Colombia presidential election heads to runoff with 99.98% of votes counted

Colombia's presidential election is heading to a runoff, with nearly all votes counted from the first round. The National Civil Registry announced Tuesday that 99.98% of ballots have been tallied, confirming no widespread fraud or errors. The election will now feature a second round on June 21 between Abelardo De La Espriella and Iván Cepeda.

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the vote count in the first round of the Colombian presidential election has an advance of 99.98% and no fraud or errors are reported.

De La Espriella, representing the Defensores De La Patria movement, secured 10,361,499 votes, or 43.74% of the total. Iván Cepeda, the candidate for Pacto Histórico, garnered 9,668,361 votes, accounting for 40.90% of the ballots cast.

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the preliminary count data released by this electoral authority 'record a coincidence level of 99.94% compared to the scrutiny carried out by the judges of the Republic' throughout the country.

The electoral authority is actively preparing for the second round. This includes reinforcing virtual training for poll workers and scrutiny committee members. Political organizations will also be invited to participate in auditing various aspects of the upcoming election. The runoff is scheduled for June 21, three weeks after the initial vote, as no candidate achieved an absolute majority. Colombians living abroad will have the opportunity to vote during the week prior, from June 15 to June 21.

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only 33 tables out of more than 122,000 installed for these elections remain to be scrutinized, due to climatic conditions that have prevented the transfer of electoral material to some municipal capitals.