Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on March 12, 2006 to elect members of the Senate and Chamber of Representatives.[1] Presidential primaries were also held for the Liberal Party and the Alternative Democratic Pole prior to the upcoming presidential elections in May. Chamber of Representatives Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Colombian Liberal Party | 1,639,593 | 18.51 | 35 | | Social Party of National Unity | 1,434,919 | 16.20 | 30 | | Colombian Conservative Party | 1,347,904 | 15.22 | 29 | | Radical Change | 917,912 | 10.36 | 20 | | Alternative Democratic Pole | 677,964 | 7.66 | 7 | | Citizens' Convergence | 385,589 | 4.35 | 8 | | Wings – Team Colombia | 366,766 | 4.14 | 8 | | Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation | 241,704 | 2.73 | 1 | | Liberal Opening Movement | 222,033 | 2.51 | 5 | | Democratic Colombia Party | 213,077 | 2.41 | 2 | | National Movement | 172,476 | 1.95 | 2 | | United People's Movement | 133,324 | 1.51 | 2 | | For the Country of Our Dreams | 103,795 | 1.17 | 2 | | Regional Integration Movement | 93,394 | 1.05 | 4 | | Centre Option Party | 88,268 | 1.00 | 1 | | C4 | 82,673 | 0.93 | 0 | | New Huila and Liberalism | 81,335 | 0.92 | 2 | | Social Action Party | 53,217 | 0.60 | 1 | | Visionaries with Antanas Mockus | 47,217 | 0.53 | 0 | | Let the Moreno Play Movement | 37,239 | 0.42 | 0 | | Renovation Movement Labour Action | 34,082 | 0.38 | 1 | | Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement | 28,956 | 0.33 | 0 | | Living Colombia Movement | 28,389 | 0.32 | 0 | | National Salvation Movement | 27,531 | 0.31 | 1 | | Independent Social Alliance Movement | 27,378 | 0.31 | 0 | | Republican Movement | 22,513 | 0.25 | 0 | | People's Participation Movement | 19,773 | 0.22 | 1 | | Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 17,632 | 0.20 | 0 | | Community Participation | 12,480 | 0.14 | 0 | | Progressive National Movement | 7,932 | 0.09 | 1 | | Colombia Unite | 6,631 | 0.07 | 0 | | People's Will Movement | 5,467 | 0.06 | 0 | | Independent Conservatism | 4,604 | 0.05 | 0 | | National Democratic Reconstruction | 3,428 | 0.04 | 0 | | Citizens' Footprint Movement | 2,693 | 0.03 | 0 | | Colombian Social Democratic Party | 1,686 | 0.02 | 0 | | We are Colombia | 1,039 | 0.01 | 0 | | Yes Colombia | 797 | 0.01 | 0 | | Independent Civic Movement | 739 | 0.01 | 0 | | Colombia Always | 441 | 0.00 | 0 | | New Liberalism | 295 | 0.00 | 0 | | Democratic Unity Party | 294 | 0.00 | 0 | | Democratic Progressivity | 171 | 0.00 | 0 | | Citizens' Movement | 132 | 0.00 | 0 | | National Popular Alliance | 68 | 0.00 | 0 | | Progressive Force | 40 | 0.00 | 0 | Blank votes | 260,579 | 2.94 | – | Total | 8,856,169 | 100.00 | 163 | | Valid votes | 8,856,169 | 83.05 | |
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Invalid votes | 1,807,014 | 16.95 | |
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Total votes | 10,663,183 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 26,593,271 | 40.10 | |
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Afro-Colombian seats |
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| Afro-Colombian Social Alliance | 7,682 | 5.67 | 1 | | AFROUNINCCA | 6,833 | 5.04 | 1 | | Black Roots | 6,287 | 4.64 | 0 | | CORPOSINPAC | 5,497 | 4.06 | 0 | | FUNDECON | 5,385 | 3.98 | 0 | | ASOPRA | 5,065 | 3.74 | 0 | | United Corporation for Afro Culture | 4,829 | 3.57 | 0 | | Organisation of Afro-Colombian Women | 4,465 | 3.30 | 0 | | APONURY | 4,367 | 3.22 | 0 | | National Association of Afro-Colombian Students | 4,333 | 3.20 | 0 | | National Cimarron Movement | 4,205 | 3.10 | 0 | | ACIA | 3,183 | 2.35 | 0 | | Tambor Yoruba Foundation | 2,850 | 2.10 | 0 | | ANALDIC | 2,281 | 1.68 | 0 | | Afro-Colombian Malcolm X | 1,756 | 1.30 | 0 | | AFIN | 1,729 | 1.28 | 0 | | DESPERTAR | 1,640 | 1.21 | 0 | | CINDENT | 1,592 | 1.18 | 0 | | Afro-Colombian Exchange of Experiences Association | 1,526 | 1.13 | 0 | | FUNDECONA | 1,483 | 1.09 | 0 | | FUNDAIN | 1,334 | 0.98 | 0 | | Pacific Coexistence Organisation | 1,255 | 0.93 | 0 | | Coagro Pacifico LTDA | 1,111 | 0.82 | 0 | | CANOAS | 936 | 0.69 | 0 | | ASOPACIFICO | 920 | 0.68 | 0 | | CECPCC | 828 | 0.61 | 0 | | APDDEC | 781 | 0.58 | 0 | Blank votes | 51,298 | 37.87 | – | Total | 135,451 | 100.00 | 2 | Indigenous seat |
