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Colombia

○ Presidential Election

 - Seat: 1

 - Term of office: 4 years

 

 Parliamentary Elections  ​  

· Senate 

 - Seats: 102

 - Term of office: 4 years

· House of Representatives

 - Seats: 166

 - Term of office: 4 years

· Mayor

 - Seats: 1102

 - Term of office: 4 years

 

 Election system

· Number of polling stations: 96,724

· Opening and closing time of polling stations

 -  8 am and 4 pm respectively

· Number of registered voters: 36,783,940 (2018 election)

· Voter turnout: 53.4% (2018 presidential election)

· Voting age: 18

Presidential: absolute majority through two round system

Senate: party-list proportional representation Parties are allowed to choose between closed and open lists.

- House of Representatives: party-list proportional representation

Local elections: simple majority

 

· Voting process: Verify the Identification Document -> Receive Ballots -> Mark Ballots -> Cast Ballots

· Counting process 

  1. Manual Count in Polling Station: take each ballot out of the box one by one consecutively, and display it to the attending public witnesses.​ 

  2. Fills out a form called E-14.

  3. Load in the Internet page of the National Registry and publish in the voting post for information of the general public.

 

· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: two hours.