1922 Colombian presidential election

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Presidential elections were held in Colombia in February 1922.[1] The result was a victory for Pedro Nel Ospina of the Conservative Party, who received 62% of the vote.[1] He took office on 7 August.[2]

His main opponent, Benjamín Herrera of the Liberal Party, was also supported by the Socialist Party.[1] The Liberal Party claimed that the election had been marred by blatant fraud.[1]

Results

Candidate Party Votes %
Pedro Nel Ospina Conservative Party 413,619 61.7
Benjamin Herrera Liberal Party 256,231 38.2
Other candidates 203 0.0
Invalid/blank votes 105
Total 670,154 100
Source: Nohlen

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "N1" defined multiple times with different content
  2. Nohlen, p358