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Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 8 March 1998 to elect the Senate and Chamber of Representatives .[ 1] Liberal Party , which won 84 of the 161 seats in the Chamber and 48 of the 102 seats in the Senate.
Results
Senate
Party Votes % Seats +/– Colombian Liberal Party 3,897,272 44.88 48 –8 Colombian Conservative Party 1,000,032 11.52 15 –5 Conservative National Movement 442,767 5.10 7 +6 Liberal Oxygen Movement 158,184 1.82 2 – Civic Defence Movement 127,248 1.47 2 – National Popular Alliance 111,531 1.28 1 0 Progressive National Movement 108,607 1.25 2 +1 Citizens' Movement 107,680 1.24 1 – Civic People's Convergence 104,836 1.21 1 – New Democratic Force 100,643 1.16 1 – Independent Social Alliance Movement 95,523 1.10 2 +2 National Democratic Reconstruction 83,707 0.96 1 – National Salvation Movement 82,687 0.95 1 –1 Bolivarian Movement for the New Colombia 70,581 0.81 1 – Vamos Colombia 65,824 0.76 1 – Christian Union Movement 53,753 0.62 0 –1 Movement '98 46,648 0.54 1 – C4 44,859 0.52 1 0 Force Colombia 44,587 0.51 0 – Colombian People's Party 44,510 0.51 1 – Education and Social Change 44,347 0.51 1 – Independent Conservatism 43,908 0.51 1 0 Front of Hope 41,608 0.48 1 – Colombia My Country 40,661 0.47 1 – Citizens' Participation Movement 39,276 0.45 0 – Laicists for Colombia 38,412 0.44 1 0 Humbertista Movement 37,782 0.44 0 – Independent Liberal Restoration Movement 36,194 0.42 0 –1 Political Attitudes Renovation Movement 36,194 0.42 0 – Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement 35,956 0.41 0 – The Collective Movement 32,459 0.37 0 – Solidarity Option Movement 30,952 0.36 0 – National Civic Concentration 25,967 0.30 0 0 Independent Civic Movement 25,387 0.29 0 –1 Progressive Force 23,961 0.28 0 0 Colombian Communist Party 23,613 0.27 0 –1 Democratic Renovation Movement 20,888 0.24 0 0 National Reserves' Alliance 20,512 0.24 0 – Women 2000 19,791 0.23 0 – Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement 19,510 0.22 0 – Indigenous Authorities of Colombia 18,224 0.21 1 0 Hands Together Movement 17,797 0.20 0 – Colombian Collective Mission Movement 17,677 0.20 0 – Colombian Indigenous Movement 17,381 0.20 0 –1 Metapolitical Unitary Movement 16,363 0.19 0 –1 Citizens' Convergence 15,312 0.18 0 – Palenque Black Communities 13,797 0.16 0 – Socialist Renovation Current 13,254 0.15 0 – Democratic Alliance M19 13,166 0.15 0 0 Citizens in Training Movement 12,845 0.15 0 – For Recreation and Sport 8,965 0.10 0 – New Colombia Movement 8,707 0.10 0 –1 Democratic Integration Movement 8,472 0.10 0 – National Integration Movement 7,737 0.09 0 – Serious Civic Movement for Colombia 7,276 0.08 0 – 19th of April Movement 5,459 0.06 0 0 Ecological Civic Party 3,915 0.05 0 – Colombian Agricultural Movement 3,381 0.04 0 – People's Participation Movement 3,241 0.04 0 – Ecological Orientation Movement 1,642 0.02 0 – Coalitions 609,972 7.02 7 +5 Others 67,380 0.78 0 – Blank 362,860 4.18 – – Total 8,683,680 100.00 102 0 Valid votes 8,683,680 91.78 Invalid votes 777,538 8.22 Total votes 9,461,218 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 20,823,769 45.43 Source: Barrero et al .
