El sistema electoral en la elección del congreso colombiano

The way Congress is elected directly influences governability, especially due to the impact it has on the structure and functioning of political parties and the way they are deployed within legislative corporations and in relations with other public powers. This research is framed within the studies of electoral law, but specifically on one of the most decisive aspects of this discipline, which is the study and analysis of the electoral system, defined as the set of elements or variables that allow votes to be converted. validly expressed by citizens in seats or seats. Ultimately, the determination of who wins and who loses in democracy; That is, who gains power. And it is clear that its impact on the parliamentary election goes much further: in effect, it will tell us how the different political forces are represented in the legislature, who will form the government coalitions and who will form the opposition, as well as the impact on the system itself. of parties.

Thus, the decision to adopt or choose an electoral system is one of the transcendental decisions for any democratic State. Its effects will be reflected in the entire context of the political life of the State. Well, this book contains a descriptive analysis and a kind of balance of the application of the electoral system on the occasion of the 15 years of its incorporation with the political reform of 2003, with the purpose of determining whether it can be susceptible to improvement with the objective of guaranteeing a system that is capable of improving representation, participation and governance.