2010 Colombian parliamentary election explained

Election Name:Elections for the Senate of Colombia
Country:Colombia
Previous Election:2006
Next Election:2014
Election Date:14 March 2010
Turnout:44.2%
Noleader:yes
Party1:Party of the U
Colour1:orange
Percentage1:25.8%
Leader1:Juan Manuel Santos
Seats1:28
Last Election1:20
Party2:Conservative Party
Colour2:RoyalBlue
Percentage2:21.2%
Leader2:Fernando Araújo Perdomo
Seats2:22
Last Election2:18
Party3:Liberal Party
Colour3:Red
Percentage3:16.3%
Leader3:Rafael Pardo Rueda
Seats3:17
Last Election3:18
Party4:National Integration
Colour4:DarkOrange
Percentage4:8.4%
Leader4:N/A
Seats4:9
Last Election4:0
Party5:Radical Change
Colour5:DarkBlue
Percentage5:8.2%
Leader5:Germán Vargas Lleras
Seats5:8
Last Election5:15
Party6:POLO
Colour6:Yellow
Percentage6:7.8%
Leader6:Jaime Dussan
Seats6:8
Last Election6:10
Party7:Green Party
Colour7:Green
Percentage7:4.9%
Leader7:Gilma Jiménez
Seats7:5
Last Election7:0
Party8:MIRA
Colour8:Navy
Percentage8:2.8%
Leader8:Carlos Alberto Baena
Seats8:3
Last Election8:2

Colombia held elections to both chambers of Congress on .[1] The nationwide constituency for the 102-member Senate was contested by 16 lists, comprising 948 candidates. There are 33 regional constituencies for the Chamber of Representatives, plus a few other ethnic minority constituencies. In all, 282 lists, with 1,533 candidates, contested the 165 seats in the Chamber. Almost 30 million people were registered to vote.

Results

Senate

Incumbent President Álvaro Uribe maintained an absolute majority of seats in the Senate. The two major parties supporting Uribe  - the Party of the U and the Conservative Party  -, got 27 and 23 seats, respectively. The Party of the U achieved 25.17% of the votes, gaining eight seats, followed by the Conservative Party, with 20,6%, which gained four seats. The Liberals, which consists the main opposition party in the Senate, achieved 15.8% of the votes and kept its 18 seats.

The Liberal Party was followed by the National Integration Party, also allied to Uribe, was an electoral surprise, achieving 8.13% of the votes and eight seats. It became the fourth political force in the country, surpassing the Radical Change, also in the Uribe coalition, which achieved 7.97% of the votes and also eight seats, losing seven. The Alternative Democratic Pole, a more radical opposition party, lost two seats, achieving 7.62% of the votes and eight seats. The Green Party achieved five seats with 4.75% of the votes, followed by the Independent Absolute Renovation Movement with one seat and 2.7% of the votes. The Citizens Commitment for Colombia achieved 1.6% of the votes and gained no seats.

Elected Senators

SenatorPartyRef
National Integration Party (PIN)[2]
National Integration Party (PIN)[3]
Conservative Party[4]
Liberal Party[5]
National Integration Party (PIN)[6]
Liberal Party[7]
Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA)[8]
Indigenous Social Alliance Movement (ASI)[9]
Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation (MIRA)[10]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[11]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[12]
Conservative Party[13]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[14]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[15]
Radical Change[16]
Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (AICO)[17]
Liberal Party[18]
Radical Change[19]
Conservative Party[20]
Radical Change[21]
Conservative Party[22]
Conservative Party[23]
Liberal Party[24]
Conservative Party[25]
National Integration Party (PIN)[26]
Conservative Party[27]
Liberal Party[28]
Conservative Party[29]
Liberal Party[30]
Liberal Party[31]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[32]
Conservative Party[33]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[34]
National Integration Party (PIN)[35]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[36]
Liberal Party[37]
Liberal Party[38]
Radical Change[39]
Conservative Party[40]
Liberal Party[41]
National Integration Party (PIN)[42]
Liberal Party[43]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[44]
Conservative Party[45]
Liberal Party[46]
Radical Change[47]
Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA)[48]
Radical Change[49]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[50]
National Integration Party (PIN)[51]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[52]
Green Party[53]
Conservative Party[54]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[55]
Green Party[56]
Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA)[57]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[58]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[59]
Conservative Party[60]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[61]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[62]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[63]
Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation (MIRA)[64]
Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA)[65]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[66]
Radical Change[67]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[68]
Green Party[69]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[70]
Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA)[71]
Conservative Party[72]
Conservative Party[73]
Liberal Party[74]
National Integration Party (PIN)[75]
Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA)[76]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[77]
Conservative Party[78]
Radical Change[79]
National Integration Party (PIN)[80]
Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA)[81]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[82]
Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA)[83]
Conservative Party[84]
Liberal Party[85]
Liberal Party[86]
Conservative Party[87]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[88]
Conservative Party[89]
Green Party[90]
Conservative Party[91]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[92]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[93]
Green Party[94]
Liberal Party[95]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[96]
Liberal Party[97]
Conservative Party[98]
Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation (MIRA)[99]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[100]
Conservative Party[101]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[102]
Social Party of National Unity (U)[103]

