2002 Colombian parliamentary election

Congressional elections were held in Colombia on 10 March 2002 to elect the Senate and Chamber of Representatives.^[1] The Liberal Party remained the largest party but lost its majority in both houses, winning 56 of the 166 seats in the Chamber and 29 of the 102 seats in the Senate.

Results

Senate


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Colombian Liberal Party	2,710,599	29.19	29	–19
	Colombian Conservative Party	885,263	9.53	13	–2
	Coalition	565,222	6.09	6	–1
	National Movement	411,029	4.43	6	–
	Team Colombia	297,538	3.20	4	–
	Colombia Always	255,691	2.75	2	–
	People's Integration Movement	254,616	2.74	4	–
	Radical Change	222,484	2.40	2	–
	United People's Movement	172,717	1.86	2	–
	Renovation Movement Labour Action	152,481	1.64	1	–
	Social and Political Front	128,079	1.38	1	–
	New Democratic Force	124,130	1.34	1	0
	National Popular Alliance	119,022	1.28	1	0
	Independent Social Alliance Movement	103,370	1.11	1	0
	Colombian Social Democratic Party	101,660	1.09	1	–
	Progressive Force	96,787	1.04	1	+1
	New Liberalism	93,987	1.01	1	–
	Citizens' Convergence	91,131	0.98	1	+1
	Civic People's Convergence	85,764	0.92	1	0
	Unionist Movement	85,713	0.92	1	–
	Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation	81,061	0.87	1	–
	Progressive National Movement	80,300	0.86	1	–1
	National Salvation Movement	78,080	0.84	1	0
	Alternative for Social Advance	77,916	0.84	1	–
	Let the Moreno Play Movement	71,623	0.77	1	–
	Political Movement for Social Security	70,704	0.76	1	–
	We are Colombia	70,699	0.76	1	–
	Vamos Colombia	66,512	0.72	1	0
	C4	65,294	0.70	1	0
	People's Will Movement	63,533	0.68	1	–
	Citizens' Footprint Movement	63,165	0.68	1	–
	Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement	56,363	0.61	0	0
	Yes Colombia	55,835	0.60	1	–
	Citizens' Movement	51,504	0.55	1	0
	Democratic Unity Party	48,939	0.53	1	–
	Front of Hope	46,298	0.50	1	0
	Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement	45,703	0.49	1	+1
	Independent Civic Movement	43,265	0.47	1	+1
	Citizens' Political Movement for Bocaya	42,954	0.46	1	–
	Democratic Progressivity	41,672	0.45	1	–
	Christian National Party	40,460	0.44	1	–
	Laicists for Colombia	37,125	0.40	0	–1
	Christian Union Movement	36,675	0.39	0	0
	Indigenous Authorities of Colombia	35,215	0.38	1	+1
	Democratic Renovation Movement	34,049	0.37	0	0
	National Union for Social Security	29,430	0.32	0	–
	Community Participation	28,319	0.30	0	–
	Colombia My Country	23,770	0.26	0	–1
	Democratic Alternative Movement	23,271	0.25	0	0
	National Civic Concentration	21,191	0.23	0	0
	Independent Conservatism	20,503	0.22	0	–1
	Humbertista Movement	19,868	0.21	0	0
	ANUPAC	13,387	0.14	0	–
	National Democratic Reconstruction	12,693	0.14	0	–1
	Civic Defence Movement	12,015	0.13	0	–2
	Social Democratic Party	11,279	0.12	0	0
	Colombian Indigenous Party	11,266	0.12	0	New
	Autonomous Citizens' Movement	6,845	0.07	0	–
	People's Participation Movement	6,762	0.07	0	0
	Force Colombia	4,707	0.05	0	0
	Democratic Revolution Movement	3,899	0.04	0	–
	Independent Liberal Restoration Movement	1,442	0.02	0	0
	Colombian People's Party	1,400	0.02	0	–1
	Others	217,161	2.34	2	–
Blank votes		454,740	4.90	–	–
Total		9,286,175	100.00	102	0

Valid votes		9,286,175	90.18
Invalid votes		1,011,228	9.82
Total votes		10,297,403	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		23,998,685	42.91
Source: Nohlen

