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1856 Colombian presidential election

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1856 Colombian presidential election

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Candidate Mariano Ospina Rodríguez Manuel Murillo Toro Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
Party Conservative Liberal National
Popular vote 96,651 79,411 32,713
Percentage 46.26% 38.01% 15.65%

President before election

José Hilario López
Liberal

Elected President

José María Obando
Liberal

Presidential elections were held in the Republic of New Granada in 1856.[1] Following constitutional reforms in 1853, they were the first direct presidential elections in the country.

Following the elections, Congress convened on 4 February 1857 to verify the results.[1] The result was a victory for Mariano Ospina Rodríguez of the Conservative Party.[2]

Results

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Mariano Ospina RodríguezColombian Conservative Party96,65146.26
Manuel Murillo ToroColombian Liberal Party79,41138.01
Tomás Cipriano de MosqueraNational Party32,71315.66
Mariano Ospina830.04
Patrocinio Cuéllar60.00
Manuel A. Murillo de Torres60.00
Vicente Cárdena40.00
Juan A. Arias30.00
Casto Celedón30.00
José María Obando30.00
Ezequiel Rojas [es]30.00
Florentino González [es]20.00
Francisco F. Martínez20.00
Pedro Alcántara Herrán10.00
Julio Arboleda Pombo10.00
Benedicto Arias10.00
Juan Demetrio Arizabaleta10.00
Justo Arosemena Quesada10.00
J. Antonio de la Barrera10.00
Martín Barros10.00
Simón Belacázar10.00
Gabriel Bermúdez Santos10.00
Manuel José Bonilla10.00
Miguel Burbano10.00
Juan Campos10.00
Celedonio Castillo10.00
Luis Celadón Fernández10.00
Manuel Ezequiel Corrales10.00
Rufino Díaz10.00
José María Franco10.00
Luis María Galindo10.00
Reyes Gamboa10.00
Rafael María Giraldo10.00
Narciso Gómez10.00
Ramón Gómez10.00
Manuel Góngora10.00
J. María Jovane Arce10.00
Manuel S. Jurado10.00
Juan Lara10.00
José María Llanos10.00
Mariano Montaña10.00
Joaquín Mosquera10.00
Manuel Muriilo10.00
Manuel Murillo Tero10.00
Manuel U. Orna10.00
Juan de D. Ortiz10.00
Juan Oscorio Aldana10.00
Mariano Ospina Rodríguez10.00
Pastor Ospina10.00
Emigdio Palau10.00
Francisco A. Palau10.00
Joaquín Paris10.00
Manuel Piedrahíta10.00
Antonio Pinto10.00
Saturnino Rincón10.00
Manual Ma. Rodríguez Y.10.00
Alejandro Rubiano de Rivariv10.00
Rafael Salcedo10.00
Antonio Sánchez10.00
Leando Sánchez10.00
Proto Sandoval10.00
José Manuel Suárez10.00
Dionisio E. Vélez10.00
Marcos Veloza10.00
Total208,941100.00
Valid votes208,94199.95
Invalid votes260.01
Blank votes710.03
Total votes209,038100.00
Source: Historia electoral colombiana[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Elections and Events 1850-1899 The Library UC San Diego
  2. ^ Colombia: Elecciones Presidenciales de 1826 a 1990 Political Database of the Americas
  3. ^ Historia electoral colombiana, La Registraduría, 1991, p115