1994 Colombian presidential election

1994 Colombian presidential election
← 1990 29 May 1994 (first round)
19 June 1994 (second round)		 1998 →
Turnout33.95% (first round)
43.32% (second round)
 
Nominee Ernesto Samper Andrés Pastrana Arango
Party Liberal Conservative
Home state Bogotá Bogotá
Running mate Humberto De la Calle Luis Fernando Ramírez
Popular vote 3,733,366 3,576,781
Percentage 50.57% 48.45%
Winner by department in the second round
President before election

César Gaviria
Liberal

Elected President

Ernesto Samper
Liberal

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Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 1994, with a second round on 19 June.[1] The result was a victory for Ernesto Samper of the Liberal Party, who received 50.57% of the vote in the run-off.

Samper's election was tainted by accusations during the campaign and afterwards that his Liberal Party had sought funding from the Cali Cartel. This resulted in the Proceso 8000 investigation, which found several of Samper's close associates within the party guilty, although Samper himself was absolved of any wrongdoing.[2] However, the scandal badly damaged his presidency and his party, and resulted in a grand coalition of opposition politicians standing against and defeating the Liberal Party at the following election in 1998; Samper was Colombia's last Liberal president.

  1. ^ Nohlen, Dieter (2005). Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-19928-358-3.
  2. ^ "El proceso 8.000, a 21 años del escándalo mayor". El Espectador. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2016.