Colombia elections

Colombians could be poised to see a notable political shift in their country. Business elites are nervous.

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Petro won the first round with just.

. The preliminary results announced by the National Registry are unofficial and could be revised by the National Electoral Council after a formal scrutiny of the votes in the coming week. Colombia elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. 1 day agoColombians head to the polls on Sunday for a high-stakes election between two populist presidential candidates promising to fundamentally transform the country.

On May 29 Colombia will hold its first round of voting to choose the successor to President Ivan Duque who cant run for reelection due to term limits. On Sunday Latin Americas third largest nation heads to the polls to choose a. 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.

It is a presidential election unlike. Colombias election will go to a runoff between two opposing anti-establishment candidates on 19 June after voters on Sunday were unable to pick a president outright. Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 2022.

Right-wing President Iván Duques approval rating is at a low with his tenure marred by his. Electoral system edit Of the 166 members of the House of Representatives 162 are elected by proportional representation from 33 multi-member constituencies based on the departments with seats allocated using the largest remainder method. The elections take place amid a great polarization among voters and a strong scenario of violence against candidates most of whom closed their election campaigns on May 22 with massive acts in several cities.

As none of the presidential nominees obtained at least 50 of the votes a runoff was held on 19 June 2022 between the top two candidates Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández Suárez. Colombian presidents are only elected for a single four-year term. Petro who captured 404 percent of the vote in the first round was the runner-up in the 2018 presidential runoff.

The second majority headed by businessman Rodolfo Hernández and Marelen Castillo received 5953209 votes 2815. As we know last May 29th in the first round of the presidential elections the candidates of the Historical Pact Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez obtained the highest number of votes with 8527768 votes 4032. On May 29 over 39 million Colombians will go to the electoral boards to elect the president and vice president for the period 2022-2026.

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. The Congress has two chambers. Ahead of the May 29 first-round vote the frontrunner is Gustavo Petro a former leftist guerilla who has served as mayor of Bogotá and is serving as senator.

Bogota CNN Colombias presidential election appears destined for a runoff after preliminary results on Sunday showed no candidate had garnered over 50 of. Abstentionism has been above 40 in every presidential election since 1990. AP PhotoFernando Vergara AP.

1 day agoA woman cleans the capitals main voting center in preparation of the presidential runoff election in Bogota Colombia Friday June 17 2022. Gustavo Petro a leftist. Colombias presidential election is Sunday and for the first time a leftist candidate is favored to come out ahead.

1 day agoby Adriaan Alsema June 19 2022 Progressive Senator Gustavo Petro won Colombias presidential elections according to the quick vote count by the National Registry. 2 Two members are elected by the Afro-Colombian community one by indigenous community and one by Colombian expatriates. 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.

The president is elected for a four-year term by the people. A third poll that was released on Sunday projected that liberal demagogue Rodolfo Hernandez was slightly ahead. Petro won the runoff becoming the first left-wing candidate to be elected president of Colombia.

And Colombians are ready for change. 2 days agoIf 62-year-old former guerrilla Gustavo Petro wins on June 19 he will be Colombias first leftist leader. Two polls that were released on Saturday and Sunday said that opposition leader Gustavo Petro was leading the race.

1 day agoAbout 216 million of the 39 million eligible voters cast a ballot Sunday. Colombian left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro of the Historic Pact coalition shows his ballot as he casts his vote during the. REUTERSLuisa Gonzalez BOGOTA June 19 Reuters - Leftist Gustavo Petro a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement who has vowed profound social and economic change will be Colombias next.

1 day agoA former rebel and longtime legislator won Colombias presidential election on Sunday galvanizing voters frustrated by decades of poverty and inequality under conservative leaders. Colombias pollsters have released contradictory projections on who will win the June 19 presidential elections. The leftist ex-mayor of Bogotá who spent time as a guerrilla fighter.

Colombians are calling it the most consequential election in decades.

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