2010 Colombian presidential election

2010 Colombian presidential election

← 2006 30 May 2010 (first round) 20 June 2010 (second round) 2014 →
Turnout	49.30% (first round) 44.35% (second round)
Nominee Juan Manuel Santos Antanas Mockus Party Party of the U Green Party Running mate Angelino Garzón Sergio Fajardo Popular vote 9,028,943 3,587,975 Percentage 69.13% 27.47%
Second round results by department
President before election Álvaro Uribe Colombia First Elected President Juan Manuel Santos Party of the U

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Presidential elections were held in Colombia in 2010. They took place under a two-round system, with an initial vote held on 30 May and a second poll held three weeks later on 20 June.^[1] A referendum proposal that would have allowed incumbent President Álvaro Uribe the opportunity to run for a third term was rejected by the Constitutional Court of Colombia in a 7–2 ruling on 26 February 2010.^[2] Because no candidate received a majority (more than one-half) of the votes cast in the 30 May poll, the candidates with the two highest vote totals competed in a runoff election on 20 June: Juan Manuel Santos of the liberal-conservative Social Party of National Unity which unites supporters of former President Uribe, and Antanas Mockus from the Green Party. Santos won the election with 69% of the votes.