# 2010 Colombian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 14 March 2010. The nationwide constituency for the 102-member Senate was contested by 16 lists, comprising 948 candidates. There are 33 regional constituencies for the Chamber of Representatives, plus a few other ethnic minority constituencies. In all, 282 lists, with 1,533 candidates, contested the 165 seats in the Chamber. Almost 30 million people were registered to vote.

## Results
### Senate

Incumbent President Álvaro Uribe maintained an absolute majority of seats in the Senate. The two major parties supporting Uribe – the Party of the U and the Conservative Party –, got 27 and 23 seats, respectively. The Party of the U achieved 25.17% of the votes, gaining eight seats, followed by the Conservative Party, with 20,6%, which gained four seats. The Liberals, which consists the main opposition party in the Senate, achieved 15.8% of the votes and kept its 18 seats.
The Liberal Party was followed by the National Integration Party, also allied to Uribe, was an electoral surprise, achieving 8.13% of the votes and eight seats. It became the fourth political force in the country, surpassing the Radical Change, also in the Uribe coalition, which achieved 7.97% of the votes and also eight seats, losing seven. The Alternative Democratic Pole, a more radical opposition party, lost two seats, achieving 7.62% of the votes and eight seats. The Green Party achieved five seats with 4.75% of the votes, followed by the Independent Absolute Renovation Movement with one seat and 2.7% of the votes. The Citizens Commitment for Colombia achieved 1.6% of the votes and gained no seats.
Seats :
| | Social Party of National Unity | 2,792,944 | 25.48 | 28 |
| | Colombian Conservative Party | 2,257,335 | 20.59 | 22 |
| | Colombian Liberal Party | 1,724,151 | 15.73 | 17 |
| | National Integration Party | 892,720 | 8.14 | 9 |
| | Radical Change | 861,816 | 7.86 | 8 |
| | Alternative Democratic Pole | 824,948 | 7.53 | 8 |
| | Green Party | 521,503 | 4.76 | 5 |
| | Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation | 324,109 | 2.96 | 3 |
| | Citizens' Compromise for Colombia | 181,513 | 1.66 | 0 |
| | Liberal Opening Movement | 87,009 | 0.79 | 0 |
| | Christian Party of Transformation and Order | 57,981 | 0.53 | 0 |
| | Alternative for Social Advance | 38,248 | 0.35 | 0 |
| | Colombian Party of Social Integration | 12,348 | 0.11 | 0 |
| | Afro-Colombian Social Alliance | 11,636 | 0.11 | 0 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 373,370 | 3.41 | – |
| Total | Total | 10,961,631 | 100.00 | 100 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 10,961,631 | 84.16 | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,063,718 | 15.84 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 13,025,349 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 29,861,699 | 43.62 | |
| Indigenous seats |||||
| | Independent Social Alliance Movement | 27,453 | 14.92 | 1 |
| | Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 24,045 | 13.07 | 1 |
| | Social and Indigenous Movement | 21,950 | 11.93 | 0 |
| | National Integration Party | 11,105 | 6.03 | 0 |
| | Alternative Democratic Pole | 11,076 | 6.02 | 0 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | 88,411 | 48.04 | – |
| Total | Total | 184,040 | 100.00 | 2 |
| Source: RNEC, RNEC, RNEC |||||

#### Elected Senators

| Senator | Party |
| Nerthink Mauricio Aguilar Hurtado | National Integration Party (PIN) |
| Héctor Julio Alfonso López | National Integration Party (PIN) |
| Hernán Francisco Andrade Serrano | Conservative Party |
