Colombian presidential election, 1978

4 June 1978



Nominee	Julio César Turbay Ayala	Belisario Betancur
Party	Liberal Party	Conservative Party
Popular vote	2,503,681	2,356,620
Percentage	49.5%	46.6%

President before election

Alfonso López Michelsen
Liberal Party

Elected President

Julio César Turbay Ayala
Liberal Party

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Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 4 June 1978.^[1] The result was a victory for Julio César Turbay Ayala of the Liberal Party, who received 49.5% of the vote.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Julio César Turbay Ayala	Liberal Party	2,503,681	49.5
Belisario Betancur	Conservative Party–National Movement	2,356,620	46.6
Julio César Pernía	National Opposition Union	97,234	1.9
Alvaro Valencia Tovar	National Renovation Movement	65,961	1.3
Jaime Piedrahita Cardona	People's Unity Front	27,059	0.5
Luz del Socorro Ramírez	Labour and Socialist Union	6,643	0.1
Victor Julio Gómez Hoyos	National Civic Action Movement	587	0.0
Regina Betancur de Liska	Metapolitical Unitary Movement	126	0.0
Jesús Arena Fajardo	Labour Party	14	0.0
Invalid/blank votes		17,794	–
Total		5,075,719	100
Registered voters/turnout		12,580,851	40.3
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
↑ Nohlen, p354

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