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Live: Colombia Votes Calmly in a High-Stakes Runoff as Espriella and Cepeda Cast Ballots

Colombia Abelardo de la Espriella White House De la Espriella Gustavo Petro Ivan Cepeda Iván Cepeda Luis Acosta Pedro Sánchez Washington D.C.
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People vote at a polling center during the presidential election runoff, in Bogota on June 21, 2026. Colombians head to the polls to pick a new president between a hard-right White House-backed lawyer and a leftist senator that will decide the fate of the country's stumbling peace process and strained ties with Washington. (Credit: Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP via Getty Images)

Colombians are at the polling stations on Sunday in a tightly contested presidential runoff, and by early afternoon the day had unfolded with broad calm and no single notable disruption to electoral material with both finalists having already voted. The contest pits right-wing outsider Abelardo de la Espriella against ruling-coalition Senator Iván Cepeda, with the winner due to be sworn in on August 7.

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