Why Iván Cepeda Can Still Win the Presidency
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In Colombia there are no tigers, but Abelardo De La Espriella’s ultra-right speech, the candidate who identifies with that animal, has turned the world around. Unexpected winner of the first presidential round, the criminal lawyer obtained 54% of the almost 600,000 votes recorded abroad, with 319,988 support. He beat by 26 percentage points Iván Cepeda, a leftist candidate with whom he will contest the second round of the next June 21st. The sen…
Why Iván Cepeda can still win the presidency
The first round of Colombia’s presidential election sprung a surprise as Abelardo de la Espriella officially gained over 600,000 more votes than progressive candidate Iván Cepeda of President Gustavo Petro’s Historic Pact party. This was despite Cepeda having maintained a significant polling lead throughout the election campaign. While the strength of De la Espriella’s performance has sparked concerns that Colombia could swing to a far-right gov…
With more than 9.7 million votes (40.90% of the total), the presidential candidate of the Historical Pact, Senator Ivan Cepeda, was placed in second place in the first round of the Colombian elections, behind the independent candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, who rose with 10.3 million votes (43%).
CNE officializes and declares the results of the first presidential round: De la Espriella 43.73%, Cepeda 40.91% Agencia Period... Thu, 04/06/2026 - 17:16 National Electoral Council ratified the transparency of the elections. Tags Elections 2026
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