seats in the Senate, and 5.9% of the vote and 4 of 164 seats in the House of Representatives, demoting it to the sixth rank among parliamentary parties. Before the election, a faction of the PDA had split off and joined the Green Party. Clara Lopez was the party's candidate for the 2014 presidential election; she placed fourth in the first round of the election, receiving 1,958,414 votes, representing 15.23%. For the 2022 presidential and parliamentary election the party has joined forces with other left-wing and centre-left parties to form the Historic Pact for Colombia alliance, whose candidates, Gustavo Petro and PDA member Francia Márquez, were victorious in the second round of the presidential election, making them the first leftists to assume the Presidency and Vice-Presidency in Colombian history. In parliamentary elections the PHxC lists, including PDA members, won the most votes in both the Chamber of Representatives and Senatorial elections. Electoral history Presidential elections See also Politics of Colombia List of political parties in Colombia References External links Polo Democrático Alternativo (Homepage, Spanish) Ideario de Unidad del Polo Democrático Alternativo (Party's political program, Spanish) Democracia a distancia: Elecciones 2006 (Portalcol.com) (Information about the Pole's list of candidates to the Colombian Senate, Spanish). 2005 establishments in Colombia Former member parties of the Socialist International Foro de São Paulo Political parties established in 2005 Social democratic parties in Colombia