Colombia's far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella has won the presidential runoff, according to preliminary results announced yesterday by the national electoral authority. But according to France 24, the race faces a formal challenge: his left-wing rival, Ivan Cepeda, says his campaign will contest the results across all thirty-three thousand polling stations during the official count. The outcome of Colombia's tightly contested election may now hinge on this verification process.

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