1930 Colombian presidential election

none Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 9 February 1930.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 978-0-19-928358-3 The result was a victory for Enrique Olaya Herrera of the Liberal Party, who received 44.9% of the vote.Nohlen, p350 He took office on 7 August.Nohlen, p358 It was the first time since direct presidential elections were introduced in 1914 that a Conservative Party candidate had not won.Nohlen, pp349–350 The Conservative Party was divided, splitting its vote between two conservative candidates.Abel Christopher Columbia, 1930–58 1991 The Cambridge History of Latin America 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America 585–628 Bethell Leslie https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-latin-america/columbia-193058/C42F5AF815504D47AF92B14EBFB3DBFC Cambridge University Press 10.1017/chol9780521266529.011 978-0-521-26652-9 Marco Palacio subscription Conservatives had governed Colombia since 1886.Posada-Carbó Eduardo 1997 Limits of Power: Elections Under the Conservative Hegemony in Colombia, 1886-1930 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2516902 The Hispanic American Historical Review 77 2 245–279 10.2307/2516902 0018-2168 subscription Enrique Olaya Herrera campaigned on Colombian industrialization, improvements in public education, improvements in public health. Results Enrique Olaya Herrera Colombian Liberal Party 369934 Guillermo Valencia Colombian Conservative Party 240360 Alfredo Vásquez Cobo Colombian Conservative Party 213470 660 987504 Historia Electoral ColombianaHistoria Electoral Colombiana, p154 References Category:Presidential elections in Colombia Presidential Colombia Category:February 1930 in South America