1986 Colombian presidential election

none Colombia presidential 1982 Colombian presidential election 1982 1990 Colombian presidential election 1990 25 May 1986 150x150px Virgilio Barco Vargas Colombian Liberal Party 4,214,510 58.36% 150x150px Álvaro Gómez Hurtado Colombian Conservative Party 2,588,050 35.84% 1986 Colombian Presidential Election Results.svg Results by department President Belisario Betancur Colombian Conservative Party Virgilio Barco Vargas Colombian Liberal Party Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 25 May 1986.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 978-0-19-928358-3 The result was a victory for Virgilio Barco Vargas of the Liberal Party, who received 58% of the vote. Barco Vargas' campaign promised land reform and economic revitalization, including jobs and housing for the poor.1987 Colombian, in Record Win, Vows a 'More Just' Society https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/05/27/colombian-in-record-win-vows-a-more-just-society/084a2f6b-ce4b-40b3-b556-8e7a85a39e35/ The Washington Post One of the issues in the campaign was the ongoing negotiations with Colombian guerilla groups. The elections took place shortly after the March 1986 parliamentary elections, in which Barco Vargas' Liberal Party won a majority of seats. Electoral system The elections were held using first-past-the-post voting and were the first in which the electoral commission counted blank votes as valid votes.Nohlen, p354 Results Virgilio Barco Vargas Colombian Liberal Party 4214510 Álvaro Gómez Hurtado Conservative Party–National Participation Movement 2588050 Jaime Pardo Leal Patriotic Union 328752 Regina Betancur de Liska Metapolitical Unitary Movement 46811 Juan David Pérez Gaviria Humanist Party 229 Write-ins 1261 Blank votes 42205 8119 y 15839754 Nohlen References Category:Presidential elections in Colombia Colombia Presidential Category:May 1986 in South America