio Olano Claudia Wilches Martín Morales Diz Fuad Rapag Matar Jorge Ballesteros Eduardo Carlos Merlano
Partido Conservador Colombiano (C)	Olga Suárez Mira Liliana Rendón Roldán Myriam Alicia Paredes Roberto Gerlein Hernán Andrade Iván Clavijo Efraín Cepeda Carlos Ramiro Chávarro Luis Emilio Sierra Nora García Burgos Juan Manuel Corzo Román Fernando Tamayo Tamayo Eduardo Enríquez Maya Juan Mario Laserna Jorge Hernando Pedraza Germán Villegas José Darío Salazar Juan de Jesús Córdoba Samy Merheg César Tulio Delgado Gabriel Zapata Carlos Barriga
Partido Liberal Colombiano (L)	Arleth Casado de López Juan Manuel Galán Piedad Córdoba Rodrigo Villalba Mosquera Eugenio Prieto Soto Honorio Galvis Édgar Gómez Román Jaime Durán Barrera Álvaro Ashton Jesús Ignacio García Camilo Sánchez Ortega Juan Fernando Cristo Amparo Arbeláez Guillermo Santos Marín Luis Fernando Velasco Edinson Delgado Guillermo García Realpe
Partido de Integración Nacional (PIN)	Juan Carlos Rizzetto Héctor Julio Alfonso Carlos Arturo Quintero Hemel Hurtado Manuel Mazenet Antonio Correa Teresita García Romero Mauricio Aguilar Édgar Espíndola
Partido Cambio Radical (CR)	Javier Cáceres Leal Fuad Char Daira Galvis Bernabé Celis Antonio Guerra de la Espriella Juan Carlos Restrepo José Francisco Herrera Carlos Fernando Motoa
Polo Democrático Alternativo PDA	Jorge Enrique Robledo Castillo Iván Moreno Rojas Luis Carlos Avellaneda Camilo Ernesto Romero Mauricio Ospina Alexander López Maya Jorge Eliécer Guevara Gloria Inés Ramírez
Partido Verde	Gilma Jiménez Jorge Eduardo Londoño Félix Valera John Sudarsky Iván Name
Movimiento MIRA	Alexandra Moreno Piraquive Manuel Virgüez Piraquive Carlos Alberto Baena
Alianza Social Indígena (ASI) (circunscripción indígena)	Marco Avirama
Autoridades Indígenas de Colombia (AICO) (circunscripción indígena)	Germán Carlosama

References

1. ^ Maximiliano Herrera. "Electoral Calendar- world elections,US elections,presidential election,world parties". Mherrera.org. http://www.mherrera.org/elections.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-21. 

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