# 1856 Colombian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in the Republic of New Granada in 1856. 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. The result was a victory for Mariano Ospina Rodríguez of the Conservative Party.

## Results

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | 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 | Total | Total | 208,941 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 208,941 | 99.95 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 26 | 0.01 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 71 | 0.03 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 209,038 | 100.00 |
| Source: Historia electoral colombiana |||||