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1968 Colombian parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 17 March 1968 to elect the Chamber of Representatives, the last occasion on which mid-term elections were held for the Chamber. Under the National Front agreement, only the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party were able to contest the elections, with 50% of the seats in both houses allocated to each party. As a result, the main contest at the elections was between factions within each party.

Results

Party and factionVotes%Seats+/–
Colombian
Liberal
Party
Oficialistas988,54039.7277+8
Oficialistas disidentes196,4577.8917New
National Popular Alliance82,2943.316+2
People's Liberal Revolutionary Movement55,9842.252New
Others5,3510.210
Total1,328,62653.38102+7
Colombian
Conservative
Party
Unionistas578,48523.2449+14
National Popular Alliance319,60912.8428–5
Lauro-Alzatistas48,0871.935–20
Others14,9370.601+1
Independents199,3308.0119+18
Total1,160,44846.62102+7
Total2,489,074100.00204+14
Valid votes2,489,07499.70
Invalid/blank votes7,3810.30
Total votes2,496,455100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,696,72337.28
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, p323
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