1962 Colombian presidential election

none Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 6 May 1962.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 978-0-19-928358-3 Under the National Front agreement, it was the turn of the Conservative Party to govern. The result was a victory for Guillermo León Valencia.Abel Christopher Colombia since 1958 1991 The Cambridge History of Latin America 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America 629–686 Bethell Leslie https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-latin-america/colombia-since-1958/9E96A96542560EBEC901E4BA67D12D7B Cambridge University Press 10.1017/chol9780521266529.012 978-0-521-26652-9 Palacios Marco subscription Despite the National Front agreement, Alfonso López Michelsen of the Liberal Party also contested the election. However, the Electoral Court labelled any votes for him as invalid. Votes for Gustavo Rojas Pinilla of the National Popular Alliance were also declared invalid due to Rojas' leadership of the 1953 military coup. As a result, Valencia was declared to have won with 84% of the vote.Nohlen, p353 Results 275px|thumb|Results by Province and Municipality Guillermo León Valencia Colombian Conservative Party 1636081 Alfonso López Michelsen Colombian Liberal Party 625630 – Jorge Leyva Urdaneta Colombian Conservative Party 308992 Gustavo Rojas Pinilla National Popular Alliance 54562 – Others 509 689258 5404765 Nohlen References Category:Presidential elections in Colombia Category:1962 in Colombia Colombia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:May 1962 in South America