Right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella has narrowly won Colombia’s presidential election, according to an initial vote count, as voters bet on his promise of a crackdown on crime and a stronger economy.
De La Espriella had 49.66 per cent of the vote while his rival, Senator Ivan Cepeda, trailed by some 250,000 votes at 48.70 per cent, according to the national registrar’s tally of just under 100 per cent of ballots in the runoff election.
