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Former rebel, conservative secure Colombian presidential nominations

Former rebel Gustavo Petro and conservative Ivan Duque won the Colombian primaries on March 11, emerging as the presidential candidates of the left- and right-wing coalitions, respectively, Reuters reported.

Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement who had served as mayor of Bogota, garnered 2.7 million votes beating fellow leftist Carlos Caicedo for their coalition's nomination.

Duque, who has the backing of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, defeated right-wing bets Marta Lucia Ramirez and Alejandro Ordonez after getting more than 3.9 million votes.

Colombia will hold its first round of presidential elections on May 27, with former Medellin mayor Sergio Fajardo and former vice president German Vargas Lleras also running as candidates to replace President Juan Manuel Santos, whose term ends in August, according to Reuters and BBC News.

The country also held its congressional elections on March 11; no party won a majority in either the Senate or the lower house. The three biggest right-wing parties won 50 of the Senate's 102 seats, BBC News reported. Duque's Democratic Center got 19 seats in the upper chamber and 33 seats in the lower house.