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BOGOTA May 29 Reuters - Colombian leftist Gustavo Petro came top during the first round of the Andean countrys presidential election on Sunday and will face a surprise. On Sunday Latin Americas third largest nation heads to the polls to choose a.

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1 day agoA voter marks his ballot during a presidential runoff election in Bucaramanga Colombia Sunday June 19 2022.

. Ingrid Betancourt a former FARC hostage dropped out of the race on May 20 and backed Hernández. Polls opened for the second round of Colombias presidential election on Sunday with former. The president is elected for a four-year term by the people.

Colombians are calling it the most consequential election in decades. The average of the. The leftist ex-mayor of Bogotá who spent time as a guerrilla fighter.

In the May 29 first-round election Colombians dealt a major blow to the political establishment putting Gustavo Petro into a runoff against Rodolfo Hernández. A third poll that was released on Sunday projected that liberal demagogue Rodolfo Hernandez was slightly ahead. CEST the Colombians can then cast their votes for the successor to the incumbent President Iván.

2 days agoJune 17 2022 100 pm ET. Polling stations are open from 8 am. A person prepares to vote during the presidential runoff election at a polling station set up at the Simon Bolivar international bridge in Cucuta Colombia ahead of.

Polls ahead of the runoff had indicated Petro and Hernández. Colombia elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. Incumbent president Iván Duque was ineligible for a second term.

The polling stations will open in a few minutes on the day of the second round of the presidential elections in Colombia. Colombias 2022 Presidential Runoff. To 4 pm 250 pm.

8 hours agoFormer guerrilla wins Colombias presidential election first leftist leader in nations history Former guerrilla member Gustavo Petro won Colombias presidential election on Sunday to become the countrys first leftist head of state in. Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 2022. Two polls that were released on Saturday and Sunday said that opposition leader Gustavo Petro was leading the race.

See how the matchup between Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández is shaping up ahead of the June 19 vote. Elections in Colombia are regulated and controlled by the National Electoral Council which provides information on elections and election results in for the politics of Colombia. Petros running mate Francia Márquez 40 is a lawyer and environmental leader whose opposition.

Petro had 503 to 475 for construction magnate Rodolfo Hernandez with some 34. 17 hours agoFor the first time Colombia will have a leftist president. Colombian left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro of the Historic Pact coalition speaks after casting his vote at a polling station next to his wife Veronica Alcocer and daughter during.

Petro is a former mayor of Bogota whose 2022 bid marks his third presidential campaign. Gustavo Petro a former rebel and a longtime senator who has pledged to transform the. Petro who captured 404 percent of the vote in the first round was the runner-up in the 2018 presidential runoff.

The 62-year-old ran on a platform that proposes a radical overhaul of the countrys economy to combat one. Bogota CNNColombias presidential election appears destined for a runoff after preliminary results on Sunday showed no candidate had garnered over 50 of. BOGOTÁ ColombiaFor decades Colombia elected establishment politicians who hewed to the center-right and helped make the country the USs closest ally in the.

12 hours agoA supporter celebrates after former leftist rebel Gustavo Petro won a runoff presidential election in Cali Colombia on June 19 2022. Last updated May 17 2022 232 pm EST Colombias election could deliver the countrys first left-wing president an outcome with the potential to transform Bogotas approaches to economic. As none of the presidential nominees obtained at least 50 of the votes a runoff is scheduled to be held on 19 June 2022 between the top two candidates Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández Suárez.

Ivan ValenciaAP BOGOTÁ Colombia Colombians headed to the polls on Sunday. 6 hours agoPresidential Election Colombia. 19 hours agoLeftist candidate Gustavo Petro took an early lead in a partial vote count for Colombias presidential election.

Local time 3 pm. This tracker was initially published on April 13 2022 and has since been updated. 16 hours agoBOGOTÁ Bogota.

There are two anti-establishment. 1 day agoColombians will go to the polls tomorrow in the final round of a presidential election thats had many surprises. Former rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly won a runoff election over a political outsider millionaire Sunday ushering in a new era of politics for Colombia by becoming the country.

Colombias pollsters have released contradictory projections on who will win the June 19 presidential elections. 1 day agoLeft-wing ex-guerrila Gustavo Petro has achieved a narrow victory in Colombias presidential election. 3 hours agoThe vote is also resulting in Colombia having a Black woman as vice president for the first time.

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