1986, colombian, presidential, election, presidential, elections, were, held, colombia, 1986, result, victory, virgilio, barco, vargas, liberal, party, received, vote, 1982, 1986, 1990, nominee, virgilio, barco, vargas, Álvaro, gómez, hurtadoparty, liberal, co. Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 25 May 1986 1 The result was a victory for Virgilio Barco Vargas of the Liberal Party who received 58 36 of the vote 1986 Colombian presidential election 1982 25 May 1986 1990 Nominee Virgilio Barco Vargas Alvaro Gomez HurtadoParty Liberal ConservativePopular vote 4 214 510 2 588 050Percentage 58 36 35 84 Winner by departmentPresident before electionBelisario BetancurConservative Elected President Virgilio Barco VargasLiberalElectoral system editThe elections were held using first past the post voting and were the first in which the electoral commission counted blank votes as valid votes 2 Results editCandidatePartyVotes Virgilio Barco VargasColombian Liberal Party4 214 51058 36Alvaro Gomez HurtadoConservative Party National Participation Movement2 588 05035 84Jaime Pardo LealPatriotic Union328 7524 55Regina Betancur de LiskaMetapolitical Unitary Movement46 8110 65Juan David Perez GaviriaHumanist Party2290 00Write ins1 2610 02Blank votes42 2050 58Total7 221 818100 00Valid votes7 221 81899 89Invalid votes8 1190 11Total votes7 229 937100 00Registered voters turnout15 839 75445 64Source NohlenReferences edit Dieter Nohlen 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook Volume II p305 ISBN 978 0 19 928358 3 Nohlen p354 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1986 Colombian presidential election amp oldid 1087374856, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,