1949 Colombian presidential election

1949 Colombian presidential election

27 November 1949

Nominee Laureano Gómez Party Conservative Popular vote 1,140,122 Percentage 100%

President before election Mariano Ospina Pérez Conservative Elected President Laureano Gómez Conservative

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 27 November 1949.[1] The result was a victory for Laureano Gómez of the Conservative Party, who received all but 23 of the 1.1 million valid votes cast.[2] The opposition Liberal Party withdrew from the election and called for a boycott after their candidate Darío Echandía was the victim of a failed assassination attempt.[2]

It is widely speculated that Jorge Eliécer Gaitán would likely have been elected President had he not been assassinated on 9 April 1948.[3][4] This assassination occurred immediately prior to the armed insurrection or Bogotazo.[5][4]

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Laureano Gómez	Colombian Conservative Party	1,140,122	100.00
Others			23	0.00
Total			1,140,145	100.00
Valid votes			1,140,145	99.96
Invalid/blank votes			501	0.04
Total votes			1,140,646	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,866,339	39.79
Source: Nohlen

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
2. Nohlen, p352
3. Weyl 1961, pp. 4, 7.
4. Jorge Eliécer Gaitán United Fruit Historical Society] Accessed 28 January 2008.
5. Weyl 1961, pp. 4–21.

Bibliography

• Weyl, Nathaniel (1961). Red Star Over Cuba, the Russian Assault on the Western Hemisphere. Arlington House. ISBN 0-8159-6705-5.