1998 Colombian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 8 March 1998 to elect the Senate and Chamber of Representatives.[1] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 84 of the 161 seats in the Chamber and 48 of the 102 seats in the Senate.
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Results
Senate
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombian Liberal Party | 3,897,272 | 44.88 | 48 | –8 | |
| Colombian Conservative Party | 1,000,032 | 11.52 | 15 | –5 | |
| Conservative National Movement | 442,767 | 5.10 | 7 | +6 | |
| Liberal Oxygen Movement | 158,184 | 1.82 | 2 | – | |
| Civic Defence Movement | 127,248 | 1.47 | 2 | – | |
| National Popular Alliance | 111,531 | 1.28 | 1 | 0 | |
| Progressive National Movement | 108,607 | 1.25 | 2 | +1 | |
| Citizens' Movement | 107,680 | 1.24 | 1 | – | |
| Civic People's Convergence | 104,836 | 1.21 | 1 | – | |
| New Democratic Force | 100,643 | 1.16 | 1 | – | |
| Independent Social Alliance Movement | 95,523 | 1.10 | 2 | +2 | |
| National Democratic Reconstruction | 83,707 | 0.96 | 1 | – | |
| National Salvation Movement | 82,687 | 0.95 | 1 | –1 | |
| Bolivarian Movement for the New Colombia | 70,581 | 0.81 | 1 | – | |
| Vamos Colombia | 65,824 | 0.76 | 1 | – | |
| Christian Union Movement | 53,753 | 0.62 | 0 | –1 | |
| Movement '98 | 46,648 | 0.54 | 1 | – | |
| C4 | 44,859 | 0.52 | 1 | 0 | |
| Force Colombia | 44,587 | 0.51 | 0 | – | |
| Colombian People's Party | 44,510 | 0.51 | 1 | – | |
| Education and Social Change | 44,347 | 0.51 | 1 | – | |
| Independent Conservatism | 43,908 | 0.51 | 1 | 0 | |
| Front of Hope | 41,608 | 0.48 | 1 | – | |
| Colombia My Country | 40,661 | 0.47 | 1 | – | |
| Citizens' Participation Movement | 39,276 | 0.45 | 0 | – | |
| Laicists for Colombia | 38,412 | 0.44 | 1 | 0 | |
| Humbertista Movement | 37,782 | 0.44 | 0 | – | |
| Independent Liberal Restoration Movement | 36,194 | 0.42 | 0 | –1 | |
| Political Attitudes Renovation Movement | 36,194 | 0.42 | 0 | – | |
| Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement | 35,956 | 0.41 | 0 | – | |
| The Collective Movement | 32,459 | 0.37 | 0 | – | |
| Solidarity Option Movement | 30,952 | 0.36 | 0 | – | |
| National Civic Concentration | 25,967 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent Civic Movement | 25,387 | 0.29 | 0 | –1 | |
| Progressive Force | 23,961 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Colombian Communist Party | 23,613 | 0.27 | 0 | –1 | |
| Democratic Renovation Movement | 20,888 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Reserves' Alliance | 20,512 | 0.24 | 0 | – | |
| Women 2000 | 19,791 | 0.23 | 0 | – | |
| Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement | 19,510 | 0.22 | 0 | – | |
| Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 18,224 | 0.21 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hands Together Movement | 17,797 | 0.20 | 0 | – | |
| Colombian Collective Mission Movement | 17,677 | 0.20 | 0 | – | |
| Colombian Indigenous Movement | 17,381 | 0.20 | 0 | –1 | |
| Metapolitical Unitary Movement | 16,363 | 0.19 | 0 | –1 | |
| Citizens' Convergence | 15,312 | 0.18 | 0 | – | |
| Palenque Black Communities | 13,797 | 0.16 | 0 | – | |
| Socialist Renovation Current | 13,254 | 0.15 | 0 | – | |
| Democratic Alliance M19 | 13,166 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Citizens in Training Movement | 12,845 | 0.15 | 0 | – | |
| For Recreation and Sport | 8,965 | 0.10 | 0 | – | |
| New Colombia Movement | 8,707 | 0.10 | 0 | –1 | |
| Democratic Integration Movement | 8,472 | 0.10 | 0 | – | |
| National Integration Movement | 7,737 | 0.09 | 0 | – | |
| Serious Civic Movement for Colombia | 7,276 | 0.08 | 0 | – | |
| 19th of April Movement | 5,459 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ecological Civic Party | 3,915 | 0.05 | 0 | – | |
| Colombian Agricultural Movement | 3,381 | 0.04 | 0 | – | |
| People's Participation Movement | 3,241 | 0.04 | 0 | – | |
| Ecological Orientation Movement | 1,642 | 0.02 | 0 | – | |
| Coalitions | 609,972 | 7.02 | 7 | +5 | |
| Others | 67,380 | 0.78 | 0 | – | |
| Blank | 362,860 | 4.18 | – | – | |
| Total | 8,683,680 | 100.00 | 102 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 8,683,680 | 91.78 | |||
| Invalid votes | 777,538 | 8.22 | |||
| Total votes | 9,461,218 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 20,823,769 | 45.43 | |||
| Source: Barrero et al. | |||||
Chamber of Representatives
