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Petro won the first round with just. Colombias 2022 Presidential Election By Chase Harrison and Jon Orbach See how the competition between presidential hopefuls is shaping up ahead of the May 29 first-round vote.

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Petro who captured 404 percent of the vote in the first round was the runner-up in the 2018 presidential runoff.

. AP PhotoFernando Vergara AP. 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 Sunday Latin Americas third largest nation heads to the polls to choose a.

The leftist ex-mayor of Bogotá who spent time as a guerrilla fighter. June 17 2022 100 pm ET Listen to article 2 minutes BOGOTÁ ColombiaFor decades Colombia elected establishment politicians who hewed to the center-right and helped make the country the USs. 1 day agoWe are writing a new history for Colombia Latin America and the world declared Gustavo Petro the winner of Colombias presidential election in.

Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez celebrating after winning the elections on Sunday in Bogotá Colombia. Colombians are calling it the most consequential election in decades. 1 day agoColombia will be governed by a leftist president for the first time after former rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly defeated a real estate tycoon in a runoff election that underscored peoples disgust with the countrys traditional politicians.

Colombians could be poised to see a notable political shift in their country. 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. 1 day agoThe victory of Gustavo Petro in Colombias presidential election has continued a leftward swing in Latin America and was quickly praised.

Leftist Petro wins Colombia presidential election Reuters 1 minute read Colombian left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro of the. 2 days agoJune 19 2022. Colombia goes into elections Sunday with a leftist looking to make history World Hes running to be Colombias 1st left-wing president.

The president is elected for a four-year term by the people. 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. Friday May 20 2022 Poll Tracker.

The United States and Colombia enjoy deep bonds between our peoples. On behalf of the United States I congratulate the people of Colombia for making their voices heard in a free and fair presidential election. Heres what he plans to do However 62-year-old Petro is a.

Colombias police are on maximum alert after detecting plans by radical groups to reject the results of a second presidential election vote on Sunday and commit violence across the country top. 2 days agoColombians head to the polls on Sunday for a high-stakes election between two populist presidential candidates promising to fundamentally transform the country. 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.

With 98 of the votes counted early results showed left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro with just over 40 of the votes the populist former mayor of Bucaramanga Rodolfo Hernandez with 28 and. 2 days ago- Colombias first ever left-wing President-elect Gustavo Petro on Sunday lauded the first popular victory following his election success against millionaire businessman Rodolfo Hernandez. The House of Representatives Cámara de Representantes has 162 members elected for a four-year term by proportional representation.

It is a presidential election unlike. 2 days agoby Adriaan Alsema June 19 2022 Progressive Senator Gustavo Petro won Colombias presidential elections according to the quick vote count by the National Registry. The Congress Congreso has two chambers.

The second majority headed by businessman Rodolfo Hernández and Marelen Castillo received 5953209 votes 2815. 2 days agoHernández shocked Colombia when he made it to Sundays runoff after ousting a number of career politicians from the race in the first round of voting on 29 May. 1 day agoA woman cleans the capitals main voting center in preparation of the presidential runoff election in Bogota Colombia Friday June 17 2022.

2 days agoGustavo Petro wins the Colombian election becoming the countrys first leftist president. Colombia elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. 2 days agoIf 62-year-old former guerrilla Gustavo Petro wins on June 19 he will be Colombias first leftist leader.

We commend the many officials public servants and volunteers whose dedication made these elections possible. Petro took the most votes then some.

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