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Colombia's Presidential Election Vote Count Nears Completion, Confirming Preliminary Results
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Colombia's Presidential Election Vote Count Nears Completion, Confirming Preliminary Results

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

At a glance

News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Colombia's presidential election vote count is nearly complete at 99.98%, confirming preliminary results that were initially rejected by President Gustavo Petro.
  • The Registraduría Nacional confirmed a 99.94% match between the preliminary count and the official scrutiny, with only 33 tables remaining to be tallied.
  • The preliminary results showed ultra-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella leading leftist Iván Cepeda, prompting Petro to allege irregularities without presenting evidence, though Cepeda later retracted his campaign's initial support for Petro's claims.

The vote count for Colombia's presidential election is virtually finalized, with 99.98% of ballots tallied. The official scrutiny results closely align with the preliminary count, showing a 99.94% match, according to the National Registry (Registraduría Nacional), the body organizing the elections.

The data from the preliminary count released by the National Registry register a coincidence level of 99.94% compared to the scrutiny carried out by the judges of the Republic.

— Registraduría NacionalConfirming the accuracy of the preliminary vote count against the official scrutiny.

Only 33 out of over 122,000 polling stations still need their votes officially scrutinized. The delay in these few cases is attributed to adverse weather conditions that hindered the transport of electoral materials to some municipal centers. The Registraduría emphasized that the preliminary count, released on election night, proved highly accurate, demonstrating the success of the consolidation and dissemination process.

As president, I do not accept the results of the preliminary count.

— Gustavo PetroStating his rejection of the initial election results on election night.

Initial results indicated that far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella received the most votes, followed by leftist Iván Cepeda. However, President Gustavo Petro publicly rejected these preliminary results, citing concerns about transparency and electoral guarantees. Petro claimed that the computer system included "800,000 additional people" beyond the electoral census, though he offered no concrete proof for this assertion.

The entity highlights that the preliminary count released last Sunday had an accuracy of 99.94% with respect to the aforementioned scrutiny, which shows that the modifications were minimal and that the process of consolidation and dissemination of the results has been successful.

— Registraduría NacionalReiterating the high accuracy of the preliminary count and the success of the electoral process.

Cepeda initially supported Petro's skepticism but later revised his stance, stating that his campaign had found no "evidence of facts of a dimension or depth that warrant a statement about potential irregularities." With the scrutiny confirming the initial vote tallies, the National Registry is now focused on organizing the second round of the presidential election, scheduled for June 21, which will feature de la Espriella and Cepeda.

we have not found evidence of facts of a dimension or depth that warrant a statement about potential irregularities.

— Iván CepedaRetracting his campaign's initial support for claims of electoral irregularities.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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