According to a survey conducted between September 2021 and April 2022, Gustavo Petro consolidated his position as the most preferred candidate for the Colombian presidential elections of May 29, 2022. In the span of eight months, the voting intention for the founding leader of the left political organization Colombia Humana grew by 21 percentage points, from 17 to 38 percent. The candidate of the conservative coalition Coalición Equipo por Colombia, Federico Gutiérrez, went from a voting intention of four percent in September 2021 to 24 percent in the latest survey. It is worth noticing that about eight percent of Colombians intended to cast a blank vote.
Evolution of voting intention of most preferred candidates in Colombia from September 2021 to April 2022
4,599 residents in municipalities who intended to vote*
Age group
18 years and older
Method of interview
Face-to-face interview
Supplementary notes
*For the latest survey.
The original questions was phrased as follows: "Si las elecciones a la Presidencia fueran el domingo y los candidatos fueran los que están en la tarjeta, ¿por cuál de ellos votaría?"
Results prior to March 2021 were extracted from previous surveys. Only results from the survey carried out in March 18 were included.
Only most preferred candidates were included. Candidates with a small share and the options "other", "blank", "none" and "do not know/answer" were excluded.
The figures of March and April were rounded to continue the format of former surveys.
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Centro Nacional de Consultoría. (April 21, 2022). Evolution of voting intention of most preferred candidates in Colombia from September 2021 to April 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294244/evolution-voting-intention-if-elections-were-tomorrow-colombia/
Centro Nacional de Consultoría. "Evolution of voting intention of most preferred candidates in Colombia from September 2021 to April 2022." Chart. April 21, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294244/evolution-voting-intention-if-elections-were-tomorrow-colombia/
Centro Nacional de Consultoría. (2022). Evolution of voting intention of most preferred candidates in Colombia from September 2021 to April 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294244/evolution-voting-intention-if-elections-were-tomorrow-colombia/
Centro Nacional de Consultoría. "Evolution of Voting Intention of Most Preferred Candidates in Colombia from September 2021 to April 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294244/evolution-voting-intention-if-elections-were-tomorrow-colombia/
Centro Nacional de Consultoría, Evolution of voting intention of most preferred candidates in Colombia from September 2021 to April 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294244/evolution-voting-intention-if-elections-were-tomorrow-colombia/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Evolution of voting intention of most preferred candidates in Colombia from September 2021 to April 2022 [Graph], Centro Nacional de Consultoría, April 21, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294244/evolution-voting-intention-if-elections-were-tomorrow-colombia/
