Colombian presidential election, 1994

Colombian presidential election, 1994

← 1990 29 May and 19 June 1994 1998 →
Turnout	34.0% (first round) 9.5% 43.3% (run off) 9.3%
Nominee Ernesto Samper Andrés Pastrana Arango Party Liberal Party Conservative Party Home state Bogotá Bogotá Running mate Humberto De la Calle Luis Fernando Ramírez Popular vote 3,733,366 3,576,781 Percentage 51.07% 48.93%
Winner by department, Second Round
President before election César Gaviria Liberal Party Elected President Ernesto Samper Liberal Party

César Gaviria
Liberal Party

Ernesto Samper
Liberal Party

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 1994, with a second round on 19 June. The result was a victory for Ernesto Samper of the Liberal Party, who received 51.1% 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. 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.