2026 Colombian parliamentary election

The 2026 Colombian legislative elections were held on Sunday, March 8. They elected the members of both chambers of the Congress of Colombia for the 2026–2030 term, from a total of 3,144 candidates.^[1]

Turnout50.62%

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Chamber of Representatives

182 of the 183 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
92 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

50.62%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
	Historic Pact	Gustavo Petro	20.63	36	+10
	Liberal	César Gaviria	11.18	25	−7
	Democratic Centre	Gabriel Vallejo	13.44	24	+8
	Conservative	Efraín Cepeda	10.41	18	−7
	Party of the U	Dilian Francisca Toro	5.55	11	−4
	Radical Change	Germán Vargas Lleras	4.29	9	−7
	Green Alliance	Jonathan Ferney Pulido Hernández	3.48	4	−7
	PH–AV		1.13	4	0
	CD–MIRA		1.90	3	New
	CoR [es]–MIRA		1.81	2	New
	Creemos [es]	Federico Gutiérrez	1.52	2	New
	ASI	Berenice Bedoya	0.35	2	New
	National Salvation	Enrique Gómez Martínez	2.18	1	New
	MIRA–NL–D&C [es]		1.40	1	New
	PLC–CR [es]		0.77	1	New
	La Fuerza [es]	Jhon Rojas	0.74	1	New
	CR–LAU–MSN–OXI		0.63	1	New
	AV–En Marcha [es]		0.60	1	New
	PDC [es]	Pedro Adán Torres Pérez	0.57	1	New
	PH–MAIS		0.53	1	New
	AV–AICO		0.53	1	New
	CR–CJL–LIGA		0.51	1	New
	PDC [es]–LF [es]–ADA		0.45	1	New
	PH–MAIS–ED		0.40	1	New
	Party of the U–CR		0.37	1	New
	PCC–MSN		0.34	1	New
	DC–PCC		0.34	1	New
	CoR [es]–MIRA–AV		0.32	1	New
	DC–Party of the U		0.26	1	New
	NL–ASI–AV		0.18	1	New
	CR–MIRA		0.16	1	New
	PTC		0.15	1	New
	MAIS–CoR [es]		0.07	1	New
Afro-Colombian seats
	CCEN		28.85	2	+2
Indigenous seat
	MUMC		32.94	1	+1

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Senate

102 of the 103 seats in the Senate
52 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

50.62%

Party		Vote %	Seats	+/–
	Historic Pact	22.72	25	+5
	Democratic Centre	15.62	17	+4
	Liberal	11.71	13	−1
	Green Alliance	9.80	10	−2
	Conservative	9.59	10	−5
	Party of the U	8.06	9	−1
	Radical Change	6.42	7	−5
	Colombia Now	4.63	5	+2
	National Salvation	3.63	4	+4
Indigenous seats
	MAIS	29.04	1	0
	AICO	23.99	1	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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The Senate of Colombia held elections for 103 senators: 100 from the national constituency, two from the special indigenous constituency, and one seat reserved for the runner-up in the presidential election.

The Chamber of Representatives held elections for 183 members. Of these, 161 represent the 32 departments and the Capital District, two represent Afro-descendant communities, one represents Indigenous communities, one represents the Raizal people of San Andrés and Providencia, and one represents the international constituency. The remaining seats comprise 16 elected from the Special Transitional Peace Constituencies, a set of 16 districts covering the rural regions most affected by the Colombian armed conflict, in which only victims of the conflict or their accredited community organizations may stand as candidates; and one reserved for the running mate of the second-place ticket in the presidential election.

This was the first election in which the five seats guaranteed to the Commons party in each chamber were no longer in effect, requiring the party to compete on equal footing with the other politically registered groups. Commons lost all five seats.

