Country: Colombia Official Name: Republic of Colombia Election Type: Legislative Date: March 14, 2010 Source for election date

At stake in this election:

• 102 seats in the Senate (Senado)
• 166 seats in the House of Representatives (Camara de Representantes)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Alvaro URIBE Velez
• Head of Government: President Alvaro URIBE Velez
• Assembly: Colombia has a bicameral Congress (Congreso) consisting of the Senate (Senado) with 102 seats and the House of Representatives (Camara de Representantes) with 166 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term.
• In the Senate (Senado) 102 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms*. In the House of Representatives (Camara de Representantes) 166 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.**

* Parties are allowed to choose between closed and open lists. Most lists are open. There is 1 multi-member national constituency with 100 seats and 1 multi-member special national constituency for indigenious (Indian) communities with 2 seats.

** Parties are allowed to choose between closed and open lists. Most lists are open. There are 33 multi-member constituencies (departments), with each department containing at least 2 Representatives. There is an additional representative for every 250,000 inhabitants or for each fraction of more than 125,000 inhabitants that the department has above the first 250,000.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Colombian Liberal Party (PLC) / Partido Liberal Colombiano
  Leader: Rafael PARDO
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Party: National Unity Social Party / Party of the U / Partido Social de Unidad Nacional / Partido de «la U»
  Leader: Juan Manuel SANTOS
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Party: Radical Change / Cambio Radical
  Leader: German Vargas LLERAS
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Alliance: Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) / Polo Democrático Alternativo
  Leader: Jaime DUSSAN
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Party: Citizens' Convergence / Convergencia Ciudadana
  Leader: N/A
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Party: Colombian Conservative Party / Partido Conservador Colombiano
  Leader: Fernando Araújo PERDOMO
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Party: Democratic Colombia Party / Partido Colombia Demócrata
  Leader: N/A
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Party: Liberal Opening / Movimiento Apertura Liberal
  Leader: N/A
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Party: National Movement (MN) / Movimiento Nacional
  Leader: N/A
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Party: United People's Movement / Movimiento Popular Unido (MPU)
  Leader: N/A
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Party: For the Country of our Dreams / Por el País que soñamos (PPS)
  Leader: N/A
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Party: Regional Integration Movement / Movimiento Integración Regional (MIR)
  Leader: N/A
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Party: Huila New and Liberalism / Huila Nueva y Liberalismo (HNL)
  Leader: N/A
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Party: Social Action Party / Partido de Accion Social (PAS)
  Leader: N/A
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Party: Renovation Movement Labour Action / Movimiento Renovación Acción Laboral (MRAL)
  Leader: N/A
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Party: National Salvation Movement / Movimiento de Salvación Nacional (MSNI)
  Leader: N/A
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Party: People's Participation Movement / Movimiento de Participación Popular (MPP)
  Leader: N/A
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Party: Progressive National Movement / Movimiento Nacional Progresista (MNP)
  Leader: N/A
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0
• Alliance: Indigenous Social Alliance Movement / Movimiento Alianza Social Indígena,
  Leader: N/A
  Seats won in last Senate election: 0
  Seats won in last House of Representatives election: 0

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 43,677,372 (July 2009 est.)
• Registered Voters: 29,882,147 (March 2010 )

Last Updated on 06/25/2010

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