2018_Colombian_parliamentary_election

2018 Colombian parliamentary election

2018 Colombian parliamentary election

Legislative election held in Colombia


Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 11 March 2018 to elect 102 members of the Senate and 165 members of the House of Representatives.

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Electoral system

The Chamber of Representatives consisted of 172 members; 162 were elected by proportional representation from 33 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with seats allocated using the largest remainder method.[1] Two members were elected by the Afro-Colombian community and one by the indigenous community.[2] Although a new constituency had been created for the Raizal minority, legislation had not been approved to allow the election to take place. A further five seats were reserved for FARC and one for the running mate of the runner-up in the presidential election as part of the Colombian peace process.[3][4]

The Senate consisted of 108 members; 100 were elected a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation (with seats allocated using the largest remainder); two were elected from a two-seat constituency for indigenous Colombians;[5] five were reserved for FARC and one for the runner-up in the presidential election.

Candidates

  1. Green Alliance
  2. National Integration Party
  3. Colombian Conservative Party
  4. Democratic Center
  5. Movimiento Todos Somos Colombia
  6. Radical Change
  7. Colombian Liberal Party
  8. Grupo Significativo de Ciudadanos Colombia Justa Libres
  9. Grupo Significativo de Ciudadanos Unión con Fortaleza
  10. Alternative Democratic Pole
  11. Social Party of National Unity
  12. Common Alternative Revolutionary Force
  13. Grupo Significativo de Ciudadanos Sí Se Puede
  14. Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation
  15. Partido Somos Región Colombia [es; fr; it]
  16. La Lista de la Decencia [es] (Indigenous Social Alliance Movement, Unión Patriótica and Indigenous and Social Alternative Movement)

Opinion polls

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Results

Senate

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Chamber of Representatives

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Notes

  1. Elected from a minority constituency
  2. The Raizal seat was not filled.

References

  1. "Colombia clears path for former FARC members to hold office". CNN. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.

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