(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Gota may 26 (qna) - official results from colombia's presidential election say the incumbent president juan manuel santos will face his main rival oscar zuluaga in a run-off next month.
neither of the two centre-right candidates secured more than 50% of votes needed to avoid a second round.
the election could decide whether peace talks with farc rebels will continue.
santos supports them as the best way to end colombia's 50-year civil war but zuluaga prefers a tougher line.
with 99.57% of the votes counted zuluaga won the first round with 29.27% followed by santos with 25.63%. the other three candidates trailed at least 10 percentage points behind the (bbc) reported.
zuluaga needed 50% plus 1 vote to win outright and will now face santos who finished second in a june 15 run-off election. (qna)
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