Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 27 November 1949.[1] The result was a victory for Laureano Gómez of the Conservative Party, who received all but 23 of the 1.1 million valid votes cast.[2] The opposition Liberal Party withdrew from the election and called for a boycott after their candidate Darío Echandía was the victim of a failed assassination attempt.[2]
It is widely speculated that Jorge Eliécer Gaitán would likely have been elected President had he not been assassinated on April 9, 1948.[3][4] This assassination occurred immediately prior to the armed insurrection or Bogotazo.[5][4]
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