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Colombia: far-right De la Espriella advances first to runoff as Petro disowns results
Far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella took first place in the first round of the Colombian presidential elections held on Sunday, in a result that contradicted all previous polls and immediately opened an institutional crisis. With 99% of polling stations counted in the preliminary tally, De la Espriella, of the Defensores de la Patria movement, reached 43.7% of the vote โsome 10.3 million ballotsโ, while leftist senator Ivรกn Cepeda, of the ruling Pacto Histรณrico, obtained 40.9% with 9,649,081 votes. The runoff will be held on 21 June and the inauguration is scheduled for 7 August.