1986 Colombian Presidential Election
25 May 1986 · The open contest
Virgilio Barco Vargas won with 58.36% against Álvaro Gómez Hurtado on 35.84%. Turnout 45.6%.
President before
Belisario Betancur
Conservative
Elected President
Virgilio Barco Vargas
Liberal
Winning share
58.4%
Turnout
45.6%
The result
| Virgilio Barco Vargas | Colombian Liberal Party | 4.214.510 | 58.36% |
| Álvaro Gómez Hurtado | Conservative Party–National Participation Movement | 2.588.050 | 35.84% |
| Jaime Pardo Leal | Patriotic Union | 328.752 | 4.55% |
| Regina Betancur de Liska | Metapolitical Unitary Movement | 46.811 | 0.65% |
| Juan David Pérez Gaviria | Humanist Party | 229 | 0.00% |
| Write-ins | 1,261 | 0 | — |