1978 Colombian presidential election

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1978 Colombian presidential election

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Nominee Julio César Turbay Ayala Belisario Betancur
Party Liberal Conservative
Home state Bogotá Antioquia
Popular vote 2,503,681 2,356,620
Percentage 49.50% 46.59%

Winner by department

President before election

Alfonso López Michelsen
Liberal

Elected President

Julio César Turbay Ayala
Liberal

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 4 June 1978.[1] The result was a victory for Julio César Turbay Ayala of the Liberal Party, who received 49.5% of the vote.[2]

Results[edit]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Julio César Turbay AyalaColombian Liberal Party2,503,68149.50
Belisario BetancurColombian Conservative PartyNational Movement2,356,62046.59
Julio César PerníaNational Opposition Union97,2341.92
Alvaro Valencia TovarNational Renovation Movement65,9611.30
Jaime Piedrahita CardonaPeople's Unity Front27,0590.53
Luz del Socorro RamírezLabour and Socialist Union6,6430.13
Victor Julio Gómez HoyosNational Civic Action Movement5870.01
Regina Betancur de LiskaReginista Unitary Movement1260.00
Jesús Arena FajardoLabour Movement140.00
Total5,057,925100.00
Valid votes5,057,92599.65
Invalid/blank votes17,7940.35
Total votes5,075,719100.00
Registered voters/turnout12,580,85140.34
Source: Nohlen

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, p354