Abstention wins Colombia’s 2014 congressional elections
Abstention wins Colombia’s 2014 congressional elections
Mar 10, 2014 posted by Mimi Yagoub
Colombia’s 2014 congressional elections were marked by not only a relatively peaceful day of voting, but by a high number of blank and invalid votes.
Of the 32.835,856 Colombians that were eligible to vote on Sunday, 58.11% or over 19 million people, remained absent.
The number of voters opting out compared to the last congressional elections in 2010, has increased by nearly 8%, meaning there were approximately 4 million less people at the polling stations this year.
Blank vote turned out to be more popular this year than in 2010, winning over 6.2% of Senate and over 6.6% of House votes at the time of writing.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/abstention-wins-2014-congressional-elections/
