Nearly 60% of voters stay home for Colombia elections
Nearly 60% of voters stay home for Colombia elections
May 25, 2014 posted by Nicolas Bedoya
Colombia’s abstention rate has skyrocketed during the 2014 presidential elections with 60% of the voting age population not casting their vote compared to 51% in 2010, according to electoral authorities.
Colombia’s Registry Office reported that with over 99% of the vote counted, only 13.19 million of Colombia’s 32.97 million potential voters actually voted in the 2014 election.
The 2014 presidential elections had the lowest voter turnout in a first-round presidential race since 2002.
Colombia’s first presidential round has ended with Oscar Ivan Zuluaga and incumbent candidate Juan Manuel Santos facing off in a second round. Many analysts had told national media that Colombia’s democracy has taken a huge step backward due to the nature of the candidate’s dirty presidential campaign.
The 2010 elections saw a 5% increase in voter turnout from 2006. Voter participation has lost the progress made in the 2010 elections and dropped a further 5% during the 2014 elections.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/60-potential-colombias-potential-voters-stay-home-election-day/
