Colombia

Population Statistics

46,736,728

Total Population

7,010,509

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

10 May 2011

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Electoral Code (1986, last amended 2014)

Updated: June 2015

Article 10, section 40 states:

Every citizen can elect and be elected while there are no norms that limit his/her right. Therefore, interpretation of the terms disability and incompetence is very strict.

 

Excerpt from the Electoral Code (1986, last amended 2014)

Political Constitution of Colombia (1991, last amended 2005)

Updated: June 2015

Article 40 states:

Any citizen has the right to participate in the establishment, exercise, and control of political power. To make this decree effective the citizen may:

  • (1) Vote and be elected…

 

Excerpt from the Political Constitution of Colombia (1991, last amended 2005)