2022 Colombian presidential election

The first round of the **presidential elections** was held in Colombia on 29 May 2022 to elect the 34th President. Since no candidate won a majority of the vote in the first round, a second round of voting will be held on 19 June. President Iván Duque cannot run for another term because Colombian presidents are term limited for a single four year term. Gustavo Petro won the runoff, becoming the first left-wing candidate to be elected president of Colombia.

In the first round, left-wing Senator Gustavo Petro and right-wing populist former Bucaramanga mayor Rodolfo Hernández Suárez advanced to the run-off. Hernández Suárez, who came in third during voter pollings, came in second place against Federico Gutiérrez after an increase in support, weeks before the first round began.

While Petro was seen as the front-runner in polls before the first round, he has almost been tied in pollings against Hernández Suárez. In the June run-off, Petro was elected president, winning 50% of the vote to Hernández Suárez's 47% of the vote, becoming the country's first leftist president.

## Candidates

|colspan=2|Party/coalition|Logo|colspan=2|Presidential nominee|Most recent political office|colspan=2|Vice-Presidential nominee||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|bgcolor=#A95A33||Fair and Free Colombia|||John Milton Rodríguez|**Senator of Colombia** (2018–2022)||Sandra de las Lajas Torres|
|bgcolor=#902E93||Historic Pact for Colombia|||Gustavo Petro|**Senator of Colombia** (2018–present)||Francia Márquez|
|bgcolor=#C32148||Hope Center Coalition|||Sergio Fajardo|**Governor of Antioquia** (2012–2015)||Luis Gilberto Murillo|
|bgcolor=orange||Independent|||Luis Pérez|**Governor of Antioquia** (2016–2019)||Ceferino Mosquera|
|bgcolor=#FFFF00||League of Anti-Corruption Governors|||Rodolfo Hernández|**Mayor of Bucaramanga** (2016–2019)||Marelene Castillo|
|bgcolor=#87D3F8||National Salvation Movement|||Enrique Gómez|**No prior public office**||Carlos Cuartes|
|bgcolor=#32CD32||Oxygen Green Party|||Íngrid Betancourt|**Senator of Colombia** (1998–2001)||José Luis Esparza|
|bgcolor=#0000FF||Team for Colombia|||Federico Gutiérrez|**Mayor of Medellín** (2016–2019)||Rodrigo Lara|

### Second round

<section begin="Second Round Presidential polling chart"/>
<section end="Second Round Presidential polling chart"/>

