Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 20 May, 2002. They were won by Álvaro Uribe. Íngrid Betancourt, the candidate for the Oxygen Green Party, was kidnapped while campaigning. She was rescued safely in July 2008, six and a half years later.
Results
e • d Summary of the 20 May 2002 Colombian presidential election results
| Parties - Candidates |
Votes |
% |
| Álvaro Uribe Vélez - Colombia First (Primero Colombia) |
5,862,655 |
53.048 |
| Horacio Serpa Uribe - Colombian Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Colombiano) |
3,514,779 |
31.803 |
| Luis Eduardo Garzon - Independent Democratic Pole (Polo Democrático Independiente) |
680,245 |
6.155 |
| Noemi Sanin - Yes Colombia (Sí Colombia) |
641,884 |
5.808 |
| Íngrid Betancourt Pulecio - Oxygen Green Party (Partido Verde Oxígeno) |
53,922 |
0.488 |
| Harold Bedoya Pizarro - Force Colombia (Fuerza Colombia) |
50,763 |
0.459 |
| Other candidates |
51,281 |
|
| Total (turnout 46.471%) |
10,855,529 |
|
| Blank or null votes |
394,295 |
|
| Source: Base de Datos Políticos de las Américas and Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil. |
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