Abelardo de la Espriella and Ivan Cepeda will contest the Presidency of Colombia in a second round

El Pais ^ | 5/31/2026 | Noor Mahtani

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Abelardo de la Espriella, the right-of-center candidate - 44%; Ivan Cepeda, the left-of-center candidate - 40%; Paloma Valencia, the center-to-center right candidate - 7%. (The top two advance to the run-off on June 21st.)

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Cepeda had been leading in the polls. And, Valencia had been doing much better in the polls. With his surprisingly strong showing, it appears that de la Espriella is already consolidating the right of center vote.