2016 Colombian peace agreement referendum

2016 Colombian peace agreement referendum
2 October 2016
Do you support the final agreement to end the conflict and build a stable and lasting peace?
Results
Choice
 Votes %
Yes 6,382,901 49.78%
No 6,438,552 50.22%
Valid votes 12,821,453 98.15%
Invalid or blank votes 241,464 1.85%
Total votes 13,062,917 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 34,899,945 37.43%
Results by department
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The Colombian peace agreement referendum was held on 2 October 2016, aiming to ratify the final agreement on the termination of the Colombian conflict between the Colombian government and the FARC guerillas.[1] It failed, with 50.2% voting against it and 49.8% voting in favor.[2] Approval of the referendum was taken for granted in Colombia prior to the vote based on opinion polls. However, the 'No' option ended up winning by a narrow margin.

The result was compared to the outcome of the Brexit referendum and Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, both also held in 2016.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Colombia decide el próximo 2 de octubre en referéndum si avala el acuerdo de paz con las FARC". El Mundo (in Spanish). 25 August 2016. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. ^ Colombia referendum: Voters reject Farc peace deal Archived 30 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine BBC News, 3 October 2016
  3. ^ "Colombia's Brexit moment as politicians misjudge popular anger at Farc amnesty". The Guardian. 3 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Wrong Again: Poll-Driven Wisdom Failed in Colombia. Where Next?". Bloomberg. 3 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Brexit, Colombia and Trump: electoral and direct democracy at their best". OpenDemocracy. 10 November 2016.