The countdown has begun to find out what the composition of the new Congress of the Republic will be, in preparation for the Legislative Council 2026-2030. The National Civil Registry, which is leading this process, announced that, as of November 8, the deadline has officially opened for the registration of candidates, who will aspire to 102 seats in the Senate and 182 in the House of Representatives, a group that will be completed by the losers in the presidential elections.
According to the entity run by Hernan Pinagos, This phase will determine which candidates will appear on the electoral ticket, and will also consider the registration of candidates for the 16 Special Transitional Peace Zones (Citrep).Which grants additional seats in the House of Representatives to victims of armed conflict. But this was not the case for the 10 seats given to the Communards Party, derived from the extinct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas.
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Indeed, after the signing of the peace agreement in 2016, there were five seats in the Senate and the same number in the House of Representatives. Whereas the two periods in which this representation could have occurred without it being linked to the number of votes have already ended.. Now its members would have to compete for seats with other groups, so the total number of members of Congress was reduced; To register for the stage, which lasts until December 8.
“Candidates for the Senate and House of Representatives can be nominated by political parties and movements that have legal status.Benagos said, in words reported by the British newspaper “Daily Mail”, “large groups of citizens who collect signatures, social movements, coalitions, promoters of blank voting, and organizations of indigenous people and people of African descent recognized by the Ministry of the Interior.” the timefocusing on various electoral constituencies.
Regarding the requirements of applicants, The Registrar’s Office indicated that it is a requirement for the Senate of the Republic to be Colombian by birthHe must be a practicing citizen and be over 30 years old on the date of the election. As for the House of Representatives, the requirement is to be a practicing citizen and to have reached the age of 25 years, in addition to the others mentioned and to have a sufficient number of votes, of course, to reach the companies.
The entity has also introduced technological innovation in the registration process. for the first time, Candidates will be able to accept their applications through a digital mechanism. “We are implementing this method so that candidates can accept their candidacy easily, quickly and safely. The purpose of the national registry is to provide all the guarantees and technological tools that facilitate the participation of voters and candidates,” he said.
Those interested can register in person At the headquarters of the District Registrar’s Office in Bogota or at the district delegationsas well as virtually through the web portal www.registraduria.gov.co. The nomination will be accepted through a unique security code that the entity will send to the candidates’ email or WhatsApp, which will allow the process to be completed directly from their devices.
Senate of the Republic (108 members):
- Historical Charter: 20 seats
- Colombian Conservative Party: 15 seats
- Colombian Liberal Party: 14 seats
- Esperanza Center coalition – Green Alliance: 13 seats
- Democratic Center: 13 seats
- Radical Change Party: 11 seats
- U Party: 10 seats
- Common: 5 seats
- MIRA coalition – Colombia Justa Libres: 4 seats
- Indigenous Social Alternative Movement: one seat
- Movement of Indigenous Authorities in Colombia: one seat
House of Representatives (188 members):
- Colombian Liberal Party: 32 seats
- Historical Charter: 27 seats
- Colombian Conservative Party: 25 seats
- Radical Change Party: 16 seats
- Democratic Center: 16 seats
- Union for the People Party: 15 seats
- Green Alliance: 11 seats
- Common: 5 seats
- Anti-Corruption Governors Association: 3 seats
- Alternatives: 2 seats
- Esperanza Center coalition: two seats
- The Historic Covenant Coalition – Green Alliance: two seats
- Neoliberalism: one seat
- MIRA Coalition – Colombia Justa Libres: one seat
- Radical Change Coalition – MIRA – Colombia Justa Libres: one seat
- Conservative Party-Union for the People coalition: one seat
- Conservative Party – Democratic Center Coalition: one seat
- Coalition for Radical Change – see: one seat
- Liberal Party Coalition – Colombia Justa Libres: one seat
- Citizen power: one seat
- Colombia Renacente: one seat
- Mobile people: one seat
- Together for Caldas coalition: one seat
- Union for the People coalition – Colombia Justa Libres: one seat
- Aboriginal Social Alternative Movement (Aboriginal constituency seat): 1 seat
- Colombian Democratic Party: one seat
- Colombian Ecologists Party: one seat
- Victim organizations of the Special Transitional Peace Directorates: 16 seats
- Second place in the Vice Presidential elections: one seat
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