The presidential election in Colombia was held on February 10, 1914. [1] In accordance with the constitutional reform of 1910, for the first time since 1860, the president was elected by direct suffrage.
← 1910  1918 → | |||
| Presidential Election in Colombia (1914) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | |||
| February 10th | |||
 |  | ||
| Candidate | Jose Vicente Concha | Nicholas Esgerra | |
| The consignment | Conservative party | Republican Union | |
| Votes | 300 735 (89.1%) | 36,763 (10.9%) | |
| Election result | Jose Vicente Concha was elected President of Colombia. | ||
The Conservatives nominated former minister and diplomat Jose Vicente Concha as their candidate, who received the support of part of the liberals led by Rafael Uribe Uribe [2] .
The Republican Union, which was a coalition of liberals and conservatives who opposed the confrontational policies of their parties and supported constitutional reform and the election of President Carlos Eugenio Restrepo in 1910, nominated diplomat and lawyer Nicholas Esgerra [3] .
As a result, conservative candidate Jose Vicente Concha won, receiving 89% of the vote [4] . He was sworn in on August 7, 1914. [5]
Results
| Candidate | The consignment | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Vicente Concha | Conservative party | 300 735 | 89.11 |
| Nicholas Esgerra | Republican Union | 36,763 | 10.89 |
| Other candidates | 99 | 0,0 | |
| Total | 337 597 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||
Notes
- ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II , p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ↑ La paz nace de la justicia . Discurso de José Vicente Concha (1914). Biblioteca luis Ángel arango
- ↑ Biografía de Nicolás Esguerra
- ↑ Nohlen, p349
- ↑ Nohlen, p358
Links
- Carlos Augusto Noriega, Las elecciones en Colombia: siglo XX . Revista Credencial Historia, 1994 (Spanish)
- Colombia: elecciones presidenciales 1826-1990 (Spanish)