Electoral system

Of the 183 members of the House of Representatives, 162 are elected by proportional representation from 33 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with seats allocated using the largest remainder method.^[2] Two members are elected by the Afro-Colombian community, one by the Indigenous community, one by Colombian expatriates,^[3] 16 for the Development Programs with a Territorial Approach (PDET) through the Special Transitory Peace Constituencies (CITREP) as part of the peace agreements with the FARC-EP; and one for the second highest vice-presidential vote. The 103 Senators are elected by two methods; 100 from a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation (with seats allocated using the largest remainder), two from a two-seat constituency for Indigenous communities, and one for the presidential opposition.^[4] Unlike the previous elections in 2018 and 2022, no seats will be reserved for Commons, formerly the disbanded rebel group FARC, in either chamber.^[5]

Security concerns

On 20 February 2026, the ELN declared a unilateral ceasefire to allow for the holding of the election.^[6] More than 126,000 law enforcement officers were deployed nationwide to secure the election.^[7] The campaign period was marred by the killings of more than 60 political and community leaders and figures, including a presidential candidate.^[8]

Monitoring

The European Union deployed 40 observers to monitor the election.^[7]

Candidates

More than 3,000 candidates were running for 102 seats in the Senate and 183 seats in the House of Representatives.^[7]

Opinion polls

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Date	Pollster	Sample														Others	Blank votes	NS/NC	Won't vote
Date	Pollster	Sample
13–16 Jan 2026	GAD3^[9]	1207	4.0%	15.0%	2.0%	0.5%	7.0%	0.1%	1.0%	0.3%	23.0%	1.0%	1.0%	0.3%	0.4%	3.0%	6.0%	22.0%	14.0%

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Senate of the Republic

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Date	Pollster	Sample	AC			CR													Others	Blank votes	NS/NC
Date	Pollster
27 Jan–4 Feb 2026	AtlasIntel/Semana^[10]	7298	2.0%		6.3%	4.2%	17.8%	7.4%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%	1.8%	10.1%	21.0%	0.3%	2.5%	0.3%	6.8%	1.8%	3.4%	13.4%
14–22 Jan 2026	Guarumo/EcoAnalítica^[11]	4254	2.8%	5.2%	1.7%	2.5%	20.1%	0.5%	5.1%	0.5%	0.2%	0.3%	0.6%	27.1%	0.3%	1.1%	1.4%	4.5%	–	11.3%	14.6%

