(CNN Spanish) — The first poll following the first presidential round in Colombia gives a fairly tight picture in the final elections on June 19.
A survey of National Consulting Center for the Colombian media CM& gives a technical tie in voting intention between the presidential candidates Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández, who passed to the second round this Sunday.
Hernández obtained 41% in voting intention compared to 39% of what Petro obtained. The blank vote had 5% and the undecided scored 14%. 1% of respondents would not vote for any, according to the results.
The margin of error of the survey is 2.8% and 95% confidence.
Following Sunday’s electoral patterns, Hernández is stronger than Petro in regions such as the Eje Cafetero and Antioquia, (54% vs. 26%); the center-east of the country (51% vs. 23%) and the center-south of the country (46% vs. 34%).
Petro, on the other hand, has an advantage over Hernández in Bogotá (49% vs. 39%); in the Caribbean region (48% vs. 33%) and in the Colombian Pacific (57% vs. 23%).
In demographic data of the survey, the inhabitants of higher strata would vote more for Rodolfo Hernández than for Gustavo Petro (52% vs. 40%), while those of the middle stratum prefer Petro. Among the low-stratum respondents there is a technical tie: 40% Hernández vs. 39% Petro).
Left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro won the majority of votes in the first round with just over 8.5 million in favor. Hernández, who calls himself an ‘outsider’ and gained strength in the last weeks before the elections, obtained 5.9 million votes, beating better-known candidates such as Federico Gutiérrez and Sergio Fajardo.