Chamber of Representatives
Party Votes % Seats +/– Colombian Liberal Party 4,022,739 45.11 84 –4 Colombian Conservative Party 1,212,419 13.60 28 –12 Conservative National Movement 296,313 3.32 4 –2 New Democratic Force 140,810 1.58 2 +2 Independent Conservatism 116,221 1.30 2 +1 Progressive Force 110,648 1.24 4 0 Civic People's Convergence 109,573 1.23 2 – Citizens' Movement 90,927 1.02 1 – Serious Civic Movement for Colombia 80,528 0.90 1 – New Colombia Movement 73,348 0.82 1 –1 Regional Integration Movement 65,507 0.73 2 +1 Democratic Alternative Movement 64,695 0.73 1 +1 Laicists for Colombia 54,177 0.61 0 0 National Salvation Movement 53,074 0.60 1 0 Force Colombia 46,370 0.52 0 – Colombian People's Party 44,322 0.50 0 – Metapolitical Unitary Movement 44,258 0.50 0 – Colombia My Country 43,673 0.49 0 – People's Participation Movement 41,059 0.46 1 – Christian Union Movement 40,687 0.46 0 0 Christian National Party 40,311 0.45 1 0 Progressive National Movement 40,091 0.45 1 0 Liberal Oxygen Movement 39,706 0.45 0 – Liberal Opening Movement 39,194 0.44 1 – Front of Hope 34,829 0.39 1 – Vamos Colombia 33,598 0.38 0 – Democratic Renovation Movement 32,499 0.36 0 0 Humbertista Movement 30,641 0.34 1 – Socialist Renovation Current 29,265 0.33 0 – Political Attitudes Renovation Movement 28,279 0.32 0 – Independent Civic Movement 26,674 0.30 1 +1 Citizens' Participation Movement 23,749 0.27 0 – Independent Social Alliance Movement 21,294 0.24 2 +1 Arena Movement 21,043 0.24 0 – C4 20,930 0.23 0 0 Indigenous Authorities of Colombia 20,377 0.23 0 0 Democratic Integration Movement 19,084 0.21 0 – For Recreation and Sport 18,565 0.21 0 – National Civic Concentration 18,046 0.20 0 0 Bolivarian Movement for the New Colombia 16,474 0.18 0 – Civic Defence Movement 14,628 0.16 0 – Democratic Alliance M19 14,598 0.16 0 – Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement 14,019 0.16 0 – Education and Social Change 13,342 0.15 0 – National Movement of Pensioners 12,933 0.15 0 – People's Civic Independent Front 10,923 0.12 0 – 19th of April Movement 10,722 0.12 0 –1 Movement '98 8,840 0.10 0 – Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement 8,755 0.10 0 – Colombian Indigenous Movement 7,930 0.09 0 0 The Collective Movement 7,582 0.09 0 – Ecological Civic Party 7,431 0.08 0 – National Movement of Black Communities 7,402 0.08 0 –1 Citizens in Training Movement 7,093 0.08 0 – Colombian Collective Mission Movement 5,294 0.06 0 – National Democratic Reconstruction 4,278 0.05 0 – Women 2000 3,403 0.04 0 – Solidarity Option Movement 3,271 0.04 0 – National Popular Alliance 2,216 0.02 0 0 Colombian Agricultural Movement 1,503 0.02 0 – Citizens' Convergence 1,205 0.01 0 – Hands Together Movement 955 0.01 0 – Ecological Orientation Movement 858 0.01 0 – Colombian Communist Party 484 0.01 0 0 Coalitions 825,166 9.25 16 +15 Others 179,119 2.01 3 – Blank votes 436,784 4.90 – – Total 8,916,731 100.00 161 –2 Valid votes 8,916,731 94.15 Invalid votes 554,382 5.85 Total votes 9,471,113 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 20,823,769 45.48 Source: Nohlen, Barrero et al . , Global Elections Database
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