{"iso":"CO","name":"Colombia","flag":"\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf4","vote":"Senate \u00b7 seat projection","model":"seat","updated":"2026-03-08","source":"2026 Senate election result, official count","credit":"Senate results as published by the Registraduria Nacional del Estado Civil, official count","shares":{"PH":23.7,"CD":16.3,"PL":12.1,"APC":10.1,"PC":9.8,"U":8.2,"CRA":6.6,"AC":4.7,"MSN":3.8,"FAU":2.1},"polls":[],"parties":{"PH":{"name":"Pacto Hist\u00f3rico","color":"#A42F95","name_en":"Historic Pact"},"CD":{"name":"Centro Democr\u00e1tico","color":"#1E90FF","name_en":"Democratic Centre"},"PL":{"name":"Partido Liberal Colombiano","color":"#FF3333","name_en":"Colombian Liberal Party"},"APC":{"name":"Alianza por Colombia","color":"#057d4a","name_en":"Alliance for Colombia"},"PC":{"name":"Partido Conservador Colombiano","color":"#1935D0","name_en":"Colombian Conservative Party"},"U":{"name":"Partido de la U","color":"#FF8C00","name_en":"Party of the U"},"CRA":{"name":"Cambio Radical","color":"#e96316","name_en":"Radical Change and ALMA coalition"},"AC":{"name":"Ahora Colombia","color":"#c5337f","name_en":"Colombia Now (MIRA, New Liberalism, Dignity)"},"MSN":{"name":"Movimiento de Salvaci\u00f3n Nacional","color":"#05AFF2","name_en":"National Salvation Movement"},"FAU":{"name":"Frente Amplio Unitario","color":"#ff6202"}},"seats":{"PH":25,"CD":17,"PL":13,"APC":11,"PC":10,"U":8,"CRA":7,"AC":5,"MSN":4},"seat_meta":{"total":100,"majority":51,"method":"dhondt","threshold":3.0,"chamber":"Senate","note":"Shares are the Senate vote, elected in a single nationwide district by D'Hondt (cifra repartidora) with a 3% threshold; the 8 special seats are not modelled, so only the 100 ordinary seats are projected.","largest":"PH"},"primer":{"system":"Unitary presidential republic","head_of_state":"President Gustavo Petro, who is also head of government \u00b7 Abelardo de la Espriella won the June 2026 runoff and takes office in August","legislature":"Congress \u00b7 a 108-seat Senate and a 188-seat Chamber of Representatives, both elected for four-year terms","electoral_system":"Both houses are directly elected by proportional representation from party lists.","government_now":"President Petro, barred from a second term, serves out a mandate ending in August 2026, with his allies holding a minority of the Congress elected in March 2026.","context":"Right-wing lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella narrowly defeated the left's Iv\u00e1n Cepeda in the 21 June 2026 runoff with a record vote total, and the handover is due in August 2026.","sources":"Open encyclopedic records of officeholders, Congress and elections \u00b7 checked 2 Jul 2026"},"parties_info":{"PH":["Pacto Hist\u00f3rico","Historic Pact","Left-wing coalition built around outgoing president Gustavo Petro; progressive on social and economic policy, the largest Senate bloc, now heading into opposition after the right won the 2026 presidency."],"CD":["Centro Democr\u00e1tico","Democratic Centre","Right-wing party founded by former president \u00c1lvaro Uribe; hardline on security and pro-market, it was the main opposition to Petro and is the second-largest Senate bloc."],"PL":["Partido Liberal Colombiano","Colombian Liberal Party","One of Colombia's two historic establishment parties; centrist to centre-left and coalition-minded, now a mid-sized bloc."],"APC":["Alianza por Colombia","Alliance for Colombia","Centrist, green-tinged coalition led by the Green Alliance; progressive on the environment and anti-corruption, sitting in the political centre."],"PC":["Partido Conservador Colombiano","Colombian Conservative Party","Colombia's other historic establishment party; centre-right and socially conservative, a pivotal mid-sized bloc that shifts between government and opposition."],"U":["Partido de la U","Party of the U","Centre-right pragmatic party created to back the Uribe-era governments; a transactional power-broker in Congress."],"CRA":["Cambio Radical","Radical Change","Centre-right liberal party (Cambio Radical) with an allied movement; pro-business and pragmatic, generally opposed Petro."],"AC":["Ahora Colombia","Colombia Now","Centrist reform grouping of the Christian-based MIRA, the anti-corruption New Liberalism and the Dignity movement; a small Senate bloc."],"MSN":["Movimiento de Salvaci\u00f3n Nacional","National Salvation Movement","Right-leaning reformist movement reviving the legacy of conservative leader \u00c1lvaro G\u00f3mez; a small Senate bloc."],"FAU":["Frente Amplio Unitario","United Broad Front","Small broad-left alternative front; fell below the 3 percent threshold and holds no Senate seats."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"Senate","as_of":"2026 election","total":103,"seats":{"PH":25,"CD":17,"PL":13,"APC":11,"PC":11,"U":9,"CRA":7,"AC":5,"MSN":3,"FAU":0}},"region_winners":{"Antioquia":"CD","Santander":"CD","Casanare":"CD","Meta":"CD","Atl\u00e1ntico":"PH","Cauca":"PH","Cundinamarca":"PH","Bogot\u00e1":"PH","Huila":"PH","Nari\u00f1o":"PH","Risaralda":"PH","Quind\u00edo":"PH","Valle del Cauca":"PH","Caquet\u00e1":"PH","Putumayo":"PH","Magdalena":"PL","Norte de Santander":"PL","Sucre":"PL","Arauca":"PL","Archipelago of Saint Andr\u00e9ws":"PL","Amazonas":"PL","Vichada":"PL","Bol\u00edvar":"PC","Tolima":"PC","Guaviare":"PC","Cesar":"U","C\u00f3rdoba":"U","La Guajira":"U","Boyac\u00e1":"APC","Caldas":"APC"},"region_meta":{"election":"2026 Colombian parliamentary election, Senate vote by department (8 March 2026)","source":"Registraduria Nacional del Estado Civil, departmental precount bulletins (over 99 percent of polling stations reported)","note":"Each department shaded by the Senate list with the most votes: Pacto Historico led Bogota and 11 departments including Valle, Cauca and Atlantico; Centro Democratico led Antioquia, Santander, Meta and Casanare; the Liberals led seven departments plus San Andres; the Conservatives, La U and Alianza por Colombia led the rest. Choco, Guainia and Vaupes are left uncoloured because the precount margins there were only a few hundred votes."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2030-03","title":"Colombian parliamentary election","chamber":"Senate","type":"expected"}}