| Amparo Arbeláez Escalante | Liberal Party |
| Samuel Benjamín Arrieta Buelvas | National Integration Party (PIN) |
| Álvaro Antonio Ashton Giraldo | Liberal Party |
| Luís Carlos Avellaneda Tarazona | Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) |
| Marco Aníbal Avirama Avirama | Indigenous Social Alliance Movement (ASI) |
| Carlos Alberto Baena López | Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation (MIRA) |
| Jorge Eliécer Ballesteros Bernier | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Roy Leonardo Barreras Montealegre | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Carlos Emiro Barriga Peñaranda | Conservative Party |
| Armando Alberto Benedetti Villaneda | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Musa Abraham Besayle Fayad | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Javier Enrique Cáceres Leal | Radical Change |
| Germán Bernardo Carlosama López | Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (AICO) |
| Arlet Patricia Casado Fernández | Liberal Party |
| Bernabé Celis Carrillo | Radical Change |
| Efraín José Cepeda Sarabia | Conservative Party |
| Fuad Ricardo Char Abdala | Radical Change |
| Carlos Ramiro Chávarro Cuéllar | Conservative Party |
| José Iván Clavijo Contreras | Conservative Party |
| Piedad Esneda Córdoba Ruiz | Liberal Party |
| Juan de Jesús Córdoba Suárez | Conservative Party |
| Antonio José Correa Jiménez | National Integration Party (PIN) |
| Juan Manuel Corzo Román | Conservative Party |
| Juan Fernando Cristo Bustos | Liberal Party |
| César Tulio Delgado Blandón | Conservative Party |
| Édinson Delgado Ruiz | Liberal Party |
| Jaime Enrique Durán Barrera | Liberal Party |
| Bernardo Miguel Elías Vidal | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Carlos Eduardo Enríquez Maya | Conservative Party |
| Manuel Mesías Enríquez Rosero | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Edgar Espíndola Niño | National Integration Party (PIN) |
| Carlos Roberto Ferro Solanilla | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Juan Manuel Galán Pachón | Liberal Party |
| Honorio Galvis Aguilar | Liberal Party |
| Daira de Jesús Galvis Méndez | Radical Change |
| Nora María García Burgos | Conservative Party |
| Guillermo García Realpe | Liberal Party |
| Teresa García Romero | National Integration Party (PIN) |
| Jesús Ignacio García Valencia | Liberal Party |
| Jorge Eduardo Gechem Turbay | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Roberto Víctor Gerlein Echeverría | Conservative Party |
| Edgar Alfonso Gómez Román | Liberal Party |
| Antonio del Cristo Guerra de la Espriella | Radical Change |
| Jorge Eliécer Guevara | Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) |
| José Francisco Herrera Acosta | Radical Change |
| Germán Darío Hoyos Giraldo | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Hemel Hurtado Angulo | National Integration Party (PIN) |
| Jorge Aurelio Iragorri Hormaza | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Gilma Jiménez Gómez | Green Party |
| Juan Mario Laserna Jaramillo | Conservative Party |
| Oscar Mauricio Lizcano Arango | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Jorge Eduardo Londoño Ulloa | Green Party |
| Alexánder López Maya | Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) |
| Juan Francisco Lozano Ramírez | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Maritza Martínez Aristizábal | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Juan Samy Merheg Marún | Conservative Party |
