Colombian far-right outsider candidate Abelardo de la Espriella won the June 21 presidential runoff election with 49.66% of the vote, compared with leftist Sen. Ivan Cepeda's 48.70%, according to an initial ballot count, El Colombiano reported the same day. Cepeda said he would request the recount of 33,000 voting stations and wait for judges to confirm the count before accepting the results.