1958 Colombian presidential election

none Colombia presidential 1949 Colombian presidential election 1949 1962 Colombian presidential election 1962 4 May 1958 Alberto Lleras Camargo, Presidente da Colômbia (cropped).tif Alberto Lleras Camargo Colombian Liberal Party National Front 2,482,948 80.14% 3x4.svg Jorge Leyva Urdaneta Conservative(dissidents) — no 614,861 19.85% 1958 Colombian Presidential Election Results.svg Winner by province and municipality President Gabriel París GordilloMilitary regime Alberto Lleras Camargo Colombian Liberal Party Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 4 May 1958.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 978-0-19-928358-3 They were the first presidential elections since 1949, following a military coup against President Laureano Gómez in 1953.Nohlen, p296 Following the coup, the two main parties (the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party) came to an agreement on holding office for alternating periods of four years. The agreement, known as the National Front, was approved in a 1957 referendum. The election resulted in a victory for Alberto Lleras Camargo of the Liberal Party (and also supported by the Colombian Communist Party), who received 80% of the vote. Although the Conservatives had agreed to let the Liberal Party hold power during the 1958–1962 period, dissidents in the Conservative Party put forward Jorge Leyva as a candidate.Nohlen, p352 Results Alberto Lleras Camargo Colombian Liberal Party 2482948 Jorge Leyva Urdaneta Colombian Conservative Party dissidents 614861 Others 290 10468 5386981 Nohlen References Category:Presidential elections in Colombia Presidential Colombia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Colombia