The memes of Sergio Fajardo and Fico for their physical resemblance that caused doubts at the polls

Last Sunday's election day left unexpected results, called for attention due to alleged lack of guarantees on the part of the Registrar's Office and even allegations of possible acts of fraud in various parts of the country; but nevertheless, memes were an essential element to bring, in a pleasant way, the tension experienced both in the polling stations and on social networks.

It was precisely there that the scene of reactions to the presidential pre-candidates who won in their respective coalitions, Gustavo Petro, Federico Gutiérrez and Sergio Fajardo, and the latter two starred in several memes because of their physical resemblance.

Many memes were seen on Twitter where several users showed strategies to avoid confusing the candidates when voting for one of them or to identify them in the upcoming debates.

And as expected, in the middle of election day, even the great humor didn't let the moment pass to shoot the candidates. This was the case with 'Tola and Maruja', stating that “Several voting juries told us that there were many people who voted for Fico believing it was Fajardo. The National Electoral Council must motivate one of the two.”

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They even made a comparison of the people of Antioquia with 'Mau and Ricky' Montaner, who also have a great physical resemblance.

The comments got out of control and even involved singer Lucas Arnau in the matter, assuming that he is also assimilated to the two candidates.

And in the middle of the elections, several played unsuspecting by asking if Fajardo and Gutiérrez were not the same person, and several took the opportunity to shine the meme where 'Fico' is called 'Nealiberal'.

There was no shortage of users who related the similarity between the two figures to the confusion that many have - especially the most inexperienced in the market - to differentiate between cilantro and parsley. Clearly, this was one of the prominent memes about Fico and the candidate of the Esperanza Center Coalition.

And if many confuse cilantro with parsley, no wonder they also confuse Gutiérrez with Fajardo.

Other users asked that either of them cut their hair to stop confusing them. Could it be that it is a competition between the two to see who lets their hair grow the most? It is not known, but what is true is that precisely this is an element that assimilates them both.

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In the Team for Colombia coalition, where Federico Gutiérrez was, the difference became more evident, as the former mayor of Medellín drew 2,160,329 votes, sweeping the second, Alex Char, who gathered a total of 706,587 votes. On the side of Centro Esperanza, the day on Sunday the 13th was experienced with greater tension, since at first, Carlos Amaya was leading, according to the first reports of the Registrar's Office; but later, Juan Manuel Galán topped the list, only momentarily.

Finally, Fajardo managed to gain the upper hand but with a narrow margin: less than 300,000 votes differed between him and Galán, each reaching 723,084 and 486,808 votes, respectively. In fact, on Twitter the name Amaya was trending for several hours because of her surprising leadership in the early hours of the vote count; however, she placed third in the coalition, with a total of 451,122 votes obtained.

The big surprise was Alejandro Gaviria, who burned with just 336,385 votes and not to mention Jorge Robledo, who reached 161,176 votes.

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