Results of the elections in Colombia and abroad: when and at what time does the first vote count come out

The presidential elections in Colombia They will take place this Sunday, May 29, and millions of citizens will be able to meet the replacement of the still president Iván Duque. In that sense, here we will show you when you will be able to see the results and at what time they will be published.

It is good to point out that in these presidential elections, six candidates, all men, are competing to succeed the current president. Therefore, we let you know some key aspects of the aforementioned patriotic event.

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A total of 39,002,239 Colombians (20,111,908 women and 18,890,331 men) are eligible to vote in the 12,263 posts installed throughout the country by the Registry, of which 5,174 will be in urban areas and 7,089 in rural areas.

There are also 1,343 tables distributed in 250 polling stations in 67 countries for the 972,764 Colombians registered abroad to vote. Voting abroad began this Monday and ends on Sunday the 29th at embassies and consulates.

The law establishes that to be elected president it is necessary to obtain half plus one of the total votes and, in the event that none of the candidates obtains it, three weeks later, on June 19, a second round will be held in which they will participate. the two most voted in the first.

WHEN AND WHAT TIME DOES THE FIRST VOTE COUNT COME OUT?

The final results will be known next Sunday, May 29 at the national level. It should be remembered that for those people who leak some results of the current presidential elections, they will have to be accountable to local authorities. This is considered an electoral crime.

The only president who has been elected in the first round, and on the two occasions in which he ran, was Álvaro Uribe, who in 2002 prevailed with 54.35%, and in 2006 increased his flow and was re-elected with 62 .51%.

The contest to be the president during the 2022-2026 period is about to carry out the first round this weekend. The candidates are Gustavo Petro, Federico Gutiérrez, Rodolfo Hernández, Sergio Fajardo, John Milton Rodríguez and Enrique Gómez, after the recent resignation of Ingrid Betancourt and Luis Pérez.

There are precisely 972,764 eligible voters abroad who already began exercising their electoral right last Monday, while others will be opened in the course of days, according to article 51 of Law 1475 of 2011. , as reported Time.

“Voting periods for Colombian citizens residing abroad must be open for a weekunderstanding that the first day is the Monday prior to the official date of the respective election in the national territory”, explains the rule. In a few words, they will be able to go to the 1343 tables distributed in 250 positions in 67 countries, until this Sunday 29.

Source: Elcomercio

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