# 2026 Colombian presidential election

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| **31 May 2026 (first round) 21 June 2026 (second round)** |

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| Opinion polls |
| Turnout | 57.89% (first round)  2.91pp 63.60% (second round)  5.43pp |
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| Candidate | **Abelardo de la Espriella** | Iván Cepeda |
| Party | Independent | Historic Pact |
| Alliance | Defenders of the Homeland | Alliance for Life |
| Running mate | **José Manuel Restrepo** | Aida Quilcué |
| Popular vote | **12,959,542** | 12,708,712 |
| Percentage | **49.66%** | 48.70% |

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First round results by departmentSecond round results by department |
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| **Presidentbefore election**
Gustavo Petro
Historic Pact | **ElectedPresident**
Abelardo de la Espriella  (Acording to pre-count)
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The **2026 Colombian presidential elections** took place on 31 May 2026 and 21 June 2026 to elect the President and Vice President of the Republic of Colombia for the 2026–2030 term.

The process has been characterized by a climate of intense polarization, given the discussion regarding the popular consultation and the labor reform by the government of President Gustavo Petro. In addition, there was the assassination of the pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, who died on August 11, 2025, after two months hospitalized, following the attack suffered on June 7, during a rally in the Modelia neighborhood, west of Bogotá.

In June 2026, Independent candidate Abelardo de la Espriella beat Senator Iván Cepeda by a small amount of votes to be elected president.

## Legislation

According to the Colombian Constitution, citizens over 18 years of age who are not members of the public security forces, are not subject to interdiction proceedings, and have not been convicted may exercise their right to vote.

Persons in detention centers, such as prisons or reformatories, may vote at the facilities designated by the National Registry. Registration in the civil registry is not automatic; citizens must go to the regional headquarters of the Registry to register their personal identification at a polling station. The election of the president of the republic is held alongside that of the vice president, the latter being the candidate; the president's term in office is four years with no possibility of reelection.

The election process will not be held concurrently with any other process. Article 191 of the Constitution establishes that anyone seeking the office must be Colombian by birth and Colombian nationality, and must also be over thirty years of age.

The first round is held on the last Sunday of May, which in 2022 is the 29th, and the winner is the candidate who receives half plus one of the votes. If neither candidate achieves this weighting of votes, the two candidates who received the most votes in the first round will advance to the second round; the winner is the candidate with the most votes.

## Candidates

### Declared candidates and registered pre-candidates

| Candidate | Party | Experience | Announced | Ref. |
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|  Vicky Dávila | Independent | Journalist and television host | November 2024 |  |
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Luis Gilberto Murillo | Colombia Reborn | Minister of Foreign Affairs (2024–2025) Colombian Ambassador to the United States (2022–2024), Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development (2016–2018), Governor of Chocó (2012) | 22 May 2025 |  |
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Claudia López | Independent
formerly of Green Alliance | Mayor of Bogotá (2020–2024) Senator (2014–2018) | 3 June 2025 |  |
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David Luna Sánchez | Independent
formerly of Radical Change | Senator (2022–2025)
Minister of Information Technologies and Communications (2015–2018), Deputy Minister of Labor (2011–2013), Representative (2006–2010) | 27 January 2025 |  |
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Juan Daniel Oviedo | Independent | Councillor of Bogotá (2024–2025) Director of the National Administrative Department of Statistics (2018–2022) | 31 May 2025 |  |

### Other

| Candidate | Party | Experience | Ref. |
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Gustavo Bolívar | Humane Colombia | General Director of Social Prosperity (2024–2025) Senator (2018–2022) |  |
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Sergio Fajardo | Dignity and Commitment | Governor of Antioquia (2012–2016) Mayor of Medellín (2004–2008) |  |
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Juan Manuel Galán | New Liberalism | Senator (2006–2018) |  |
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Germán Vargas Lleras | Radical Change | Vice President of Colombia (2014–2017) Minister of Housing, City and Territory (2012–2013),Minister of the Interior (2011–2012), Minister of the Interior and Justice (2010–2011), President of the Senate (2003–2004) Senator of Colombia (1994–2004) |  |

### Declined

* Francia Márquez, incumbent Vice President of Colombia.

## Campaigns

### Assassination of Miguel Uribe Turbay

On June 7, 2025, in the town of Fontibón in Bogotá, in the middle of a political event to determine his party's presidential candidate, the pre-candidate was shot several times, two of which hit him in the head and one in one of his legs.

He was taken to a local medical center, and the alleged hitman of the incident, a 14-year-old minor, was captured at the scene. The case shocked the international community and internally all the country's political parties, who strongly rejected the attack.

He was declared dead in the early hours of August 11, 2025, after hemorrhaging in the central nervous system as a result of the attack.

