1990 Colombian Constitutional Assembly election

none Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Colombia on 9 December 1990 alongside a referendum on the Assembly itself.Elections and Events 1990-1994 UC San DiegoColombia, 9 December 1990: Election of a Constitutional Assembly Direct Democracy de The Assembly sat from February to July 1991 and drew up the 1991 constitution. Background After the murder of presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán in August 1989, students started a movement calling for a referendum "for peace and democracy" to be held on 21 January 1990.Colombia, 11 March 1990 Direct Democracy de However, under pressure from drug cartels, the government rejected the proposal. The students then set up the "We can still save Colombia" movement, which called for a referendum alongside the general elections on 11 March 1990 on establishing a Constitutional Assembly. The referendum saw 2,235,493 voted in favour and 117,000 vote against. Following the unofficial referendum, President Virgilio Barco Vargas issued decree 927 on 3 May calling a referendum on electing a Constitutional Assembly alongside the presidential elections on 27 May. Although this was in violation of article 218 of the constitution, which gave Congress sole rights to reform the constitution, the referendum was approved by the Supreme Court.Colombia, 27 May 1990: Election of a Constitutional Assembly Direct Democracy de After 95% of voters approved of the election of the Assembly, elections were set for December. However, new President César Gaviria chose to reinforce the legitimacy of the Assembly by holding a second referendum on its election.Anita Breuer (2007) Institutions of Direct Democracy and Accountability in Latin America’s Presidential Democracies Democratization, Vol 14, No 4, August 2007, pp 554–579 Only those who voted "yes" in the referendum could then cast a vote for the Assembly. The Assembly was elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p320 978-0-19-928358-3 Results Constitutional Assembly Colombian Liberal Party 1070193 24 19th of April Movement 992613 19 National Salvation Movement 574411 11 Colombian Conservative Party 423775 9 Christian Evangelical Movement (MUC–PNC) 115201 2 Patriotic Union 95088 2 United Student Movement 64711 1 National Indigenous Organization of Colombia 31783 1 Movement for a New Country for the Children 24625 1 Indigenous Authorities of Colombia 22443 1 Metapolitical Unitary Movement 20225 0 Socialist Workers' Party 5153 0 Independents 208134 0 Blank votes 37735 Reserved seats for guerrilla groups 4 24467 y 14237110 Nohlen, La Silla Vacíahttps://www.lasillavacia.com/quien-es-quien/emma-claudia-castellanos/ es Emma Claudia Castellanos La Silla Vacía 12 February 2021 Following the elections, four seats were given to guerrilla groups; two to the Popular Liberation Army, one to the Movimiento Armado Quintin Lame and one to the Workers Revolutionary Party.Nohlen, p321 Referendum 2988963 74055 647539 14237110 Direct Democracy References Category:Elections in Colombia Category:Referendums in Colombia Category:1990 in Colombia Colombia Colombia Category:Constituent assembly elections in South America