1949 Colombian presidential election

none 1949 Colombian presidential election Colombia presidential no 1946 Colombian presidential election 1946 1958 Colombian presidential election 1958 27 November 1949 160px Laureano Gómez Colombian Conservative Party 1,140,122 100% President Mariano Ospina Pérez Colombian Conservative Party Laureano Gómez Colombian Conservative Party Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 27 November 1949.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 978-0-19-928358-3 The result was a victory for Laureano Gómez of the Conservative Party, who received all but 23 of the 1.1 million valid votes cast.Nohlen, p352 The opposition Liberal Party withdrew from the election and called for a boycott after their candidate Darío Echandía was the victim of a failed assassination attempt. It is widely speculated that Jorge Eliécer Gaitán would likely have been elected President had he not been assassinated on 9 April 1948.Weyl 1961 4,7 This assassination occurred immediately prior to the armed insurrection or Bogotazo.Weyl 1961 4-21Jorge Eliécer Gaitán United Fruit Historical Society] Accessed 28 January 2008. Results Laureano Gómez Colombian Conservative Party 1140122 Others 23 501 2866339 Nohlen References Bibliography Weyl Nathaniel Red Star Over Cuba, the Russian Assault on the Western Hemisphere Arlington House 1961 Nathaniel Weyl 0-8159-6705-5 Category:Presidential elections in Colombia Category:1949 in Colombia Colombia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:November 1949 in South America