COLOMBIA · ELECTIONS
Key Facts
—The preliminary count result: The National Registry reported Abelardo de la Espriella at 43.74 percent with 10,361,499 votes and Ivan Cepeda at 40.9 percent with 9,688,361, on 100 percent of mesas counted.
—The trailing field: Paloma Valencia took 6.92 percent, Sergio Fajardo 4.26 percent, and Claudia Lopez 0.95 percent. The remaining eight candidates each polled under 1 percent.
—The turnout: 23,978,304 of 41,421,973 eligible voters cast a ballot, a participation rate of 57.88 percent. Blank votes totalled 406,970 and null votes 245,389.