Chamber of Representatives


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Colombian Liberal Party	2,737,320	28.42	56	–28
	Colombian Conservative Party	981,983	10.20	21	–7
	Radical Change	372,504	3.87	7	–
	United People's Movement	219,317	2.28	3	–
	Team Colombia	208,514	2.16	4	–
	Civic People's Convergence	193,214	2.01	4	+2
	Liberal Opening Movement	175,603	1.82	5	+4
	National Salvation Movement	162,452	1.69	2	+1
	National Movement	147,015	1.53	1	–
	People's Participation Movement	123,364	1.28	2	+1
	Renovation Movement Labour Action	122,869	1.28	2	–
	New Liberalism	116,371	1.21	2	–
	Colombia Always	111,742	1.16	3	–
	People's Integration Movement	106,624	1.11	2	–
	Regional Integration Movement	102,002	1.06	3	+1
	Citizens' Convergence	91,969	0.95	2	+2
	People's Will Movement	91,192	0.95	2	–
	Progressive Force	88,788	0.92	2	–2
	Unionist Movement	88,036	0.91	2	–
	Alternative Way	85,110	0.88	1	–
	Social and Political Front	84,143	0.87	2	–
	Indigenous Authorities of Colombia	76,462	0.79	1	+1
	C4	75,476	0.78	0	0
	Democratic Progressivity	73,397	0.76	2	–
	Vamos Colombia	67,850	0.70	1	+1
	Community Participation	66,372	0.69	1	–
	Independent Conservatism	61,513	0.64	1	–1
	Republican Movement	60,539	0.63	1	–
	National Democratic Reconstruction	59,645	0.62	1	+1
	Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation	55,121	0.57	0	–
	Citizens' Footprint Movement	50,309	0.52	2	–
	Democratic Alliance M19	43,293	0.45	0	0
	Serious Civic Movement for Colombia	42,284	0.44	1	0
	Humbertista Movement	41,106	0.43	0	–1
	Christian National Party	39,321	0.41	1	0
	Independent Social Alliance Movement	38,853	0.40	0	–2
	Democratic Unity Party	38,096	0.40	1	–
	Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement	37,595	0.39	2	+2
	Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement	34,475	0.36	0	0
	Christian Union Movement	32,831	0.34	0	0
	UNAMONOS	30,448	0.32	0	–
	Colombia Unite	29,879	0.31	1	–
	Progressive National Movement	28,273	0.29	1	0
	New Democratic Force	25,978	0.27	1	–1
	Laicists for Colombia	24,884	0.26	0	0
	Yes Colombia	23,199	0.24	0	New
	New Colombia Movement	22,552	0.23	0	–1
	Independent Civic Movement	22,157	0.23	0	–1
	Democratic Renovation Movement	21,991	0.23	0	0
	Social Democratic Party	21,805	0.23	0	–
	We are Colombia	21,681	0.23	0	New
	Colombian People's Party	21,063	0.22	1	+1
	Citizens' Movement	20,503	0.21	0	–1
	National Popular Alliance	19,945	0.21	0	0
	MPPSS	19,244	0.20	0	–
	Civic Defence Movement	17,594	0.18	0	0
	Colombian Social Democratic Party	16,802	0.17	1	–
	GOLPE	16,603	0.17	0	–
	National Civic Concentration	13,967	0.15	0	0
	Oxygen Green Party	11,438	0.12	0	–
	Colombian Indigenous Party	11,097	0.12	0	–
	National Transformation Movement	10,222	0.11	0	–
	Democratic Alternative Movement	7,779	0.08	0	–1
	Civic Autonomy Movement	6,581	0.07	0	–
	ANUPAC	6,341	0.07	0	–
	Social Virage Party	2,968	0.03	0	–
	Democratic Revolution	2,221	0.02	0	–
	Citizens for Boyaca	2,093	0.02	0	–
	Force Colombia	1,448	0.02	0	0
	Patriotic Union	1,185	0.01	0	–
	Colombia My Country	1,180	0.01	0	0
	19th of April Movement	688	0.01	0	0
	Coalitions	894,235	9.28	17	+1
	Others	316,001	3.28	1	–
Blank votes		532,574	5.53	–	–
Total		9,631,289	100.00	166	+5

Valid votes		9,631,289	91.91
Invalid votes		848,096	8.09
Total votes		10,479,385	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		23,998,685	43.67
Source: Election Passport (votes), CLEA (seats)

References

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p306 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p306 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3

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