## Opinion polls

### 2025

| Fieldwork date | Pollsters | Sample | Candidates | Lead |
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| Davila | Galán | Fajardo | López | Cabal | Botero | Luna | Pizarro | Gaviria | Quintero | Vargas | Bolívar | Oviedo | Uribe | Peñalosa | Caicedo | Muhamad | Murillo | Valencia | Corcho | Romero | Cepeda | Others | Blank | Don't know/No answer | None |
| 11 August | Miguel Uribe Turbay dies, two months after being shot in Bogotá |
| 21 - 26 April | Guarumo/EcoAnalítica | 2159 | 11.6% | 4.0% | 11.4% | 4.7% | 4.5% | 0.2% | 1.2% | 2.6% | - | 3.8% | 5.6 % | **12.6%** | 1.5% | 4.5% | 0.9% | 0.5% | - | - | 1.0% | 2.5 | 1.1% | 3.5% | 4.2% | 7.2% | 4.2% | 5.9% | 2.2% |
| 21 - 25 March | Invamer | 1200 | 8.3% | 7.8% | 9.5% | 6.8% | 4.2% | - | 0.9% | 3.7% | 4.4% | 4.7% | 7.3% | **11.8%** | 0.4% | 4.8% | 1.2% | 1.8 | 1.1% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.9% | - | 4.4% | - | 4.1% | - | - | 2.83% |
| 18 - 20 March | CNC | 1564 | **13.6%** | 7.4% | 13.4% | 9.5% | - | - | - | 7.4% | - | 6.2% | 7.9% | 10.1% | - | 6.9% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.5% | 3.4% | 11.6% | 3.0% |
| 10 - 13 February | Guarumo/EcoAnalítica | 2140 | **15.1%** | 4% | 11.5% | 4.6% | 3.5% | - | 1.3% | 4.1% | 0.2% | 3.1% | 5.2% | 11.9% | 1.4% | 3% | - | - | 1% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 2.2% | - | - | 0.9% | 7.1% | 2.7% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
| 27 - 29 January | CNC | 1513 | **12.7%** | 7.8% | 11.8% | 6.9% | 5.6% | - | 1.7% | 4.3% | - | 4.7% | 6.2% | 6.7% | 4.8% | 6.8% | - | - | - | 1.8% | - | 3.1% | - | - | - | 5.0% | 2.1% | 9.7% | 3.1% |

### 2024

| Fieldwork date | Pollsters | Sample | Candidates | Lead |
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| Dávila | Galán | Fajardo | López | Cabal | Botero | Pizarro | Gaviria | Quintero | Márquez | Vargas | Bolívar | Oviedo | Uribe | Noguera | Muhamad | Murillo | Valencia | Others | Blank | Don't know/No answer | None |
| 9 - 12 December | Guarumo/EcoAnalítica | 2018 | 13.1% | 5.0% | **14.5%** | 5.7% | 3.0% | 0.4% | 3.7% | 0.7% | 2.8% | - | 5.0% | 8.9% | 1.5% | 3.2% | - | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.8% | - | 5.6% | 3.6% | 7.7% | 2.2% |
| 22 - 26 November | Invamer | 1200 | 8.6% | 7.3% | **15.4%** | 12,6% | 1,6% | - | 4.1% | - | 6.1% | - | 9.2% | 8.6% | 5.5% | 3.1% | - | 1.2% | 4.5% | 0.9% | 2.7% | 6.3% | - | 17.4% | 2.83% |
| 18 - 21 November | CNC | 2000 | 11.4% | 10.0% | **13.4%** | 9.7% | 5.8% | - | 6.8% | 2.5% | 5.0% | - | 8.0% | 6.5% | - | 4.2% | - | - | 3.1% | - | - | 2.4% | 1.9% | 9.4% | 2.7% |
| 25 - 28 October | Invamer | 1504 | 7.7% | 9.7% | 10.5% | **10.9%** | 3.6% | - | 5.1% | - | 2.6% | 4.9% | 4.3% | 6.5% | - | 5.4% | - | - | 1.4% | - | 1.1% | 0.6% | 7.5% | 12.9% | 2.53% |
| 7 - 11 September | Guarumo/EcoAnalítica | 2012 | **12.2%** | 5.6% | 10.1% | 9.4% | 6.4% | - | 4.1% | 3.4% | 4.6% | 4.5% | 2.7% | 6.2% | - | 1.3% | 3% | - | - | 1.4% | - | 5.3% | 1.3% | 9.2% | 2.2% |
| 26 August- 4 September | CNC | 1304 | 7.5% | **10.7%** | 8.3% | 8.6% | 4.5% | - | 5.4% | - | 1.7% | 3.0% | 8.1% | 4.3% | - | 6.7% | - | 1% | 2.2% | - | 22.3% | - | 5.9% | 22.3% | 2.7% |
| 31 July - 4 August | Guarumo/EcoAnalítica | 2023 | **9.6%** | 3.1% | **9.6%** | 7.1% | 4.4% | - | 3.6% | 2.1% | 2.6% | 3% | 2.6% | 4.3% | 1.3% | 0.8% | 3.0% | - | 1.4% | 1.4% | - | 7.2% | 2.5% | 12.6% | 2.2% |
| 22 - 26 June | Guarumo/EcoAnalítica | 1998 | 8.1% | 6.2% | 6.9% | **8.8%** | 2.8% | - | 5.5% | 1.5% | 2.3% | 4.2% | 2.7% | 3.5% | 2.0% | 1.3% | 3.3% | - | 0.5% | 0.7% | - | 5.9% | 4.1% | 8.5% | 2.2% |
| 7 - 9 May | CNC | 1030 | - | **13%** | 12% | 9% | 5% | - | 8% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 2% | 6% | 2% | 4% | - | 1% | - | - | 14% | 5% | 4% | 14% | 3.4% |