Global Information2022 Colombian presidential election information
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Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 29 May 2022, with a runoff on 19 June 2022 as no candidate obtained at least 50% in the first round of voting. Iván Duque, who was elected president in 2018, was ineligible to run due to term limits.[1] Gustavo Petro, a senator, former Mayor of Bogota, and runner-up in the 2018 election, defeated Rodolfo Hernández Suárez, former Mayor of Bucaramanga, in the runoff election.[2] Petro's victory made him the first left-wing candidate to be elected president of Colombia,[3][4] and his running mate, Francia Márquez, is the first Afro-Colombian elected to the vice-presidency,[5] as well as the second female vice-president overall.[6]
The elections were held in the aftermath of the 2021 Colombian protests amid poor economic conditions during the country's COVID-19 pandemic.[6] Petro, a former AD/M-19 member who was defeated by Duque by over ten percentage points in 2018,[7] was chosen as a candidate of the Historic Pact for Colombia alliance. Petro's left-wing platform encompassed support for land reform, universal health care, continuing the Colombian peace process, and expanding social services.[5][6]
Hernández, an independent affiliated with the League of Anti-Corruption Governors, ran a populist campaign that emphasized support for law and order policies and anti-corruption efforts.[8][9] Hernández experienced a surge in support in the final weeks of the campaign, which allowed him to overtake conservative candidate Federico Gutiérrez for a spot in the runoff. This surge in popularity was partially credited to his substantial social media following and TikTok videos,[6] which led him to be dubbed the "king of TikTok".[8][10][11]
Petro won the runoff with 50.42% of the vote to Hernández's 47.35%.[12] Petro dominated in regions on Colombia's Caribbean and Pacific coasts,[6][13] and received over 81% of the vote in the coastal department of Chocó.[14] Due to an increased turnout among his supporters, Petro received nearly 2.7 million more votes in the second round than the first.[13][15] The result was noted for a continuing trend of left-wing victories in Latin America,[6] which has been dubbed as a "new pink tide".[9][16][17]
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- ^ "Colombia's presidential race heads to runoff". Al Jazeera. 29 May 2022. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "Leftist Gustavo Petro wins Colombian presidency". Financial Times. 19 June 2022. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ Bocanegra, Nelson; Griffin, Oliver; Vargas, Carlos (19 June 2022). "Colombia elects former guerrilla Petro as first leftist president". Reuters. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ a b Turkewitz, Julie; Glatsky, Genevieve (21 June 2022). "He Promised to Transform Colombia as President. Can He Fulfill That Vow?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Carlsen, Laura; Dickinson, Elizabeth; Dimitroff, Sashe; Guzmán, Sergio; Molina, Marco; Shifter, Michael; Velez de Berliner, Maria (21 June 2022). "What Will Petro's Presidency Mean for Colombia?". The Dialogue. Inter-American Dialogue. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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:3was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Dyer, Gwynne (15 June 2022). "Latin America: The Pink Tide Is Rising". The Portugal News. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
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:5was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "En la segunda vuelta presidencial del 2022 se registró la abstención más baja de los últimos 24 años" (in Spanish). National Register of Colombia. 21 June 2022. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ a b Marsh, Aygen (21 June 2022). "Where Did The 2.7 Million New Votes For Gustavo Petro Come From Colombia's Presidential Election". Amico Hoops. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Guzmán, Sergio (21 June 2022). "Key Takeaways from Colombia's Presidential Elections". Global Americans. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ Galindo, Jorge (20 June 2022). "How Colombia shifted to the left". El País. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Araujo, Gabriel; Vargas, Carlos; Woodford, Isabel (22 June 2022). "Latin America's new 'pink tide' gains pace as Colombia shifts left; Brazil up next". Reuters. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ Garavito, Tatiana; Thanki, Nathan (23 June 2022). "Colombia's shift to the left: A new 'pink tide' in Latin America?". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 24 June 2022.