1986 Colombian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 25 May 1986.^[1] The result was a victory for Virgilio Barco Vargas of the Liberal Party, who received 58.36% of the vote.

Electoral system

The elections were held using first-past-the-post voting and were the first in which the electoral commission counted blank votes as valid votes.^[2]

Results

References

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