Far-right outsider Abelardo De La Espriella received 43.7% of the votes in Colombia's first-round presidential election on May 31, while leftist Sen. Ivan Cepeda received 40.9%, El Tiempo reported the same day. Cepeda and his ally President Gustavo Petro said they would wait for judges to formally review the results before accepting them.
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