The Colombian plebiscite on
whether to move forward with the peace accord reached between the
government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia has been rejected by voters.
The "No" won by a narrow
margin, with 50.21 percent to 49.78 percent for the "Yes"
vote. The difference was a half of a percentage point against the
peace accord.
The "No" had 6,431,376
votes to 6,377,482 votes for the "Yes."
Voter turnout was very low, under
40 percent, with only 13 million of the 35 million eligible voters
making it to the polls.
The surprising results—which
went against all exit polls that had the "Yes" vote winning
easily—are showing that the areas most affected by the conflict
have overwhelmingly voted "Yes" for peace. For example in
the heavily affected area of Choco, with 95 percent of the vote
counted, 79 percent voted "Yes." The Caribbean provinces
have also voted "Yes."
In the capital of Bogota, the
"Yes" vote won by 56 percent to 44 percent for the "No"
vote.
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