LAS ELECCIONES LEGISLATIVAS Y PRESIDENCIALES EN COLOMBIA EN 2022: PRIMER GOBIERNO DE IZQUIERDA EN LA HISTORIA POLÍTICA DEL PAÍS.

Wills Otero, Laura

This article aims to provide an overview of the presidential and legislative national election that took place in Colombia in 2022. In that year, for the first time in the country's political history, a left-wing president, Gustavo Petro, was elected. In the parliament, also for the first time, a list composed of left-wing parties, Pacto Histórico, achieved the highest percentaje of votes and seats, surpassing the traditional parties. The article offers information about the party system configuration, and argues that its growing fragmentation poses significant challenges to political stability, yet it also serves as an indicator of an inclusive, flexible and mature democracy. The article describes the political context in which the elections ocurred, and provides an overview of the Colombian electoral rules.

COLOMBIA; ELECTIONS; POLITICAL stability; FEDERAL government; DEMOCRACY; LEGISLATIVE bodies

Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política, 2023, Vol 32, Issue 2, p171

0797-9789

Academic Journal

10.26851/RUCP.32.2.7