Chamber

Notes and References

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  3. Web site: Senador Héctor Julio Alfonso López. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  4. Web site: Senador Hernán Francisco Andrade Serrano. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  5. Web site: Senador Amparo Arbeláez Escalante Rojas . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  6. Web site: Senador Samuel Benjamín Arrieta Buelvas . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  7. Web site: Senador Álvaro Antonio Ashton Giraldo. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  8. Web site: Senador Luis Carlos Avellaneda Tarazona . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  9. Web site: Senador Marco Aníbal Avirama Avirama . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  10. Web site: Senador Carlos Alberto Baena López . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  11. Web site: Senador Jorge Eliécer Ballesteros Bernier . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  12. Web site: Senador Roy Leonardo Barreras Montealegre. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es. 8 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130708163802/http://www.congresovisible.org/congresistas/perfil/roy-leonardo-barreras-montealegre/112/. dead.
  13. Web site: Senador Carlos Emiro Barriga Peñaranda . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  14. Web site: Senador Armando Alberto Benedetti Villaneda . CongresoVisible.org . 22 June 2013 . Bogotá . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130708191540/http://www.congresovisible.org/congresistas/perfil/armando-alberto-benedetti-villaneda/13/ . 8 July 2013 . dmy .
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  16. Web site: Senador Javier Enrique Cáceres Leal. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es. 16 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140316052257/http://www.congresovisible.org/congresistas/perfil/javier-enrique-caceres-leal/16/. dead.
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  19. Web site: Senador Bernabé Celis Carrillo . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  20. Web site: Senador Efraín José Cepeda Sarabia . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  21. Web site: Senador Fuad Ricardo Char Abdala . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  22. Web site: Senador Carlos Ramiro Chávarro Cuéllar . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  23. Web site: Senador José Iván Clavijo Contreras . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  24. Web site: Senador Piedad Esneda Córdoba Ruiz . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  25. Web site: Senador Juan de Jesús Córdoba Suárez . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  26. Web site: Senador Antonio José Correa Jiménez . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
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  29. Web site: Senador César Tulio Delgado Blandón . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  30. Web site: Senador Edinson Delgado Ruiz . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  31. Web site: Senador Jaime Enrique Durán Barrera . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  32. Web site: Senador Bernardo Miguel Elías Vidal . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  33. Web site: Senador Carlos Eduardo Enríquez Maya . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  34. Web site: Senador Manuel Mesías Enríquez Rosero . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  35. Web site: Senador Edgar Espíndola Niño . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  36. Web site: Senador Carlos Roberto Ferro Solanilla . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
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  38. Web site: Senador Honorio Galvis Aguilar . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  39. Web site: Senador Daira de Jesús Galvis Méndez . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  40. Web site: Senador Nora María García Burgos. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es. 26 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131026062356/http://www.congresovisible.org/congresistas/perfil/nora-maria-garcia-burgos/1279/. dead.
  41. Web site: Senador Guillermo García Realpe . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  42. Web site: Senador Teresita García Romero . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  43. Web site: Senador Jesús Ignacio García Valencia . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  44. Web site: Senador Jorge Eduardo Gechem Turbay . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  45. Web site: Senador Roberto Victor Gerlein Echeverria . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  46. Web site: Senador Edgar Alfonso Gómez Román . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  47. Web site: Senador Antonio del Cristo Guerra de la Espriella. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es. 24 June 2013. https://archive.today/20130624233551/http://www.congresovisible.org/congresistas/perfil/antonio-del-cristo-guerra-de-la-espriella/47/. dead.
  48. Web site: Senador Jorge Eliécer Guevara . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  49. Web site: Senador José Francisco Herrera Acosta . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  50. Web site: Senador Germán Darío Hoyos Giraldo . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  51. Web site: Senador Hemel Hurtado Angulo . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  52. Web site: Senador Jorge Aurelio Iragorri Hormaza. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es. 22 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131122085508/http://www.congresovisible.org/congresistas/perfil/jorge-aurelio-iragorri-hormaza/50/. dead.