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Colombian Liberal Party | 4,022,739 | 45.11 | 84 | –4 | |
| Colombian Conservative Party | 1,212,419 | 13.60 | 28 | –12 | |
| Conservative National Movement | 296,313 | 3.32 | 4 | –2 | |
| New Democratic Force | 140,810 | 1.58 | 2 | +2 | |
| Independent Conservatism | 116,221 | 1.30 | 2 | +1 | |
| Progressive Force | 110,648 | 1.24 | 4 | 0 | |
| Civic People's Convergence | 109,573 | 1.23 | 2 | – | |
| Citizens' Movement | 90,927 | 1.02 | 1 | – | |
| Serious Civic Movement for Colombia | 80,528 | 0.90 | 1 | – | |
| New Colombia Movement | 73,348 | 0.82 | 1 | –1 | |
| Regional Integration Movement | 65,507 | 0.73 | 2 | +1 | |
| Democratic Alternative Movement | 64,695 | 0.73 | 1 | +1 | |
| Laicists for Colombia | 54,177 | 0.61 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Salvation Movement | 53,074 | 0.60 | 1 | 0 | |
| Force Colombia | 46,370 | 0.52 | 0 | – | |
| Colombian People's Party | 44,322 | 0.50 | 0 | – | |
| Metapolitical Unitary Movement | 44,258 | 0.50 | 0 | – | |
| Colombia My Country | 43,673 | 0.49 | 0 | – | |
| People's Participation Movement | 41,059 | 0.46 | 1 | – | |
| Christian Union Movement | 40,687 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian National Party | 40,311 | 0.45 | 1 | 0 | |
| Progressive National Movement | 40,091 | 0.45 | 1 | 0 | |
| Liberal Oxygen Movement | 39,706 | 0.45 | 0 | – | |
| Liberal Opening Movement | 39,194 | 0.44 | 1 | – | |
| Front of Hope | 34,829 | 0.39 | 1 | – | |
| Vamos Colombia | 33,598 | 0.38 | 0 | – | |
| Democratic Renovation Movement | 32,499 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Humbertista Movement | 30,641 | 0.34 | 1 | – | |
| Socialist Renovation Current | 29,265 | 0.33 | 0 | – | |
| Political Attitudes Renovation Movement | 28,279 | 0.32 | 0 | – | |
| Independent Civic Movement | 26,674 | 0.30 | 1 | +1 | |
| Citizens' Participation Movement | 23,749 | 0.27 | 0 | – | |
| Independent Social Alliance Movement | 21,294 | 0.24 | 2 | +1 | |
| Arena Movement | 21,043 | 0.24 | 0 | – | |
| C4 | 20,930 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 20,377 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democratic Integration Movement | 19,084 | 0.21 | 0 | – | |
| For Recreation and Sport | 18,565 | 0.21 | 0 | – | |
| National Civic Concentration | 18,046 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bolivarian Movement for the New Colombia | 16,474 | 0.18 | 0 | – | |
| Civic Defence Movement | 14,628 | 0.16 | 0 | – | |
| Democratic Alliance M19 | 14,598 | 0.16 | 0 | – | |
| Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement | 14,019 | 0.16 | 0 | – | |
| Education and Social Change | 13,342 | 0.15 | 0 | – | |
| National Movement of Pensioners | 12,933 | 0.15 | 0 | – | |
| People's Civic Independent Front | 10,923 | 0.12 | 0 | – | |
| 19th of April Movement | 10,722 | 0.12 | 0 | –1 | |
| Movement '98 | 8,840 | 0.10 | 0 | – | |
| Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement | 8,755 | 0.10 | 0 | – | |
| Colombian Indigenous Movement | 7,930 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
| The Collective Movement | 7,582 | 0.09 | 0 | – | |
| Ecological Civic Party | 7,431 | 0.08 | 0 | – | |
| National Movement of Black Communities | 7,402 | 0.08 | 0 | –1 | |
| Citizens in Training Movement | 7,093 | 0.08 | 0 | – | |
| Colombian Collective Mission Movement | 5,294 | 0.06 | 0 | – | |
| National Democratic Reconstruction | 4,278 | 0.05 | 0 | – | |
| Women 2000 | 3,403 | 0.04 | 0 | – | |
| Solidarity Option Movement | 3,271 | 0.04 | 0 | – | |
| National Popular Alliance | 2,216 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| Colombian Agricultural Movement | 1,503 | 0.02 | 0 | – | |
| Citizens' Convergence | 1,205 | 0.01 | 0 | – | |
| Hands Together Movement | 955 | 0.01 | 0 | – | |
| Ecological Orientation Movement | 858 | 0.01 | 0 | – | |
| Colombian Communist Party | 484 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coalitions | 825,166 | 9.25 | 16 | +15 | |
| Others | 179,119 | 2.01 | 3 | – | |
| Blank votes | 436,784 | 4.90 | – | – | |
| Total | 8,916,731 | 100.00 | 161 | –2 | |
| Valid votes | 8,916,731 | 94.15 | |||
| Invalid votes | 554,382 | 5.85 | |||
| Total votes | 9,471,113 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 20,823,769 | 45.48 | |||
| Source: Nohlen, Barrero et al., Global Elections Database | |||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p306 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
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