Colombian presidential election, 1857

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Presidential elections were held in the Republic of New Granada in 1857. Following constitutional reforms in 1853, they were the first direct presidential elections in the country. The result was a victory for Mariano Ospina Rodríguez of the Conservative Party.^[1]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Mariano Ospina Rodríguez	Conservative Party	97,407	46.23
Manuel Murillo Toro	Liberal Party	80,170	38.05
Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera	National Party	33,038	15.68
Other candidates		75	0.04
Total		210,960	100
Source: Political Database of the Americas

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