|rowspan=2|Polling organisation/client|rowspan=2|Dates conducted|rowspan=2|Sample size|style="width:30px;"|Gustavo Petro|style="width:30px;"|Rodolfo Hernández|rowspan=2 style="width:30px;"|Blank|rowspan=2 style="width:30px;"|No vote|rowspan=2 style="width:30px;"|Unsure/No answer|rowspan=2 style="width:30px;"|Margin of Error|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|La Silla Vacía|11 June 2022|N/A|style="background:Plum;"|**47.2%**|46.5%|5.4%|0.9%|–|–|||||||||
|AtlasIntel|8–11 June 2022|4,467|47.5%|style="background:#F5EC49;"|**50.2%**|2.4%|–|–|1%|||||||||
|YanHaas|5–10 June 2022|1,234|style="background:Plum;"|**45%**|35%|13%|–|7%|3.2%|||||||||
|GAD3|30 May–10 June 2022|5,236|47.1%|style="background:#F5EC49;"|**47.9%**|5%|–|–|1.4%|||||||||
|Guarumo|6–9 June 2022|2,029|46.5%|style="background:#F5EC49;"|**48.2%**|5.3%|–|–|2.5%|||||||||
|GAD3|30 May–9 June 2022|4,834|style="background:Plum;"|**48.1%**|46.8%|5.1%|–|–|1.3%|||||||||
|Mosqueteros|7–8 June 2022|6,000|43.83%|style="background:#F5EC49;"|**44.68%**|3.54%|–|7.95%|1.27%|||||||||
|GAD3|30 May–8 June 2022|4,438|style="background:Plum;"|**48.5%**|46.7%|4.9%|–|–|1.5%|||||||||
|Invamer|3–7 June 2022|1,329|47.2%|style="background:#F5EC49"|**48.2%**|4.7%|–|–|2.69%|||||||||
|GAD3|30 May–7 June 2022|4,041|style="background:Plum;"|**47.8%**|47.1%|5.1%|–|–|1.6%|||||||||
|GAD3|30 May–6 June 2022|3,240|46.8%|style="background:#F5EC49;"|**47.8%**|5.4%|–|–|1.7%|||||||||
|GAD3|30 May–4 June 2022|3,240|46.8%|style="background:#F5EC49;"|**48.1%**|5.1%|–|–|1.3%|||||||||
|Guarumo|1–4 June 2022|1,958|43.3%|style="background:#F5EC49;"|**46.4%**|8.4%|–|1.9%|2.5%|||||||||
|YanHaas|30 May–3 June 2022|1,234|style="background:Plum;"|**42%**|41%|13%|–|5%|3.2%|||||||||
|GAD3|30 May–3 June 2022|2,840|46.3%|style="background:#F5EC49;"|**47.9%**|5.8%|–|–|1.9%|||||||||
|CNC|31 May–2 June 2022|2,172|style="background:Plum;"|**44.9%**|41%|3%|1.7%|9.4%|2.1%|||||||||
|GAD3|2 June 2022|553|45.6%|style="background:#F5EC49;"|**50.4%**|4%|–|–|2.1%|||||||||
|GAD3|1 June 2022|555|45.1%|style="background:#F5EC49;"|**52.3%**|2.6%|–|–|2.4%|||||||||
|GAD3|30–31 May 2022|1,199|44.8%|style="background:#F5EC49;"|**52.5%**|2.7%|–|–|2.9%|||||||||
|CNC|30–31 May 2022|1,200|39%|style="background:#F5EC49;"|**41%**|5%|1%|14%|2.8%|||||||||
|AtlasIntel|17–20 May 2022|2,781|39.8%|style="background:#F5EC49;"|**48.2%**|–|–|–|2%|||||||||
|Guarumo|16–19 May 2022|2,258|style="background:Plum;"|**45.2%**|41.5%|8.6%|–|4.7%|2.5%|||||||||
|CNC|13–19 May 2022|4,412|style="background:#E8BFFB;"|**40.5%**|style="background:#FFED99;"|**40.5%**|3.7%|9.3%|6%|1.5%||||||||
|Mosqueteros|15–18 May 2022|6,000|style="background:Plum;"|**45.3%**|35%|19.7%|–|–|1.27%|||||||||
|Invamer|13–18 May 2022|1,195|style="background:Plum;"|**50.0%**|47.4%|2.6%|–|–|2.83%|||||||||
|YanHaas|30 Apr–7 May 2022|1,232|style="background:Plum;"|**46%**|31%|–|23%|–|3.2%|||||||||
|Guarumo|25–29 Apr 2022|2,132|style="background:Plum;"|**44.5%**|37.1%|8.6%|–|9.8%|2.5%|||||||||
|Invamer|21–27 April 2022|1,243|style="background:Plum;"|**56%**|40.6%|3.4%|–|–|2.55|||||||||
|CNC|18–21 April 2022|4,599|style="background:Plum;"|**44.1%**|34.1%|4.9%|11.4%|5.5%|1.4%|||||||||
|CNC|4–7 April 2022|1,965|style="background:Plum;"|**40%**|38%|4%|10%|8%|2.2%|||||||||
|CNC|28–31 March 2022|4,206|style="background:Plum;"|**42.6%**|34.4%|4.5%|12.4%|4.1%|1.5%|||||||||
|YanHaas|14–19 March 2022|1,236|style="background:Plum;"|**41%**|32%|–|27%|–|3.2%|||||||||

### First round

<section begin="First Round Presidential polling chart"/><section end="First Round Presidential polling chart"/>

