Today, Colombians went to the polls in the first round of presidential elections. Up until last week, it was expected that the Green candidate, Antanas Mockus, would make a strong showing, strong enough to win the second round and become the world's first Green head of state. Unfortunately, things didn't work out like that:
Former Colombian Defence Minister Juan Manuel Santos has won the first round of the country's presidential election.So the polls, which have been consistently reporting Santos and Mockus neck-in-neck, were horribly wrong. Those polling companies should really be looking at their methodology.With almost all the ballots counted, Mr Santos - who is supported by popular incumbent Alvaro Uribe - is credited with about 47% of the vote.
His main rival, Antanas Mockus of the Green Party, achieved 21%.
Although Mr Santos failed to win outright, he is expected to get the support of some defeated candidates and to win the 20 June run-off.
