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Lost presidential runoff; initially signaled challenge to results from 33,000 polling stations, later conceded no irregularities were found
Colombia's 10-month election cycle ended June 21 when conservative lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella defeated leftist senator Iván Cepeda in the presidential runoff, 49.65% to 48.70% — a margin of fewer than 250,000 votes. His 12.9 million votes set a record for any Colombian presidential candidate. He takes office August 7.
Updated Jun 22
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