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Petro preference grows as second election round nears in Colombia

Colombia, elecciones, Petro,
Bogotá, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) The presidential candidate of the Historical Pact, Gustavo Petro, would win the second electoral round next June 19 in Colombia with 44.9 percent of the votes, a survey revealed today.

A new study by the National Consulting Center (CNC) for the magazine Semana indicates that Rodolfo Hernández of the League of Anticorruption Governors would obtain 41 percent of the votes.

Likewise, it details that 9.4 percent of the people surveyed still do not define their vote; 3% said they would vote blank and 1.7% responded they would not vote for either of the two candidates.

For this survey, the CNC consulted 2,172 citizens in 50 municipalities of the country between May 31 and June 2.

In relation to a previous study by the same firm, published on May 30, the other day of the first round of the presidential elections, Petro grew in vote intention and went from 39 percent to 41.

That poll for the CM& newscast showed a technical tie, but placed Hernández at 41 percent and Petro at 39 percent.

In the elections last Sunday, the binomial made up of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez of the Historical Pact reached eight million 542 thousand 20 votes, which represent 40.34 percent of the vote.

Not obtaining 50 percent plus one, he goes to the second round on the 19th where he will face Rodolfo Hernández and Marelen Castillo, formula of the League of Anticorruption Governors that reached five million 965 thousand 531 in the May 29 elections. votes, for 28.17 percent.

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