The left-wing coalition achieved a historic result in the legislative elections this Sunday in Colombia, according to partial official results published in the evening and relating to more than 93% of the ballots counted.
The “Historical Pact », the main opposition force to the outgoing Conservative government, won 17 seats in the Senate out of 102, where it won the votes with 14.52%, ahead of all the other traditional parties, Conservatives and Liberals.
In the Lower House of Representatives, the left-wing coalition led by Gustavo Petro obtains 25 MP seats out of 165, in second position behind the Liberal Party (32), but neck and neck with the Conservatives and with the largest number of votes, according to these same results.
“ The Historic Pact achieved the best results of progressivism in the history of the Republic of Colombia “, welcomed its leader, himself triumphantly designated the same day, at the end of primaries on a national scale, as representative of the left in the presidential election of May 29. He won with 80.23% of the vote at the head of the “Historical Pact” against the Afro-environmentalist Francia Marquez (15%). “ We are about to win the presidency from the first round “, assured Gustavo Petro.
Setback for the ruling party
The “ Democratic Center », right-wing party in power, which had obtained the largest number of votes in the Senate in the last legislative elections of 2018, suffered a heavy setback, arriving there this time in fifth position, and in fourth position in the Chamber of Deputies.
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(With AFP)