1986 Colombian presidential election
# 1986 Colombian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 25 May 1986. The result was a victory for Virgilio Barco Vargas of the Liberal Party, who received 58.36% of the vote.

## Electoral system

The elections were held using first-past-the-post voting and were the first in which the electoral commission counted blank votes as valid votes.

## Results

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Virgilio Barco Vargas | Colombian Liberal Party | 4,214,510 | 58.36 |
| | Álvaro Gómez Hurtado | Conservative Party–National Participation Movement | 2,588,050 | 35.84 |
| | Jaime Pardo Leal | Patriotic Union | 328,752 | 4.55 |
| | Regina Betancur de Liska | Metapolitical Unitary Movement | 46,811 | 0.65 |
| | Juan David Pérez Gaviria | Humanist Party | 229 | 0.00 |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | Write-ins | 1,261 | 0.02 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 42,205 | 0.58 |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,221,818 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 7,221,818 | 99.89 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 8,119 | 0.11 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,229,937 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 15,839,754 | 45.64 |
| Source: Nohlen |||||
