| Election Name: | 1949 Colombian presidential election |
| Country: | Colombia |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1946 Colombian presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1946 |
| Next Election: | 1958 Colombian presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1958 |
| Election Date: | 27 November 1949 |
| Nominee1: | Laureano Gómez |
| Party1: | Colombian Conservative Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,140,122 |
| Percentage1: | 100% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Mariano Ospina Pérez |
| Before Party: | Colombian Conservative Party |
| After Election: | Laureano Gómez |
| After Party: | Colombian Conservative Party |
Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 27 November 1949.[1] The result was a victory for Laureano Gómez of the Conservative Party, who received all but 23 of the 1.1 million valid votes cast.[2] The opposition Liberal Party withdrew from the election and called for a boycott after their candidate Darío Echandía was the victim of a failed assassination attempt.[2]
It is widely speculated that Jorge Eliécer Gaitán would likely have been elected President had he not been assassinated on 9 April 1948. This assassination occurred immediately prior to the armed insurrection or Bogotazo.[3]
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