<div style="overflow:auto;">
<section begin="First Round Presidential polling table" />
|rowspan=2|Polling organisation/client|rowspan=2|Date(s) conducted|rowspan=2|Sample size|style="width:30px;"|Gustavo Petro|style="width:30px;"|Federico Gutiérrez|style="width:30px;"|Rodolfo Hernández|style="width:30px;"|Sergio Fajardo|style="width:30px;"|Íngrid Betancourt|style="width:30px;"|John M. Rodríguez|style="width:30px;"|Enrique Gómez|style="width:30px;"|Luis Pérez|rowspan=2 style="width:30px;"|Blank|rowspan=2 style="width:30px;"|No vote|rowspan=2 style="width:30px;"|Unsure/No answer|rowspan=2 style="width:30px;"|Margin of Error|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|First round election|29 May 2022|–|style="background:Plum;"|**40.34%**|23.94%|style="background:#FFED99;"|**28.17%**|4.18%|0.07%|1.28%|0.23%|0.05%|1.73%|–|–|–||||||||||||||
|colspan="25" style="background:#dedede;"|Betancourt withdrew her candidacy on 20 May 2022|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|CELAG|16–20 May 2022|2,174|style="background:Plum;"|**45.1%**|20.1%|style="background:#FFED99;"|**20.4%**|4.9%|–|–|–|–|3.6%|1.4%|3.2%|2.1%||||||||||||||
|Guarumo|16–19 May 2022|2,258|style="background:Plum;"|**37.9%**|style="background:#e2f6fe;"|**30.8%**|20.3%|4.3%|0.8%|0.8%|0.5%|–|2.4%|–|2.2%|2.5%||||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|CNC|rowspan="2"|13–19 May 2022|3,860|style="background:Plum;"|**41%**|style="background:#e2f6fe;|**23.9%**|21.9%|4.5%|0.7%|1.1%|0.3%|–|6.6%|–|–|rowspan="2"|1.5%|||||||||||
|4,412|style="background:Plum;"|**35.8%**|style="background:#e2f6fe;"|**20.8%**|19.1%|4%|0.6%|1%|0.3%|–|5.7%|2.5%|9.9%|||||||||||||||||
|Invamer|13–18 May 2022|1,312|style="background:Plum;"|**40.6%**|style="background:#e2f6fe;"|**27.1%**|20.9%|5.1%|0.8%|0.6%|0.3%|–|4.6%|–|–|2.71%||||||||||||||
|Mosqueteros|15–18 May 2022|6,000|style="background:Plum;"|**44.7%**|style="background:#e2f6fe|**22.4%**|15.8%|6.9%|0.6%|0.9%|0.5%|–|7.9%|–|–|1.27%||||||||||||||
|CNC|2–13 May 2022|6,204|style="background:Plum;"|**38%**|style="background:#e2f6fe;"|**23%**|16%|7%|1%|1%|0%|–|6%|2%|6%|1.2%||||||||||||||
|colspan="25" style="background:#dedede;"|Pérez withdrew his candidacy on 11 May 2022|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|TYSE|23 Apr–8 May 2022|8,000|style="background:Plum;"|**36.6%**|style="background:#e2f6fe|**21.4%**|10.9%|6.6%|0.8%|1.1%|1.3%|1.1%|6.2%|–|14.4%|2.7%||||||||||||||
|Yanhaas|30 Apr–7 May 2022|1,232|style="background:Plum;"|**40%**|style="background:#e2f6fe;"|**21%**|12%|7%|1%|–|0.3%|0.3%|13%|–|6%|3.2%||||||||||||||
|Guarumo|25–29 April 2022|2,132|style="background:Plum;"|**36.4%**|style="background:#e2f6fe;"|**30.6%**|12.4%|6.9%|1.3%|1.1%|1.1%|0.2%|5.7%|–|4.3%|2.5%||||||||||||||
|Invamer|21–27 April 2022|1,409|style="background:Plum;"|**43.6%**|style="background:#e2f6fe;"|**26.7%**|13.9%|6.5%|0.5%|1.5%|1.1%|0.5%|5.7%|–|–|2.55%||||||||||||||
|CNC/Semana|18–21 April 2022|4,599|style="background:Plum; "|**38%**|style="background:#e2f6fe;"|**23.8%**|9.6%|7.2%|0.9%|0.9%|0.3%|0.4%|7.6%|2.1%|8.8%|1.4%||||||||||||||
|CELAG|1–19 April 2022|3,064|style="background:Plum; "|**42.6%**|style="background:#e2f6fe; "|**21.8%**|11.5%|9.2%|1.0%|—|—|—|6.6%|1.4%|5.1%|2.19%||||||||||||||
|CNC|4–7 April 2022|1,965|style="background:Plum; "|**34%**|style="background:#e2f6fe; "|**23%**|12%|9%|2%|1%|0%|0%|4%|2%|12%|2.2%||||||||||||||
|Guarumo|30 Mar–1 Apr 2022|1,865|style="background:Plum; "|**34%**|style="background:#e2f6fe; "|**25%**|9.3%|9.5%|2.6%|0.6%|1.6%|0.3%|10.3%|—|7.4%|2.5%||||||||||||||
|CNC/Semana|28–31 March 2022|4,206|style="background:Plum; "|**36.5%**|style="background:#e2f6fe; "|**24.5%**|10%|8.4%|1.5%|0.9%|0.5%|0.3%|8.1%|2.8%|6.2%|1.5%||||||||||||||
|Yanhaas|14–19 March 2022|1,236|style="background:Plum; "|**37%**|style="background:#e2f6fe;|**19%**|11%|10%|2%|—|0.3%|0.2%|16%|—|5%|3.2||||||||||||||
|CNC/Semana|18–19 March 2022|2,143|style="background:Plum; "|**32%**|style="background:#e2f6fe; "|**23%**|10%|10%|3%|—|1%|0%|5%|2%|13%|2.1%||||||||||||||

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2022 Colombian presidential election
- **country**: Colombia
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 2018 Colombian presidential election
- **previous year**: 2018
- **next year**: 2026
- **election date**: 29 May 2022 (first round)

- **opinion polls**: Opinion polling for the 2022 Colombian presidential election
- **turnout**: 54.98% (first round)  0.76%
58.09% (second round)  4.16%
- **image1**:
- **nominee1**: **Gustavo Petro**
- **colour1**: 902E93
- **party1**: Humane Colombia
- **running mate1**: **Francia Márquez**
- **alliance1**: Historic Pact for Colombia
- **home state1**: Córdoba Department, Córdoba
- **popular vote1**: **11,281,013**
- **percentage1**: **50.44%**
- **image2**:
- **nominee2**: Rodolfo Hernández Suárez, Rodolfo Hernández
- **colour2**: F5EC49
- **party2**: Independent politician
- **running mate2**: Marelen Castillo
- **alliance2**: League of Anti-Corruption Governors, LIGA
- **home state2**: Santander Department, Santander
- **popular vote2**: 10,580,412
- **percentage2**: 47.31%
- **title**: President of Colombia, President
- **before election**: Iván Duque
- **before party**: Democratic Center (Colombia)
- **after election**: Gustavo Petro
- **after party**: Humane Colombia