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Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 5 May 1946. The result was a victory for Mariano Ospina Pérez of the Conservative Party who received 41.4% of the vote. Opponent Gabriel Turbay of the Liberal Party was also supported by the Social Democratic Party.Two years after the election Liberal Party candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala was assassinated sparking the ten-year conflict known as La Violencia.
