1949 Colombian presidential election

1949 Colombian presidential election

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Nominee Laureano Gómez
Party Conservative
Popular vote 1,140,122
Percentage 100%

President before election

Mariano Ospina Pérez
Conservative

Elected President

Laureano Gómez
Conservative

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 27 November 1949.[1] 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.[2] 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.[2]

It is widely speculated that Jorge Eliécer Gaitán would likely have been elected President had he not been assassinated on 9 April 1948.[3][4] This assassination occurred immediately prior to the armed insurrection or Bogotazo.[5][4]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ a b Nohlen, p352
  3. ^ Weyl 1961, pp. 4, 7.
  4. ^ a b Jorge Eliécer Gaitán United Fruit Historical Society] Accessed 28 January 2008.
  5. ^ Weyl 1961, pp. 4–21.