1946 Colombian presidential election

none 1946 Colombian presidential election Colombia presidential no 1942 Colombian presidential election 1942 1949 Colombian presidential election 1949 5 May 1946 130x130px Mariano Ospina Pérez.jpg Mariano Ospina Pérez Colombian Conservative Party 565,939 41.43% GabrielTurbay.jpg Gabriel Turbay Colombian Liberal Party 441,199 32.30% Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1936).jpg Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Liberal dissident FF3333 358,957 26.28% 1946 Colombian Presidential Election Results.svg Results by municipality President Alfonso López Pumarejo Colombian Liberal Party Mariano Ospina Pérez Colombian Conservative Party Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 5 May 1946, pitching the Colombian Conservative Party against two different Colombian Liberal Party candidates.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 978-0-19-928358-3 The Liberals received more votes combined, but due to their division the result was a victory for Mariano Ospina Pérez of the Conservative Party, who received 41.4% of the vote.Nohlen, p351 One of the Liberal candidates, Gabriel Turbay, was also supported by the Social Democratic Party. Two years after the election, the second Liberal Party candidate, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala, was assassinated. This in turn sparked a ten-year civil war known as La Violencia. Results Mariano Ospina Pérez Colombian Conservative Party 565939 Gabriel Turbay Colombian Liberal Party 441199 Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala Colombian Liberal Party dissident 358957 177 2450596 Nohlen References Category:Presidential elections in Colombia Category:1946 in Colombia Colombia Category:May 1946 in South America