Presidential elections were held in

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

on 29 May 1994, with a second round on 19 June. The result was a victory for

Ernesto Samper Ernesto Samper Pizano (born 3 August 1950) is a Colombian politician. Samper is a member of the influential Samper family. He served as the President of Colombia from 1994 to 1998, representing the Liberal Party. From 2014 to 2017 he served as ...

of the

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, who received 50.57% of the vote in the run-off. Samper's election was tainted by accusations during the campaign and afterwards that his Liberal Party had sought funding from the

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. This resulted in the

Proceso 8000 8,000 Process (from the es, Proceso 8.000) is the unofficial name of the legal investigation for the events surrounding accusations about the Colombian Liberal Party candidate Ernesto Samper's 1994 campaign for President of Colombia being parti ...

investigation, which found several of Samper's close associates within the party guilty, although Samper himself was absolved of any wrongdoing. However, the scandal badly damaged his presidency and his party, and resulted in a grand coalition of opposition politicians standing against and defeating the Liberal Party at the following election in 1998; Samper was Colombia's last Liberal president.

Results

References

1994 in Colombia Presidential elections in Colombia

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