Colombian conflict victims will head to Congress after Sunday vote

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombians from areas hard hit by nearly six decades of fighting will for the first time on Sunday elect victims of the conflict to serve as special lawmakers in Congress, fulfilling part of the terms of a 2016 peace accord.

Nearly 39 million people are eligible to vote in contests to fill 108 Senate and 187 lower house seats, as well as participate in one of three primaries for presidential candidates ahead of a May vote for the country's new leader.