Foreign voting begins for the second presidential round in Colombia

Published at: 15/06/2026 01:06 PM

Election day for the second round of the presidential elections in Colombia formally began this Monday, with the start of voting abroad. The process, which began with the first registered suffrage in the city of Auckland, New Zealand, allows nearly 1,400,000 citizens authorized by the National Registrar's Office to exercise their right to vote in diplomatic and consular offices distributed worldwide.

For this decisive phase of the ballot, which will end on June 21, the Colombian Government has arranged a total of 253 seats and 2,181 voting stations in various countries. In order to ensure the transparency and fluidity of the process, the Foreign Ministry has installed a Unified Command Post (PMU) in the San Carlos Palace, where representatives of electoral bodies, the Ministry of the Interior and various supervisory institutions carry out permanent monitoring, accompanied by observation missions from the European Union and the OAS.

This final stretch of the race comes after a weekend marked by the candidates' campaign closures. Iván Cepeda culminated his proselytizing activities with mass events in Bogotá and Bucaramanga, where he reaffirmed his proposal to deepen social policies, strengthen environmental protection and deepen the protection of justice.

For his part, the candidate Abelardo de la Espriella closed his campaign in Buga, Valle del Cauca, presenting a program aimed at reducing the size of the State, the application of austerity measures, the privatization of strategic sectors and the expansion of extractive activity.

Overseas voters will have the entire week, depending on the time zones of each jurisdiction, to go to the polls and participate in the definition of the country's next president, in an election that presents diametrically opposed visions of a country for the nation.

Mazo News Team