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Colombian presidential election, 1949

Colombian presidential election, 1949
Colombia
← 1946 27 November 1949 1958 →
  Laureano Gómez (c. 1925-1926).jpg
Nominee Laureano Gómez
Party Conservative Party
Popular vote 1,140,122
Percentage 100%

President before election

Mariano Ospina Pérez
Conservative Party

Elected President

Laureano Gómez
Conservative Party


Mariano Ospina Pérez
Conservative Party

Laureano Gómez
Conservative Party

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 27 November 1949. 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. 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.


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