{"id":1189,"date":"2026-05-31T01:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T01:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianewscast.com\/2026\/05\/31\/opposite-visions-what-to-know-about-colombias-presidential-election\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T01:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T01:09:14","slug":"opposite-visions-what-to-know-about-colombias-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=1189","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Opposite visions\u2019: What to know about Colombia\u2019s presidential election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__divider\">\n<div class=\"listen-to-article\"><button class=\"listen-to-article__button\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><title>Listen<\/title>Listen (8 mins)<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share__update-reading-list-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"update-reading-list\">\n<p 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byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\"><a class=\"avatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline-content\">\n<div class=\"contributors-list contributors-list--byline\"><span class=\"contributors-list__by-prefix\">By <\/span><a href=\"\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\">Al Jazeera Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<div class=\"date-simple\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 30 May 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">30 May 2026<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p>On Sunday, voters in the South American country of Colombia are facing a choice.<\/p>\n<p>Four years ago, they elected the first left-wing president in the country\u2019s modern history, <a href=\"\/news\/longform\/2026\/4\/14\/historic-but-not-enough-colombias-gustavo-petro-defends-cocaine-seizures\">Gustavo Petro<\/a>. Now, they must decide whether to continue with Petro\u2019s leftist push \u2014 or restore the political right to power.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"more-on__list\">\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 1 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/5\/12\/red-cross-says-people-displaced-by-conflict-in-colombia-doubled-last-year\">Red Cross says people displaced by conflict in Colombia doubled last year<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 2 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/5\/16\/two-presidential-campaign-staffers-killed-in-colombia-as-elections-near\">Two presidential campaign staffers killed in Colombia as elections near<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 3 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/longform\/2026\/5\/22\/i-always-hear-them-before-i-see-them-drones-strike-fear-in-colombia\">\u2018I always hear them before I see them\u2019: Drones strike fear in Colombia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Fourteen candidates will be on the ballot for the first round of voting in Colombia\u2019s presidential election.\u00a0 The packed field includes contenders from the left, right and centre, who are slated to face off over <a href=\"\/news\/2026\/1\/19\/clashes-in-colombia-between-rival-rebel-groups-kill-27-people\">issues like security<\/a> and the cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>But Petro will not be among them: Presidents in Colombia are limited to a single four-year term.<\/p>\n<p>The right wing is expected to have the advantage, particularly if the race proceeds to a second round. Petro is struggling with low poll numbers, and voters have expressed frustration with <a href=\"\/news\/2025\/7\/9\/never-touched-a-gun-colombia-fighters-step-up-child-soldier-recruitment\">crime and violence<\/a>, driven in part by the country\u2019s six-decade-long internal conflict.<\/p>\n<p>But leftist candidate Ivan Cepeda has surprised observers, consistently placing at the top of the polls ahead of the first round.<\/p>\n<p>When is the election, who are the candidates, and which issues are top of mind for voters? We look at those questions and more in this brief explainer.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;position:relative;min-width:0px;max-width:770px\">\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"when-is-the-election\">When is the election?<\/h2>\n<p>The first round of voting is set to take place on May 31, 2026.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"will-there-be-a-second-round-of-voting\">Will there be a second round of voting?<\/h2>\n<p>A candidate would need to win more than 50 percent of the vote in the first round to avoid a run-off.<\/p>\n<p>If no single candidate meets that threshold, a run-off will be held between the top two finishers on June 21.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"why-is-this-election-important\">Why is this election important?<\/h2>\n<p>In recent years, across Latin America, long-entrenched left-wing governments have met defeat at the ballot box.<\/p>\n<p>Last year alone, right-wing candidates have been elected to replace left-wing presidents in Bolivia, Chile and Honduras.<\/p>\n<p>But Colombia does not have a long history of left-wing presidents. Petro was the first. That makes this race one to watch, according to Gimena Sanchez, a Colombia expert at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), a human rights nonprofit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first election to be held after the first-ever leftist administration in Colombia\u2019s 200-year history,\u201d Sanchez explained.<\/p>\n<p>Colombia now stands at a fork in the road. One of the dominant issues in the election is how to resolve the country\u2019s internal conflict, which forced more than 235,619 individuals from their homes in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Another 87,069 people were caught up in mass displacement events due to the fighting, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.<\/p>\n<p>Petro has embraced negotiation as a tool to end the conflict, which has seen government forces, criminal networks, left-wing rebels and right-wing paramilitaries all battling one another.<\/p>\n<p>But the political right has advocated a return to the more militarised approach backed by the United States, according to Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe leading candidates fall into two camps: continuity with the leftist government of Petro and an approach to security that focuses on negotiations with armed groups, and right-wing candidates who very much want to go back to a hardline security model that Colombia had in the past,\u201d Sanchez said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have polar opposite visions for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"who-is-the-main-candidate-on-the-left\">Who is the main candidate on the left?<\/h2>\n<p>Senator Ivan Cepeda has emerged as the primary candidate of the political left, running as the head of the governing coalition, known as Historic Pact.<\/p>\n<p>Cepeda has largely pledged continuity with Petro\u2019s platform, including social and economic policies meant to reduce inequality.<\/p>\n<p>He has also embraced Petro\u2019s \u201cTotal Peace\u201d approach, which aims to resolve the country\u2019s internal fighting by <a href=\"\/news\/2026\/2\/17\/colombia-to-resume-peace-talks-with-ecg-after-temporary-suspension\">negotiating with armed groups<\/a> and criminal networks, as opposed to solely\u00a0relying on military force.<\/p>\n<p>Confronting state-backed violence has become a hallmark of Cepeda\u2019s life and career.