2014 Colombian presidential election

2014 Colombian presidential election
← 2010 25 May 2014 (first round)
15 June 2014 (second round)		 2018 →
Turnout40.10% (first round)
47.97% (second round)
 
Nominee Juan Manuel Santos Óscar Iván Zuluaga
Party Party of the U Democratic Center
Alliance National Unity –
Running mate Germán Vargas Lleras Carlos Holmes Trujillo
Popular vote 7,839,342 6,917,001
Percentage 50.99% 44.99%
President before election

Juan Manuel Santos
Party of the U

Elected President

Juan Manuel Santos
Party of the U

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Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 25 May 2014.[1] Since no candidate received 50% of the vote in the first round, a run-off between the two candidates with the most votes took place three weeks later on 15 June 2014.[2] According to the official figures released by the National Registry office (Registraduría Nacional), as of 22 May 2014 (the cut-off date to register) 32,975,158 Colombians were registered and entitled to vote in the 2014 presidential election, including 545,976 Colombians resident abroad.[3][4] Incumbent president Juan Manuel Santos was allowed to run for a second consecutive term.[5] In the first round, Santos and Óscar Iván Zuluaga of the Democratic Center (Centro Democrático) were the two highest-polling candidates and were the contestants in the 15 June run-off.[6][7] In the second round, Santos was re-elected president, gaining 51% of the vote compared with 45% for Zuluaga.[8]

  1. ^ "Resolución No. 10368: Por la cual se establece el calendario Electoral para las elecciones de Presidente y Vicepresidente de la República (primera vuelta) para el período Constitucional 2014–2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil. 10 October 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Farc prevén continuar diálogos de paz durante proceso electoral". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Comunicado de Prensa No. 0337 de 2014: Registraduría tiene lista toda la logística para que los colombianos elijan este domingo 25 de mayo al Presidente y Vicepresidente de la República" (in Spanish). Registraduría Nacional de Estado Civil. 22 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Elecciones del domingo costarán cerca de $220 mil millones". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  5. ^ (in Spanish) 'La U' pide que Juan Manuel Santos se lance a la reelección
  6. ^ "Official results: Colombia President Santos to face Oscar Ivan Zuluaga in election runoff". The Washington Post. 25 May 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Colombia election: Santos to face Zuluaga in run-off". BBC News. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Colombia vote: Santos re-elected as president". BBC News. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.