Colombia
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 4 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
- 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.