| Eduardo Carlos Merlano Morales | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Manuel Guillermo Mora Jaramillo | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Martín Emilio Morales Díz | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Alexandra Moreno Piraquive | Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation (MIRA) |
| Néstor Iván Moreno Rojas | Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) |
| Karime Mota y Morad | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Carlos Fernando Motoa Solarte | Radical Change |
| José David Name Cardozo | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Iván Leonidas Name Vásquez | Green Party |
| Plinio Edilberto Olano Becerra | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Mauricio Ernesto Ospina Gómez | Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) |
| Myriam Alicia Paredes Aguirre | Conservative Party |
| Jorge Hernando Pedraza Gutiérrez | Conservative Party |
| Eugenio Prieto Soto | Liberal Party |
| Carlos Arturo Quintero Marín | National Integration Party (PIN) |
| Gloria Inés Ramírez Ríos | Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) |
| Fuad Emilio Rapag Matar | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Liliana María Rendón Roldán | Conservative Party |
| Juan Carlos Restrepo Escobar | Radical Change |
| Juan Carlos Rizzetto Luces | National Integration Party (PIN) |
| Jorge Enrique Robledo Castillo | Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) |
| Milton Arlex Rodríguez Sarmiento | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Camilo Ernesto Romero Galeano | Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) |
| José Darío Salazar Cruz | Conservative Party |
| Camilo Armando Sánchez Ortega | Liberal Party |
| Guillermo Antonio Santos Marín | Liberal Party |
| Luis Emilio Sierra Grajales | Conservative Party |
| Carlos Enrique Soto Jaramillo | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Olga Lucía Suárez Mira | Conservative Party |
| John Sudarsky Rosenbaum | Green Party |
| Fernando Eustacio Tamayo Tamayo | Conservative Party |
| Dilian Francisca Toro Torres | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Efraín Torrado García | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Félix José Valera Ibáñez | Green Party |
| Luís Fernando Velasco Chaves | Liberal Party |
| Juan Carlos Vélez Uribe | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Rodrigo Villalba Mosquera | Liberal Party |
| Germán Villegas Villegas | Conservative Party |
| Manuel Antonio Virgüez Piraquive | Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation (MIRA) |
| Claudia Jeanneth Wilches Sarmiento | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Gabriel Ignacio Zapata Correa | Conservative Party |
| Piedad del Socorro Zuccardi Porras | Social Party of National Unity (U) |
| Jaime Alonso Zuluaga Aristizábal | Social Party of National Unity (U) |

### Chamber

Seats :
| | Social Party of National Unity | 2,469,489 | 26.11 | 48 |
| | Colombian Conservative Party | 2,027,323 | 21.43 | 36 |
| | Colombian Liberal Party | 1,761,006 | 18.62 | 36 |
| | Radical Change | 723,295 | 7.65 | 16 |
| | National Integration Party | 703,620 | 7.44 | 11 |
| | Alternative Democratic Pole | 533,729 | 5.64 | 4 |
| | Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation | 332,926 | 3.52 | 1 |
| | Green Party | 296,137 | 3.13 | 3 |
| | Alternative for Social Advance | 185,616 | 1.96 | 1 |
| | Independent Social Alliance Movement | 183,587 | 1.94 | 1 |
| | Liberal Opening Movement | 102,215 | 1.08 | 2 |
| | Liberal Unity | 79,507 | 0.84 | 2 |
| | Huila Option | 22,794 | 0.24 | 0 |