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| Alternative Democratic Pole | 29,308 | 21.47 | 1 | | Independent Social Alliance Movement | 18,956 | 13.89 | 0 | | Community Participation | 8,637 | 6.33 | 0 | | Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 7,058 | 5.17 | 0 | | Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement | 5,950 | 4.36 | 0 | | Colombia Unite | 3,348 | 2.45 | 0 | Blank votes | 63,257 | 46.34 | – | Total | 136,514 | 100.00 | 1 | | Source: Barrero et al. | Senate In the two-seat indigenous constituency, more blank votes were cast than votes for parties, resulting in a re-run being required. This took place with the same parties (AICO and ASI) but difference candidates. Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Social Party of National Unity | 1,591,775 | 17.30 | 20 | | Colombian Conservative Party | 1,470,029 | 15.98 | 18 | | Colombian Liberal Party | 1,436,657 | 15.62 | 18 | | Radical Change | 1,211,457 | 13.17 | 15 | | Alternative Democratic Pole | 875,451 | 9.52 | 10 | | Citizens' Convergence | 566,823 | 6.16 | 7 | | Wings – Team Colombia | 418,124 | 4.54 | 5 | | Democratic Colombia Party | 272,524 | 2.96 | 3 | | Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation | 237,512 | 2.58 | 2 | | Living Colombia Movement | 229,556 | 2.50 | 2 | | For the Country of Our Dreams | 165,981 | 1.80 | 0 | | Let the Moreno Play Movement | 136,636 | 1.49 | 0 | | C4 | 86,609 | 0.94 | 0 | | Visionaries with Antanas Mockus | 71,843 | 0.78 | 0 | | Community Participation | 54,356 | 0.59 | 0 | | Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement | 37,545 | 0.41 | 0 | | Colombia Unite | 15,568 | 0.17 | 0 | | Independent Conservatism | 13,221 | 0.14 | 0 | | Progressive National Movement | 8,794 | 0.10 | 0 | | National Democratic Reconstruction | 7,751 | 0.08 | 0 | Blank votes | 291,864 | 3.17 | – | Total | 9,200,076 | 100.00 | 100 | | Valid votes | 9,200,076 | 85.24 | |
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Invalid votes | 1,593,332 | 14.76 | |
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Total votes | 10,793,408 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 26,595,171 | 40.58 | |
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Indigenous seats |
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| Independent Social Alliance Movement | 43,903 | 27.02 | 1 | | Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 21,624 | 13.31 | 1 | Blank votes | 96,948 | 59.67 | – | Total | 162,475 | 100.00 | 2 | | Source: RNEC | Senate Members - Of the 102 elected congressman and women that took office on July 20, 2006. 52 were re-elected, 25 had previously served in the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia in the 2002–2006 term, 3 returned to the senate after a few years of absence and 22 were elected to congress for the first time.
References "Boletin de Prensa N° 010" (Press release) (in Spanish). Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil. 2006-07-14. Archived from the original (DOC) on 2007-07-28. Retrieved 2007-02-09. - ^ "IPU PARLINE database: COLOMBIA (Senado de la República) ELECTIONS IN 2006". INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
See also - Spanish language Wikinews article
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