<\/p>\n<p>His father, who was also a senator, is believed to have been assassinated by a government-backed paramilitary. For years, Cepeda was also embroiled in a legal battle for accusing former President Alvaro Uribe of connections to right-wing paramilitaries.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4606012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4606012\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4606012 size-arc-image-770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/afp_6a173bc51c72-1779907525.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Colombia&apos;s presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda, of the Pacto Historico party, speaks to supporters during his final campaign rally in Barranquilla, Atlantico department, Colombia on May 24, 2026.\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4606012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda speaks to supporters during his final campaign rally in Barranquilla, Colombia, on May 24 [Vanessa Romero\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"who-are-the-main-candidates-on-the-right\">Who are the main candidates on the right?<\/h2>\n<p>While Cepeda has become the standard-bearer for the left, the political right has had to contend with a more fractured field of candidates.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Running on the far right is Abelardo de la Espriella, a lawyer for the Defenders of the Homeland Party who has generated comparisons with Salvadoran President Salvador Bukele and Argentina\u2019s Javier Milei.<\/p>\n<p>Like those leaders, de la Espriella has offered a hardline vision for his country\u2019s security. If elected, he says he would end negotiations with armed groups, bomb rebel camps, and resume the aerial fumigation of <a href=\"\/news\/longform\/2026\/2\/2\/trump-and-petro-clash-over-how-best-to-uproot-colombias-cocaine-crops\">coca \u2060crops<\/a>, which produce the raw material for cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Paloma Valencia, a candidate with the Democratic Centre Party, is running as a more moderate alternative to de la Espriella. She too has promised a stricter approach to crime. Her platform involves expanding the police and armed forces, while cutting taxes and promoting pro-business policies in the economic realm.<\/p>\n<p>Their election-season competition has become a source of acrimony for Valencia and de la Espriella, who have accused each other of paving the way for a leftist election victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a more familiar, establishment right, represented by Valencia, and a far right in the form of de la Espriella, who pitches himself as an outsider,\u201d said Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p>Valencia, for her part, has criticised de la Espriella as two-faced, defending criminals in his legal practice but advocating for tighter security on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p>De la Espriella, meanwhile, has dismissed Valencia as a member of the country\u2019s political establishment and chided her in a social media post, stating that the presidential election is \u201cnot for little games\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4606020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4606020\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4606020 size-arc-image-770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/afp_6a173c897fb7-1779907721.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Colombia&apos;s presidential candidate Paloma Valencia, from the Centro Democratico party, speaks to supporters during her final campaign rally in Bogota on May 24, 2026.\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4606020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paloma Valencia of the Democratic Centre Party speaks to supporters during her final campaign rally in Bogota on May 24 [Raul Arboleda\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"what-are-the-polls-saying\">What are the polls saying?<\/h2>\n<p>Polls generally show Cepeda ahead of his rivals, with de la Espriella in second place and Valencia in third.<\/p>\n<p>A May 24 poll from the National Consulting Centre (CNC) and the publication Cambio suggested that Cepeda had drawn 33.4 percent of voter support, the most of any candidate.<\/p>\n<p>But de la Espriella was on the upswing with 30.9 percent. Valencia, meanwhile, trailed with 12.6 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The same surveys, however, suggest that Cepeda would struggle to win a run-off against either of the two right-wing candidates, with de la Espriella eking out about three points in a head-to-head contest, and Valencia coming within a percentage point of victory.<\/p>\n<p>Undecided voters could play a key role in deciding the outcome, though. An analysis cited by the Spanish paper El Pais estimates that undecided voters could account for as much as 28 percent of the electorate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4606017\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4606017\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4606017 size-arc-image-770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/afp_6a173c29a8be-1779907625.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Colombia&apos;s presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, of the Defensores de la Patria party, speaks behind bulletproof glass during his closing campaign rally in Medellin, Colombia on May 24, 2026.\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4606017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, of the Defensores de la Patria party, speaks behind bulletproof glass during his closing campaign rally in Medellin, Colombia, on May 24, 2026 [Jaime Saldarriaga\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"which-issues-are-front-and-centre\">Which issues are front and centre?<\/h2>\n<p>Concerns over crime, security and economic issues like unemployment and affordability have dominated the election.<\/p>\n<p>In a poll from the firm Invamer, the highest proportion of voters \u2014 37 percent \u2014 identified security as the top issue facing the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--connatix-ads\">\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads slot-3-placement\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Basic needs and unemployment ranked second and third, with 17 percent and 16 percent, respectively. Eleven percent of voters, meanwhile, named corruption as a leading concern.<\/p>\n<p>The threat of violence has lingered over the presidential campaign over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Two <a href=\"\/news\/2026\/5\/16\/two-presidential-campaign-staffers-killed-in-colombia-as-elections-near\">political staffers<\/a> with de la Espriella\u2019s campaign were killed by gunmen on motorbikes earlier this month. And in June 2025, presidential candidate <a href=\"\/news\/2025\/6\/8\/colombia-presidential-hopeful-miguel-uribe-shot-what-to-know\">Miguel Uribe Turbay<\/a> was shot while leaving a campaign rally. The 39-year-old <a href=\"\/news\/2025\/8\/11\/colombia-senator-39-dies-weeks-after-being-shot-at-campaign-event\">died two months later<\/a> from his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Political violence is a serious concern in Colombia, and all of the frontrunners in the race travel with heavy security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ListenListen (8 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Supporters of presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella attend his closing campaign rally in Medellin, Colombia, on May 24 [Jaime Saldarriaga\/AFP] By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 30 May 202630 May 2026 On Sunday, voters in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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