Far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella took first place in the first round of the Colombian presidential elections held on Sunday, in a result that contradicted all previous polls and immediately opened an institutional crisis. With 99% of polling stations counted in the preliminary tally, De la Espriella, of the Defensores de la Patria movement, reached 43.7% of the vote —some 10.3 million ballots—, while leftist senator Iván Cepeda, of the ruling Pacto Histórico, obtained 40.9% with 9,649,081 votes. The runoff will be held on 21 June and the inauguration is scheduled for 7 August.

Leftist senator Iván Cepeda, candidate of the ruling Pacto Histórico coalition, was leading on Sunday in the early bulletins of the count in the first round of Colombia's…

Colombia's presidential election is headed to a runoff after voters delivered a sharply polarised first-round result on Sunday, setting up a contest between hard-right populist…

Tough-on-crime outsider Aberaldo de la Espriella took the lead in Colombia’s presidential race in the first round of voting Sunday night, setting up a runoff with Iván Cepeda, an…

The contest is largely a three-horse race between a left-wing senator, a businessman and a right-wing lawmaker.

According to results based on 6.19% of the votes, far-right politician Abelardo de la Espriella received 43.29% of the vote

Colombia ha votado este domingo en un clima de extrema polarizaci�n, exacerbado por un Gustavo Petro que particip� en la campa�a hasta el �ltimo momento, violando sin recato la...

Colombia ha votado este domingo en un clima de extrema polarizaci�n, exacerbado por un Gustavo Petro que particip� en la campa�a hasta el �ltimo momento, violando sin recato la...

Al 62% de votos contabilizados, el derechista Abelardo de la Espriella obtiene el 44.22%, mientras que el oficialista Iván Cepeda, el 41.33%.

In a surprisingly strong performance, right-wing outsider candidate Abelardo de la Espriella will face leftist candidate senator Iván Cepeda in a runoff to decide Colombia’s…

Lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and peace-builder Iván Cepeda were leading the vote counts in the first round of Colombia’s presidential elections on Sunday, and are to face off…

According to the results published by the National Civil Registry after 92.85% of the votes had been counted, businessman Abelardo de la Espriella received 43.63% of the vote,…

Abelardo de la Espriella and Iván Cepeda will head to a presidential runoff on June 21 after leading Sunday's first-round vote

Tough-on-crime outsider Aberaldo de la Espriella took the lead in Colombia's presidential race on Sunday night, setting up a runoff with Iván Cepeda, an ally of outgoing President…

Far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella took first place in the first round of the Colombian presidential elections held on Sunday, in a result that contradicted all previous…

El candidato de izquierda quedó en segundo lugar.

Abelardo de la Espriella fue el ganador de la primera vuelta presidencial con más de 10 millones de votos, le sigue Iván Cepeda, candidato del Pacto Histórico, con 9 millones de…

Lawyer and Trump admirer has risen rapidly in the polls and will face Iván Cepeda in election runoff in three weeks

Luego de que el conservador Abelardo de la Espriella y el oficialista Iván Cepeda avanzaran al balotaje, el presidente colombiano afirmó que no acepta los resultados del preconteo…

El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, aseguró que no acepta los resultados del conteo de las elecciones presidenciales divulgados por la Registraduría Nacional, que dan como…

El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, aseguró que no acepta los resultados del conteo de las elecciones presidenciales.