Preliminary tallies with 85 per cent of polling stations reporting put former senator Ivan Duque in first place with about 39.7 per cent of the vote. The race for second place was tight between leftist Gustavo Petro and former Medellin mayor Sergio Fajardo. There will be a June runoff election if no candidate receives 50 per cent or more of the vote. He said it was his first time voting in a presidential election. “We hope Petro can show us the way.” In the final days before the vote, Petro accused officials of failing to address a voting software glitch that he said could lead to fraud.

Source: thestar May 27, 2018 14:56 UTC