núm. 18 (2015): revista via iuris 18 (enero - junio)

The nonconformity citizen in the electoral debates in Colombia has become the last two decades in an act of rebellion or democratic apathy when it comes to choosing either uninominally or plurinominal. The rising figures for the white vote or abstain from voting show the visibility of such a political phenomenon. This article analyzes the results that left the election of Congress of the Republic 2014 in Colombia, taking as shown by the department of Boyaca, which discussed the citizen behavior in front of the white vote, vote null and the abstention. A study has been supported in theoretical references submitted by Norberto Bobbio, William H. Flanigan, Roberts King Merton, among others. Methodologically the study is conducted a series of tables that detail the figures of each phenomenon by municipality, selecting five of the thirteen provinces that make up the department, this represents 56 of the 123 locations that are part of this territory.