1949 Colombian presidential election

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]

1949 Colombian presidential election

← 1946 27 November 1949 1958 →

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

President before election Mariano Ospina Pérez Conservative Elected President Laureano Gómez Conservative

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]

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Laureano Gómez	Colombian Conservative Party	1,140,122	100.00
Others			23	0.00
Total			1,140,145	100.00
Valid votes			1,140,145	99.96
Invalid/blank votes			501	0.04
Total votes			1,140,646	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,866,339	39.79
Source: Nohlen

References

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

Bibliography

• Weyl, Nathaniel (1961). Red Star Over Cuba, the Russian Assault on the Western Hemisphere. Arlington House. ISBN 0-8159-6705-5.