How much money will candidates and parties receive for participating in Sunday's elections

On March 13, the country's legislative elections were held along with the coalitions' consultations for presidential elections. Throughout the campaign process, candidates spend money to be able to bring their ideas and proposals to the greatest number of Colombians in order to be able to consolidate a solid electorate that leads them. to be civil servants for a period of four years.

As it is known to sustain this exercise can be costly, so the law in the country has established with article 21 of Statutory Law 1475 of 2011, that political parties and movements and groups of citizens are entitled to State funding through the system of replenishment of expenses by valid votes obtained.

“The State shall contribute to the financing of consultations through the system of replenishment of expenditure by votes obtained. Political parties and movements may request advances for these consultations in accordance with the regulations issued by the National Electoral Council”, the document reads.

In this regard, many people ask themselves how is the distribution of money? And what are the conditions for this?

In the case of the House and Senate, as stated in the article, candidates can access this benefit only if they meet fifty percent or more of the threshold determined for the respective corporation, that is, 38,819,901 people were authorized for the elections, as the threshold is equivalent to 3% each movement had to take a average between 582,298 and 1,164,597 votes.

In addition, resolution 0227 of 2021 established that for the 2022 legislative elections, the replenishment was established at a price of 6,140 pesos for each valid vote and that campaigns for the Senate cannot cost more than 96,215 million pesos and campaigns for the House of Representatives cannot exceed 2,641 million pesos. weights.

Taking into account the previous elections in 2022, some of the parties and movements will receive this contribution will be: Historical Pact, Conservative Party, Liberal Party, Green Party and Hope Center, Democratic Center, MIRA and Colombia Justa Libre, Radical Change, Party of the U among others.

These are the five most voted senators in Colombia

Miguel Uribe Turbay (Democratic Center)

The candidate was a councillor in the mayor's office of Gustavo Petro and was Secretary of Government to former mayor of Bogotá, Enrique Peñalosa, resigned from office to try to become mayor in 2019 and lost to current mayor Claudia López.

After a year and a half of dedicating herself to political control of the president, she joined the Democratic Center party in 2021 and announced her intention to run for the Senate of the Republic. He was number 1 on the preferred list of the match, a place that Álvaro Uribe Vélez occupied in 2018. Now, Miguel Uribe Turbay arrives in the Senate as the most voted candidate, with 185,603 votes.

Jonathan Ferney Pulido Hernandez (Green Alliance Coalition Esperanza Center)

The social media influencer who calls himself Jota Pe Hernandez. He is a native of Santander and is a fervent Christian follower, to the point of composing songs of praise and declare in interviews that God has spoken to him personally.

His campaign speech was aimed at repudiating the traditional political class. His presence on social networks allowed him to become the second most voted senator, with 169,661 votes, a figure that surpassed those of large electoral chiefs.

María Fernanda Cabal (Democratic Center)

The senator is the wife of the president of the Colombian Federation of Cattlemen (Fedegan), José Félix Lafaurie. This will be his third term in the Senate of the Republic. In 2021 he expressed his interest in participating in the presidential elections, but Oscar Iván Zuluaga was the winner in the party's internal consultation. Cabal won 161,050 votes this time.

Humberto de la Calle (Green Alliance Center Esperanza Coalition)

Attorney Humberto de la Calle is recognized for his work as a peace negotiator and for being the vice president of Ernesto Samper Pizano. He tried to reach the presidency of Colombia in 2018 and did not reach the threshold of replenishment of votes.

De la Calle retired from the Liberal Party, where he was a militant for most of his life, and became top of the list of the Green Alliance Center Esperanza Coalition with 154,443 votes.

Nadya Georgette Blel Scaff (Conservative Party)

Nadia Blel, president of the Fifth Committee of the Senate and daughter of former Senator Vicente Blel - convicted of parapolitics - was number 2 on the open list in her party. He will complete his third term in Congress with 130,351 votes.

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