The political landscape in Colombia is being recomposed.
The left-wing coalition made a historic breakthrough in Sunday's legislative elections, according to partial official results published in the evening and covering 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 formations, Conservatives and Liberals.
Rout of the ruling party
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 "Democratic Center", a 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 House. deputies.
"The Historic Pact has obtained 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 at the national level, as representative of the left in the presidential election on May 29.
"We are on the verge of winning the presidency in the first round", even predicted Gustavo Petro.
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