US EditionColombians are electing a new Congress and choosing presidential candidates
More than 41 million Colombians voted to elect 285 congressional seats and select presidential candidates amid high security and political tensions, officials said.
- On Sunday, Colombian voters nationwide open ballots for parliamentary elections and inter-party consultations to choose 103 Senate and 183 House seats, with first preliminary results expected Sunday evening.
- As a backdrop, the vote is framed as a barometer of President Gustavo Petro's alliance shortly before his term ending shortly, with stalled health, labour and pension reforms and Historic Pact's lack of majority.
- Amid heightened security, authorities expect deployment of more than 126,000 law enforcement officers after conservative senator Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot and later died, with former president Álvaro Uribe and his Democratic Centre party poised to influence post-election bargaining.
- Election results will shape the 2026-30 Congress by electing 286 lawmakers and influence the presidential election on May 31, with a run-off on June 21 if no one wins over 50%.
- Recent opinion polls show Petro's alliance leading but expect a fragmented parliament, while the constitutional bar on Petro's re-election tests his potential successor and observers watch U.S. relations.
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According to information published by the media and official data of the National Civil Registry, the official Historical Pact led the vote for the Senate with approximately 22.8% of the votes, while the opposition Democratic Center obtained about 15.6%.
Leftist bloc dominates Colombia's divided congress in legislative polls
Colombia on Sunday voted in legislative elections that delivered a divided congress but saw President Gustavo Petro's leftist coalition expected to maintain dominance in both the lower chamber and the senate. The country will hold a presidential vote in May in which Petro cannot run for re-election against a resurgent right.
Pacto Histórico will have about 25 seats, followed by Centro Democrático, with 17 seats, which will once again be the largest movement of the opposition in an election with special attention for this year’s presidential callInterview - Hernando Gómez Buendía, a sociologist from Colombia: “Petro’s main advance was to channel the voice of the ‘nobody’s’ Colombia lived on Sunday a legislative election with obvious signs of political tension. Polls …
The official Historical Pact and the opposition Democratic Center have demonstrated this Sunday at the polls that are the Colombian parties with the highest electoral volume by obtaining the best results in the votes for the Senate, the House of Representatives and in the presidential consultations.The Historical Pact, to which President Gustavo Petro is a party, obtained the largest vote in the Senate and will have about 25 seats, followed by t…
Closed lists and internal adjustments project minimal changes at the close of the ballot, according to analysts and current electoral regulations
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