1856 Colombian presidential election

none Colombia Flag of New Granada.svg 1852–53 1860 presidential 130x130px 1856 Mariano Ospina Rodríguez Mariano Ospina Rodríguez.jpg Colombian Conservative Party 96,651 46.26% Manuel Murillo Toro Manuel Murillo Toro by Brady.jpg Colombian Liberal Party 79,411 38.01% Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera 2.JPG National 32,713 15.65% President José Hilario López Colombian Liberal Party José María Obando Colombian Liberal Party Presidential elections were held in the Republic of New Granada in 1856.Elections and Events 1850-1899 The Library UC San DiegoBushnell David 1971 Voter Participation in the Colombian Election of 1856 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2512474 The Hispanic American Historical Review 51 2 237–249 10.2307/2512474 0018-2168 subscription Following constitutional reforms in 1853, they were the first direct presidential elections in the country. The elections were free and fair.Madrid Raúl L. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/birth-of-democracy-in-south-america/A8EA21756D12D27A6171337F2BF3F415 The Birth of Democracy in South America 2025 Cambridge University Press 978-1-009-63381-9 67 Following the elections, Congress convened on 4 February 1857 to verify the results. The result was a victory for Mariano Ospina Rodríguez of the Conservative Party.Colombia: Elecciones Presidenciales de 1826 a 1990 Political Database of the Americas Results Mariano Ospina Rodríguez Colombian Conservative Party 96651 Manuel Murillo Toro Colombian Liberal Party 79411 Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera National Party 32713 Mariano Ospina 83 Patrocinio Cuéllar 6 Manuel A. Murillo de Torres 6 Vicente Cárdena 4 Juan A. Arias 3 Casto Celedón 3 José María Obando 3 Ezequiel Rojas es 3 Florentino González es 2 Francisco F. Martínez 2 Pedro Alcántara Herrán 1 Julio Arboleda Pombo 1 Benedicto Arias 1 Juan Demetrio Arizabaleta 1 Justo Arosemena Quesada 1 J. Antonio de la Barrera 1 Martín Barros 1 Simón Belacázar 1 Gabriel Bermúdez Santos 1 Manuel José Bonilla 1 Miguel Burbano 1 Juan Campos 1 Celedonio Castillo 1 Luis Celadón Fernández 1 Manuel Ezequiel Corrales 1 Rufino Díaz 1 José María Franco 1 Luis María Galindo 1 Reyes Gamboa 1 Rafael María Giraldo 1 Narciso Gómez 1 Ramón Gómez 1 Manuel Góngora 1 J. María Jovane Arce 1 Manuel S. Jurado 1 Juan Lara 1 José María Llanos 1 Mariano Montaña 1 Joaquín Mosquera 1 Manuel Muriilo 1 Manuel Murillo Tero 1 Manuel U. Orna 1 Juan de D. Ortiz 1 Juan Oscorio Aldana 1 Mariano Ospina Rodríguez 1 Pastor Ospina 1 Emigdio Palau 1 Francisco A. Palau 1 Joaquín Paris 1 Manuel Piedrahíta 1 Antonio Pinto 1 Saturnino Rincón 1 Manual Ma. Rodríguez Y. 1 Alejandro Rubiano de Rivariv 1 Rafael Salcedo 1 Antonio Sánchez 1 Leando Sánchez 1 Proto Sandoval 1 José Manuel Suárez 1 Dionisio E. Vélez 1 Marcos Veloza 1 71 26 Historia electoral colombianaHistoria electoral colombiana, La Registraduría, 1991, p115 References Colombia President Category:Presidential elections in Colombia