1982 Colombian presidential election

1982 Colombian presidential election

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Nominee Belisario Betancur Alfonso López Michelsen
Party Conservative Liberal
Home state Antioquia Bogotá
Popular vote 3,189,278 2,797,627
Percentage 46.75% 41.01%

Winner by department

President before election

Julio César Turbay Ayala
Liberal

Elected President

Belisario Betancur
Conservative

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 30 May 1982.[1] The result was a victory for Belisario Betancur of the Conservative PartyNational Movement, who received 46.8% of the vote.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, p354