1856 Colombian presidential election|
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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 | % |
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| 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 |
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| Valid votes | 208,941 | 99.95 |
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| Invalid votes | 26 | 0.01 |
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| Blank votes | 71 | 0.03 |
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| Total votes | 209,038 | 100.00 |
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| Source: Historia electoral colombiana[3] |
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