  53. Web site: Senador Gilma Jiménez Gómez . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  54. Web site: Senador Juan Mario Laserna Jaramillo. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20110811022013/http://www.senado.gov.co/el-senado/senadores/213-directorio/133-laserna-jaramillo-juan-mario. 11 August 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  55. Web site: Senador Óscar Mauricio Lizcano Arango . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  56. Web site: Senador Jorge Eduardo Londoño Ulloa . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  57. Web site: Senador Alexander López Maya . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  58. Web site: Senador Juan Francisco Lozano Ramírez . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  59. Web site: Senador Maritza Martínez Aristizábal . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  60. Web site: Senador Juan Samy Merheg Marún . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  61. Web site: Senador Eduardo Carlos Merlano Morales . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  62. Web site: Senador Manuel Guillermo Mora Jaramillo. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  63. Web site: Senador Martín Emilio Morales Díz . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  64. Web site: Senador Alexandra Moreno Piraquive. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606051857/http://www.congresovisible.org/congresistas/perfil/alexandra-moreno-piraquive/60/. 6 June 2012. dmy-all.
  65. Web site: Senador Néstor Iván Moreno Rojas. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es. 22 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140322070059/http://www.congresovisible.org/congresistas/perfil/nestor-ivan-moreno-rojas/61/. dead.
  66. Web site: Senador Karime Mota y Morad . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  67. Web site: Senador Carlos Fernando Motoa Solarte . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  68. Web site: Senador José David Name Cardozo. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es. 19 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121219131704/http://congresovisible.org/congresistas/perfil/jose-david-name-cardozo/2600/. dead.
  69. Web site: Senador Iván Leonidas Name Vásquez. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es. 28 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140528061346/http://www.congresovisible.org/congresistas/perfil/ivan-leonidas-name-vasquez/2734/. dead.
  70. Web site: Senador Plinio Edilberto Olano Becerra . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  71. Web site: Senador Mauricio Ernesto Ospina Gómez . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  72. Web site: Senador Myriam Alicia Paredes Aguirre. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es. 26 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131026055503/http://www.congresovisible.org/congresistas/perfil/myriam-alicia-paredes-aguirre/791/. dead.
  73. Web site: Senador Jorge Hernando Pedraza Gutiérrez . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  74. Web site: Senador Eugenio Prieto Soto . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  75. Web site: Senador Carlos Arturo Quintero Marín . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  76. Web site: Senador Gloria Inés Ramírez Ríos . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  77. Web site: Senador Fuad Emilio Rapag Matar . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  78. Web site: Senador Liliana María Rendón Roldán . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  79. Web site: Senador Juan Carlos Restrepo Escobar. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es. 28 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130528112359/http://www.congresovisible.org/congresistas/perfil/juan-carlos-restrepo-escobar/74/. dead.
  80. Web site: Senador Juan Carlos Rizzetto Luces . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  81. Web site: Senador Jorge Enrique Robledo Castillo . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  82. Web site: Senador Milton Arlex Rodríguez Sarmiento . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  83. Web site: Senador Camilo Romero . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  84. Web site: Senador José Darío Salazar Cruz . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  85. Web site: Senador Camilo Armando Sánchez Ortega . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  86. Web site: Senador Guillermo Antonio Santos Marín . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  87. Web site: Senador Luis Emilio Sierra Grajales . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  88. Web site: Senador Carlos Enrique Soto Jaramillo . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  89. Web site: Senador Olga Lucía Suárez Mira . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  90. Web site: Senador John Sudarsky Rosenbaum . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  91. Web site: Senador Fernando Eustacio Tamayo Tamayo . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  92. Web site: Senador Dilian Francisca Toro Torres . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  93. Web site: Senador Efraín Torrado García . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  94. Web site: Senador Félix José Valera Ibáñez . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  95. Web site: Senador Luis Fernando Velasco Chávez. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es. 22 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130922185721/http://www.congresovisible.org/congresistas/perfil/luis-fernando-velasco-chavez/92/. dead.
  96. Web site: Senador Juan Carlos Vélez Uribe . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  97. Web site: Senador Juan Carlos Vélez Uribe . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  98. Web site: Senador Germán Villegas Villegas. CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es. 24 June 2013. https://archive.today/20130624232453/http://www.congresovisible.org/congresistas/perfil/german-villegas-villegas/97/. dead.
  99. Web site: Senador Manuel Antonio Virgüez Piraquive . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  100. Web site: Senador Claudia Janneth Wilches Sarmiento . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  101. Web site: Senador Gabriel Ignacio Zapata Correa . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  102. Web site: Senador Piedad del Socorro Zuccardi de García . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.
  103. Web site: Senador Jaime Alonso Zuluaga Aristizábal . CongresoVisible.org. 22 June 2013. Bogotá. es.

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