2022 Colombian presidential election

2022 Colombian presidential election

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Opinion polls
Turnout	54.98% (first round) 0.76% 58.09% (second round) 4.16%
Nominee Gustavo Petro Rodolfo Hernández Party Humane Colombia Independent Alliance Historic Pact LIGA Home state Córdoba Santander Running mate Francia Márquez Marelen Castillo Popular vote 11,281,013 10,580,412 Percentage 50.44% 47.31%
First round results by department Second round results by department
President before election Iván Duque Democratic Center Elected President Gustavo Petro Humane Colombia

The first round of the presidential elections was held in Colombia on 29 May 2022 to elect the 34th President.^[1] Since no candidate won a majority of the vote in the first round, a second round of voting will be held on 19 June.^[2] President Iván Duque cannot run for another term because Colombian presidents are term limited for a single four year term.^[3] Gustavo Petro won the runoff, becoming the first left-wing candidate to be elected president of Colombia.^[4][5]

In the first round, left-wing Senator Gustavo Petro and right-wing populist former Bucaramanga mayor Rodolfo Hernández Suárez advanced to the run-off.^[6] Hernández Suárez, who came in third during voter pollings, came in second place against Federico Gutiérrez after an increase in support, weeks before the first round began.^[7]

While Petro was seen as the front-runner in polls before the first round, he has almost been tied in pollings against Hernández Suárez.^[8][9] In the June run-off, Petro was elected president, winning 50% of the vote to Hernández Suárez's 47% of the vote, becoming the country's first leftist president.^[10]

1. ↑ "Colombia: National". AtlasIntel. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
2. ↑ Holly K. Sonneland; Hope Wilkinson (14 March 2022). "Explainer: Who's Who in Colombia's 2022 Presidential Race". AS/COA. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
3. ↑ "Constitución Política de 1991 (Artículo 197)". Secretaría General del Senado. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
4. ↑ "Leftist Gustavo Petro wins Colombian presidency". Financial Times. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
5. ↑ Bocanegra, Nelson; Griffin, Oliver; Vargas, Carlos (19 June 2022). "Colombia elects former guerrilla Petro as first leftist president". Reuters. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
6. ↑ "Elecciones presidenciales en Colombia 2022, en vivo: Gustavo Petro y Rodolfo Hernández competirán por la presidencia". El Pais. 29 May 2022.
7. ↑ "Segunda vuelta presidencial de infarto: Fico Gutiérrez está a solo tres puntos de Gustavo Petro". Semana (in Spanish). 2 April 2022. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
8. ↑ "Federico Gutiérrez y Rodolfo Hernández, prácticamente empatados en primera vuelta: encuesta del CNC". Semana (in Spanish). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
9. ↑ "#GranEncuesta: Gustavo Petro gana en todos los escenarios de segunda vuelta". El Colombiano (in Spanish). 21 March 2022. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
10. ↑ Nelson Bocanegra; Oliver Griffin; Carlos Vargas (20 June 2022). "Colombia elects former guerrilla Petro as first leftist president". Reuters. Retrieved 19 June 2022.