Polls close as vote count begins in Colombia's presidential runoff
June 21 at 20:30
Colombia
June 21 at 20:30
June 21 at 20:30 GMT +00:00
Colombia, Bogota
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Live from Bogota as polling stations close across Colombia on Sunday, June 21, bringing voting to an end in the presidential runoff between Abelardo De La Espriella and Ivan Cepeda.
The runoff follows the first round of voting on May 31, after no candidate secured the majority needed to win outright.
More than 41 million Colombians were eligible to cast ballots in the election.
Preliminary results are expected throughout the evening as election officials begin the manual count.