Colombian presidential election, 2002

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Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 26 May 2002. They were won by Álvaro Uribe. Íngrid Betancourt, the candidate for the Oxygen Green Party, was kidnapped while campaigning. She was rescued safely in July 2008, six and a half years later.

Results

e • d Summary of the 20 May 2002 Colombian presidential election results

Parties - Candidates	Votes	%
Álvaro Uribe Vélez - Colombia First (Primero Colombia)	5,862,655	53.048
Horacio Serpa Uribe - Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano)	3,514,779	31.803
Luis Eduardo Garzon - Independent Democratic Pole (Polo Democrático Independiente)	680,245	6.155
Noemi Sanin - Yes Colombia (Sí Colombia)	641,884	5.808
Íngrid Betancourt Pulecio - Oxygen Green Party (Partido Verde Oxígeno)	53,922	0.488
Harold Bedoya Pizarro - Force Colombia (Fuerza Colombia)	50,763	0.459
Other candidates	51,281
Total (turnout 46.471%)	10,855,529
Blank or null votes	394,295
Source: Base de Datos Políticos de las Américas and Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil.

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