| | Christian Party of Transformation and Order | 14,612 | 0.15 | 0 |
| | National Afro-Colombian Movement | 12,682 | 0.13 | 0 |
| | Regional Integration Movement | 5,093 | 0.05 | 1 |
| | Social Integration Party | 5,057 | 0.05 | 0 |
| | Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 601 | 0.01 | 0 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | | | – |
| Total | Total | 9,459,289 | 100.00 | 162 |
| Afro-Colombian seats |||||
| | AFROVIDES | 51,160 | 11.98 | 1 |
| | United People's Movement | 31,818 | 7.45 | 1 |
| | COLDEMAFRO | 25,104 | 5.88 | 0 |
| | OEACOR | 18,356 | 4.30 | 0 |
| | FUNDECON | 17,371 | 4.07 | 0 |
| | FUNDALABOR | 17,106 | 4.01 | 0 |
| | FUNAGUA | 15,845 | 3.71 | 0 |
| | FISA | 15,670 | 3.67 | 0 |
| | National Afro-Colombian Movement | 14,410 | 3.37 | 0 |
| | ADCNPK | 13,400 | 3.14 | 0 |
| | Revivir | 13,235 | 3.10 | 0 |
| | ASOPRA | 12,256 | 2.87 | 0 |
| | Afro-Colombian Social Alliance | 10,801 | 2.53 | 0 |
| | Afro-Colombian Ethnic Community Organisation | 10,080 | 2.36 | 0 |
| | FACE | 7,867 | 1.84 | 0 |
| | AFRONEC | 7,763 | 1.82 | 0 |
| | People's Will Movement | 7,009 | 1.64 | 0 |
| | OBTALA | 6,758 | 1.58 | 0 |
| | National Association of Afro-Colombian Students | 6,349 | 1.49 | 0 |
| | ADCNAK | 5,838 | 1.37 | 0 |
| | Los Cangrejos | 5,415 | 1.27 | 0 |
| | Asociación Mision Colombia | 5,324 | 1.25 | 0 |
| | AFROYUMBO | 5,294 | 1.24 | 0 |
| | Afro-Colombian Ancestral Organisation | 5,234 | 1.23 | 0 |
| | Fundapas Foundation | 4,984 | 1.17 | 0 |
| | FUNDAIN | 4,920 | 1.15 | 0 |
| | Fundación Cultural Raices Negras | 4,719 | 1.10 | 0 |
| | OSCNAD | 4,361 | 1.02 | 0 |
| | ADCNSAA | 4,277 | 1.00 | 0 |
| | Movimiento Nacional Cimarron | 3,735 | 0.87 | 0 |
| | Corporación Cimarron | 3,665 | 0.86 | 0 |
| | FUNCOPACOL | 3,494 | 0.82 | 0 |
| | ADCNMLK | 3,454 | 0.81 | 0 |
| | CANOAS | 3,452 | 0.81 | 0 |
| | ASODM | 3,249 | 0.76 | 0 |
| | CORPOSINPAC | 3,194 | 0.75 | 0 |
| | AKUASOMAR | 2,931 | 0.69 | 0 |
| | CODECAP GVC | 2,657 | 0.62 | 0 |
| | Estudiantes Palenkeros | 2,652 | 0.62 | 0 |
| | AMAHY | 2,496 | 0.58 | 0 |
| | CARDONAL | 2,419 | 0.57 | 0 |
| | CCPL | 2,367 | 0.55 | 0 |
| | Cadheubev Benkos Vive | 2,283 | 0.53 | 0 |
| | Colombian Afro-Environmental Movement | 2,177 | 0.51 | 0 |
| | Peaceful Coexistence Foundation | 2,019 | 0.47 | 0 |
| | AAASC | 1,937 | 0.45 | 0 |
| | FORFUTURO | 1,911 | 0.45 | 0 |
| | AFROCAR | 1,767 | 0.41 | 0 |
| | FUNDEVIA | 1,745 | 0.41 | 0 |
| | FUNBARACK | 1,737 | 0.41 | 0 |
| | SINFRONTERAS | 1,627 | 0.38 | 0 |
| | FUNIDEA | 1,570 | 0.37 | 0 |
| | CORABOSAO | 1,494 | 0.35 | 0 |
| | Corporación Afroetnico | 1,446 | 0.34 | 0 |
| | Asociación Civica Fuerzas Negras | 1,413 | 0.33 | 0 |
| | CORMANDELA | 1,297 | 0.30 | 0 |
| | AIE | 1,259 | 0.29 | 0 |
| | New Life Association | 1,258 | 0.29 | 0 |
| | FUNDECH | 1,070 | 0.25 | 0 |
| | ASODCPRC | 1,069 | 0.25 | 0 |
| | FDSDCAS | 963 | 0.23 | 0 |
| | FUNDIAFRO | 884 | 0.21 | 0 |
| | Fundación Semillas Sin Odio Colombia | 855 | 0.20 | 0 |
| | COLOMU | 830 | 0.19 | 0 |
| | Corporación Afrocolombiana Malcolm X | 767 | 0.18 | 0 |
| | CCCC | 690 | 0.16 | 0 |
| | La Moña | 532 | 0.12 | 0 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | | | – |
| Total | Total | 427,089 | 100.00 | 2 |
| Indigenous seat |||||
| | Alternative Democratic Pole | 53,680 | 56.76 | 1 |
| | Independent Social Alliance Movement | 23,497 | 24.84 | 0 |
| | Indigenous Authorities of Colombia | 17,404 | 18.40 | 0 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | | | – |
| Total | Total | 94,581 | 100.00 | 1 |
| Source: RNEC, RNEC |||||