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Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on March 12, 2006 to elect members of the Senate and Chamber of Representatives. 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
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
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
- 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
"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.
See also
Elections in Colombia | |
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Presidential elections |
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Legislative elections | |
Regional elections | |
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