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Results

Chamber of Representatives

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Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Historic Pact	3,880,148	20.63	36
	Colombian Liberal Party	2,103,122	11.18	25
	Democratic Centre	2,527,214	13.44	24
	Colombian Conservative Party	1,957,004	10.41	18
	Party of the U	1,043,537	5.55	11
	Radical Change	806,205	4.29	9
	Green Alliance	654,197	3.48	4
	National Salvation Movement	410,416	2.18	1
	Democratic Centre–MIRA	356,437	1.90	3
	Pr1mero Córdoba (CoR [es]–MIRA)	340,337	1.81	2
	Creemos Colombia [es]	285,637	1.52	2
	Ahora Colombia (MIRA–NL–D&C [es])	263,954	1.40	1
	Historic Pact–Green Alliance	213,128	1.13	4
	Coalición Liberal Colombia Reborn [es]	145,370	0.77	1
	La Fuerza [es]	140,092	0.74	1
	New Liberalism	133,652	0.71	0
	MIRA–Dignity and Commitment [es]	121,489	0.65	0
	CR–LAU–MSN–OXI	118,097	0.63	1
	Green Alliance–En Marcha [es]	112,328	0.60	1
	Colombian Democratic Party [es]	106,553	0.57	1
	Pacto Histórico – Frente Amplio (PH–MAIS [es])	100,288	0.53	1
	Avancemos Nariño (Green Alliance–AICO)	99,820	0.53	1
	Bogotá entre todos (CR–LIGA–CJL–PUG–PVO–ASI)	96,155	0.51	0
	CR–CJL–LIGA de Gobernantes	96,135	0.51	1
	Pacto Histórico Sucre Unitarios (PH–MAIS [es]–PTC [es])	84,870	0.45	0
	Coalición Fuerza Ciudadana	84,861	0.45	0
	Coalición Demócrata Amplia por la Paz (PDC [es]–LF [es]–ADA)	84,298	0.45	1
	Coalición Green Alliance–En Marcha [es]–ASI	79,449	0.42	0
	Pacto por Risaralda (PH–MAIS [es]–ED)	74,621	0.40	1
	Con Toda por Bogotá	74,131	0.39	0
	Coalición Green–En Marcha [es]–La Fuerza [es]	71,357	0.38	0
	Party of the U–Radical Change	70,122	0.37	1
	Colombian Conservative Party–National Salvation Movement	64,368	0.34	1
	Democratic Centre–Colombian Conservative Party	64,054	0.34	1
	Independent Social Alliance	65,315	0.35	2
	Fuerza Cauca (CoR [es]–MIRA–Green Alliance)	60,317	0.32	1
	Party of the U–Partido Ecologista Colombiano [es]	56,958	0.30	0
	Democratic Centre–New Liberalism–MIRA	53,334	0.28	0
	CR–ASI–CJL	52,325	0.28	0
	Party of the U–MIRA–National Salvation Movement–ADA	51,175	0.27	0
	Democratic Centre–Party of the U	49,172	0.26	1
	Salvation–ALMA (LIGA–CJL–ADA)–Oxygen	48,046	0.26	0
	Party of the U–En Marcha [es]	46,987	0.25	0
	Motociclistas y Conductores Unidos por la Causa	45,089	0.24	0
	Alianza por Nariño (MIRA–LF [es])	44,612	0.24	0
	Ahora Colombia Caldas (MIRA–NL–D&C [es]–CoR [es])	43,484	0.23	0
	SUMA (PUG–Green Alliance–NL–MIRA)	41,301	0.22	0
	Radical Change–New Liberalism	39,756	0.21	0
	Esperanza Chocó (PC–MAIS [es])	36,994	0.20	0
	ALMA (LIGA–CJL–ADA)	36,107	0.19	0
	Avanza (LF [es]–PDC [es]–CoR [es])	35,609	0.19	0
	Broad Unitary Front [es]	34,885	0.19	0
	Party of the U–MIRA	33,627	0.18	0
	Coalición Caquetá (NL–ASI–Green Alliance)	33,367	0.18	1
	Revive Caquetá 20 (CR–MIRA)	30,284	0.16	1
	Putumayo También es Colombia	27,686	0.15	1
	Dignity and Commitment [es]	25,472	0.14	0
	Ciudadanos Renovemos	23,036	0.12	0
	La Fuerza [es]–Indigenous and Social Alternative Movement [es]	22,089	0.12	0
	Coalición AV–ASI–PUG–PTC [es]	20,081	0.11	0
	Putumayo Nos Une	19,841	0.11	0
	Colombia Justa Libres	19,605	0.10	0
	ALMA (LIGA–CJL)	19,262	0.10	0
	Por Risaralda (PC–CoR [es]–ASI)	16,747	0.09	0
	Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation	16,179	0.09	0
	La Voz del Amazonas (MAIS [es]–CoR [es])	12,406	0.07	1
	League of Anti-Corruption Governors	8,710	0.05	0
	Party of the U–MIRA–New Liberalism	7,957	0.04	0
	ABC Alianza Bogotá Convergente	7,943	0.04	0
	ALMA (LIGA–CJL–ADA)–Radical Change	7,889	0.04	0
	Democratic Hope	7,658	0.04	0
	Oxygen Party	7,450	0.04	0
	Movement of Indigenous Authorities of Colombia	7,419	0.04	0
	Frente Amplio del Cesar (AV–EM–PEC [es])	6,747	0.04	0
	Movimiento Agrario Colombiano	5,303	0.03	0
	Partido Ecologista Colombiano [es]	4,520	0.02	0
	ALMA (LIGA–CJL–ADA)–Oxygen	4,324	0.02	0
	Coalición Alianza Córdoba	3,936	0.02	0
	Indigenous and Social Alternative Movement [es]	3,246	0.02	0
	Pacto Frente Amplio (PDC [es]–ED–EM [es])	2,947	0.02	0
	En Marcha [es]	2,867	0.02	0
	MIRA–Dignity and Commitment [es]–Colombian Democratic Party [es]	2,716	0.01	0
	Pacto Green Guaviare (AV–PH–MAIS [es])	1,976	0.01	0
	Fuerza Tolima	1,722	0.01	0
	Colombia Reborn [es]	1,511	0.01	0
	Frente Amplio Risaralda (PEC [es]–LF [es])	908	0.00	0
	Pacto Histórico Unitario – Vichada (PH–PTC [es])	856	0.00	0
	Workers' Party of Colombia [es]	719	0.00	0
	Broad Democratic Alliance	533	0.00	0
Blank votes		681,007	3.62	–
Total		18,805,458	100.00	161

