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Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 20 March 1960 to elect the Chamber of Representatives. Under the National Front agreement, only the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party were able to contest the elections, with 50% of the seats in both houses allocated to each party. As a result, the main contest at the elections was between factions within each party.

Results

Party and factionVotes%Seats+/–
Colombian
Liberal
Party
Oficialistas1,106,67843.6158
Liberal Revolutionary Movement354,56013.9718
Others17,1650.680
Total1,478,40358.2676+2
Colombian
Conservative
Party
Alzaospinistas567,08722.3537New
Doctrinarios446,39317.5938–11
Leyvistas37,0201.461New
Others8,8700.350
Total1,059,37041.7476+2
Total2,537,773100.00152+4
Valid votes2,537,77399.81
Invalid/blank votes4,8780.19
Total votes2,542,651100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,397,54157.82
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p305 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  2. ^ Nohlen, p323
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