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Secession from Venezuela and Ecuador
During this time in the constitution said that just men who were married and had properties could vote. -
Constitution of 1843
A new constitution was created but it still stated that slaves were not considered as citizens and the only people who could vote were men older than 21, owned a property located in the territory (worth 300 pesos or more), or that were in a rent from at least 150 pesos. -
Constitution of 1853
Several important changes arise in this constitution: slavery is abolished in the national territory and all men born in the territory, who were married and who have reached the age of majority, are declared citizens and with the right to vote. This Constitution introduces popular voting for the most important public offices -
Constitution with the participation of liberals and conservatives
In this constitution the right to universal suffrage was maintained for all citizens, which were men born in the national territory who were over twenty-one years old and who were or had been married. -
Constitution of 1863
In this constitution, the central power no longer defined the conditions for an electoral process but gave each federal state freedom to establish its laws, which, in many cases, granted the right of universal suffrage only to those men who could demonstrate that they were enlightened. -
Constitution of 1886
This constitution was conservative and centralist in nature. Constitution that declared as citizens Colombian men over twenty-one years of age who had a profession, trade or a lawful and legitimate occupation as a means of subsistence, although this was not enough to be able to exercise the right to vote, since, citizens had to be able to read and write and have an annual income of more than five hundred pesos or properties that cost more than fifteen hundred pesos. -
The constitution is reformed
The constitution is reformed, thanks to which the President of the Republic could be elected directly by all those who are considered citizens. -
1836
Universal suffrage is established for all men, while the indirect election of senators is maintained until 1945 -
Government of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
In the plebiscite, women, for the first time in Colombia, obtain electoral rights, the right to vote covered all men and women over twenty-one years of age. -
Alfonso López Michelsen
He introduced a reform to the Constitution in which the age of majority is acquired at eighteen years. -
1986
The popular election of mayors and governors is established, elections that are still carried out and are part of the current electoral system.