Valid votes		18,805,458	94.96
Invalid votes		998,975	5.04
Total votes		19,804,433	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		41,287,084	47.97
Source: Registraduría^[12]

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Senate

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Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Historic Pact	4,471,238	22.95	25
	Democratic Centre	3,072,702	15.77	17
	Colombian Liberal Party	2,276,223	11.68	13
	Alliance for Colombia^[a]	1,905,680	9.78	10
	Colombian Conservative Party	1,853,403	9.51	10
	Party of the U	1,554,812	7.98	9
	Radical Change–ALMA Coalition^[b]	1,241,509	6.37	7
	Colombia Now^[c]	891,907	4.58	5
	National Salvation Movement	707,764	3.63	4
	Frente Amplio Unitario [es]^[d]	396,042	2.03	0
	Creemos Colombia [es]	227,957	1.17	0
	Coalición Fuerza Ciudadana	114,722	0.59	0
	Con Toda por Colombia	105,393	0.54	0
	Oxygen Party	27,879	0.14	0
	Patriots	10,755	0.06	0
	Secure and Prosperous Colombia	10,754	0.06	0
Blank votes		616,998	3.17	–
Total		19,485,738	100.00	100

Valid votes		19,485,738	94.80
Invalid votes		1,069,091	5.20
Total votes		20,554,829	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		41,287,084	49.79
Indigenous seats
	Indigenous and Social Alternative Movement [es]	88,294	29.05	1
	Indigenous Authorities of Colombia	72,927	23.99	1
	Unity in Minga Movement for Colombia	56,060	18.44	0
	Association of Traditional Indigenous Authorities	16,628	5.47	0
	Yes Movement	3,001	0.99	0
	Association of Indigenous Councils for Colombia	2,644	0.87	0
	National Indigenous Association of Colombia	2,434	0.80	0
	Tevis Indigenous Council	1,413	0.46	0
	ACMIZSAM	1,067	0.35	0
	Trietnico Gobernativo Trigo	972	0.32	0
Blank votes		58,539	19.26	–
Total		303,979	100.00	2

Valid votes		303,979	74.44
Invalid/blank votes		104,357	25.56
Total votes		408,336	100.00
Source: RTVC^[13]

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Notes

[a]
A coalition of Green Alliance, En Marcha [es], Colombian Democratic Party [es], Colombia Renaciente [es], and Independent Social Alliance
[b]
A coalition of Radical Change, LIGA, Colombia Justa Libres, and Broad Democratic Alliance
[c]
A coalition of MIRA, New Liberalism, and Dignity and Compromise
[d]
A coalition of La Fuerza, Partido Ecologista Colombiano [es], Democratic Hope, Partido del Trabajo de Colombia [es], and Movimiento Alternativo Indígena y Social [es]

2026 Colombian parliamentary election

Electoral system

Security concerns

Monitoring

Candidates

Opinion polls

Senate of the Republic

Results

Chamber of Representatives

Senate

See also

Notes

References

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