1962 Colombian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 6 May 1962.[1] Under the National Front agreement, it was the turn of the Conservative Party to govern. The result was a victory for Guillermo León Valencia

Despite the National Front agreement, Alfonso López Michelsen of the Liberal Party also contested the election. However, the Electoral Court labelled any votes for him as invalid. Votes for Gustavo Rojas Pinilla of the National Popular Alliance were also declared invalid due to Rojas' leadership of the 1953 military coup.[2] As a result, Valencia was declared to have won with 84% of the vote.[2]

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Guillermo León Valencia	Colombian Conservative Party	1,636,081	84.09
	Alfonso López Michelsen	Colombian Liberal Party	625,630	–
	Jorge Leyva Urdaneta	Colombian Conservative Party	308,992	15.88
	Gustavo Rojas Pinilla	National Popular Alliance	54,562	–
Others			509	0.03
Total			1,945,582	100.00
Valid votes			1,945,582	73.84
Invalid/blank votes			689,258	26.16
Total votes			2,634,840	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			5,404,765	48.75
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, p353