1856 Colombian presidential election

1856


Candidate	Mariano Ospina Rodríguez	Manuel Murillo Toro	Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera
Party	Conservative	Liberal	National
Popular vote	96,651	79,411	32,713
Percentage	46.26%	38.01%	15.65%

President before election

José Hilario López
Liberal

Elected President

José María Obando
Liberal

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Presidential elections were held in the Republic of New Granada in 1856.^[1] Following constitutional reforms in 1853, they were the first direct presidential elections in the country.

Following the elections, Congress convened on 4 February 1857 to verify the results.^[1] The result was a victory for Mariano Ospina Rodríguez of the Conservative Party.^[2]

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mariano Ospina Rodríguez	Colombian Conservative Party	96,651	46.26
	Manuel Murillo Toro	Colombian Liberal Party	79,411	38.01
	Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera	National Party	32,713	15.66
	Mariano Ospina		83	0.04
	Patrocinio Cuéllar		6	0.00
	Manuel A. Murillo de Torres		6	0.00
	Vicente Cárdena		4	0.00
	Juan A. Arias		3	0.00
	Casto Celedón		3	0.00
	José María Obando		3	0.00
	Ezequiel Rojas [es]		3	0.00
	Florentino González [es]		2	0.00
	Francisco F. Martínez		2	0.00
	Pedro Alcántara Herrán		1	0.00
	Julio Arboleda Pombo		1	0.00
	Benedicto Arias		1	0.00
	Juan Demetrio Arizabaleta		1	0.00
	Justo Arosemena Quesada		1	0.00
	J. Antonio de la Barrera		1	0.00
	Martín Barros		1	0.00
	Simón Belacázar		1	0.00
	Gabriel Bermúdez Santos		1	0.00
	Manuel José Bonilla		1	0.00
	Miguel Burbano		1	0.00
	Juan Campos		1	0.00
	Celedonio Castillo		1	0.00
	Luis Celadón Fernández		1	0.00
	Manuel Ezequiel Corrales		1	0.00
	Rufino Díaz		1	0.00
	José María Franco		1	0.00
	Luis María Galindo		1	0.00
	Reyes Gamboa		1	0.00
	Rafael María Giraldo		1	0.00
	Narciso Gómez		1	0.00
	Ramón Gómez		1	0.00
	Manuel Góngora		1	0.00
	J. María Jovane Arce		1	0.00
	Manuel S. Jurado		1	0.00
	Juan Lara		1	0.00
	José María Llanos		1	0.00
	Mariano Montaña		1	0.00
	Joaquín Mosquera		1	0.00
	Manuel Muriilo		1	0.00
	Manuel Murillo Tero		1	0.00
	Manuel U. Orna		1	0.00
	Juan de D. Ortiz		1	0.00
	Juan Oscorio Aldana		1	0.00
	Mariano Ospina Rodríguez		1	0.00
	Pastor Ospina		1	0.00
	Emigdio Palau		1	0.00
	Francisco A. Palau		1	0.00
	Joaquín Paris		1	0.00
	Manuel Piedrahíta		1	0.00
	Antonio Pinto		1	0.00
	Saturnino Rincón		1	0.00
	Manual Ma. Rodríguez Y.		1	0.00
	Alejandro Rubiano de Rivariv		1	0.00
	Rafael Salcedo		1	0.00
	Antonio Sánchez		1	0.00
	Leando Sánchez		1	0.00
	Proto Sandoval		1	0.00
	José Manuel Suárez		1	0.00
	Dionisio E. Vélez		1	0.00
	Marcos Veloza		1	0.00
Total			208,941	100.00

Valid votes			208,941	99.95
Invalid votes			26	0.01
Blank votes			71	0.03
Total votes			209,038	100.00
Source: Historia electoral colombiana^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Elections and Events 1850-1899 The Library UC San Diego
^ Colombia: Elecciones Presidenciales de 1826 a 1990 Political Database of the Americas
^ Historia electoral colombiana, La Registraduría, 1991, p115

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