2023 Colombian regional and municipal elections

2023 Colombian regional and municipal elections
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The 2023 Colombian regional and municipal elections were held on 29 October 2023.[1] 32 governors and departmental assemblies and 1,102 mayors were elected.[2]

Elections

Antioquia

Antioquia governor election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Center Andrés Julián Rendon[3] 944,239[4] 36.78 %
Independent Luis Pérez 597,667 23.28 %
Independent Luis Fernando Suárez 355,609 13.85 %
Independents Movement Esteban Restrepo 232,605 9.06 %
Independent Mauricio Tobon 55,137 2.14 %
Colombian Democratic Party Julián Bedoya 53,474 2.08 %
Conservative Juan Diego Gómez 33,776 1.31 %
Dignity Jorge Alberto Gómez 18,171 0.70 %
Independent Cristian Halaby 13,229 0.51 %
Robinson Giraldo 7,483 0.29 %
Invalid or blank votes 255,266 9.94 %
Total votes 2,566,656 89.44 %

Amazonas

Amazonas gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes %
Historic Pact Óscar Enrique Sánchez[5] 14,256[6] 45.30 %
Party of the U Octavio Benjumea 13,934 44.28 %
The Peace Force José Huber Araújo 2,271 7.21 %
Julio Cueva Márquez 140 0.44 %
Colombian Democratic Party Casimiro Cabrera 58 0.18 %
Invalid or blank votes 807 2.56 %
Total votes 31,466 96.28 %

Atlántico

Atlántico governor election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Eduardo Verano de la Rosa[7] 536,243[8] 48.75 %
Independent Alfredo Varela 337,005 30.64 %
Claudia Patiño 62,413 5.67 %
ADA Reymundo Marenco 17,669 1.60 %
MSN Juan José Acuña 12,289 1.11 %
Colombian Ecologist Party Edgar Manrique 8,404 0.76 %
Invalid or blank votes 125,774 11.43 %
Total votes 1,099,797 86.41 %

Bolivar

Bolivar governor election
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Yamil Arana[9] 598,679[10] 70.09 %
MSN Said Adechine 44,185 5.17 %
Colombian Democratic Party Yoland Wong 41,556 4.86 %
Dignity David Munera 15,682 1.83 %
LIGA Mary Luz Londoño 13,759 1.61 %
Independent German Zapata 13,684 1.60 %
Democratic Hope Lutterh Larios 7,676 0.89 %
ADA Luis Enrrique Florez 5,793 0.67 %
Colombian Ecologist Party Carlos Javier Ramos 4,746 0.55 %
Invalid or blank votes 108,356 12.68 %
Total votes 745,760 87.31 %

Cesar

Cesar governor election
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Elvia Sanjuan[11] 231,219[12] 44.13 %
Democratic Center Claudia Zuleta 183,583 35.03 %
Independent Katia Ospino 43,452 8.29 %
Historic Pact Alexander Pineda 27,804 5.30 %
Independent Antonio Sanguino 5,261 1.00 %
New Democratic Force Lineth Pana Torres 3,976 0.75 %
ASI Kaleb Villalobos 2,819 0.53 %
The Force of the Peace José Luis Mayorca 2,390 0.45 %
Colombian Democratic Party Luz Heli Villalobos 625 0.11 %
Invalid or blank votes 22,808 4.35 %
Total votes 501,129 95.64 %

Córdoba

Córdoba governor election
Party Candidate Votes %
Party of the U Erasmo Zuleta[13] 532,009[14] 61.03 %
Humane Colombia Gabriel Calle 271,891 31.19 %
Independent Juan de la Cruz Martínez 13,360 1.53 %
ADA Angélica Verbel 9,073 1.04 %
Independent Ciro de León 7,643 0.87 %
Invalid or blank votes 37,649 4.31 %
Total votes 833,976 95.68 %

Guajira

Guajira governor election
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Jairo Alfonso Aguilar[15] 187,897[16] 57.82 %
Independent Jimmy Boscan 87,841 27.03 %
Independent Laura Andriolis 20,833 6.41 %
Historic Pact Wilmer Navarro 8,346 2.56 %
Invalid or blank votes 20,045 6.16 %
Total votes 304,917 93.83 %

Magdalena

Magdalena governor election
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Rafael Martínez[17] 306,057[18] 50.75 %
Independent Mallath Martínez 102,647 17.02 %
Independent Franklin Lozano 96,384 15.98 %
Independent Edgardo Pérez 38,697 6.41 %
Independent Edward Torres 12,438 2.06 %
Independent Martha Altahona 3,679 0.61 %
Independent Oscar Sininng 1,960 0.32 %
Invalid or blank votes 41,110 6.81 %
Total votes 561,862 93.18 %

Sucre

Sucre governor election
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Lucy Inés García[19] 221,492[20] 45.87 %
On Going Mario Fernández Alcocer 200,984 41.62 %
Green Alliance Juan David Diaz 13,422 2.77 %
Humane Colombia Remberto Benítez 6,483 1.34 %
PDA Enoc Miranda 5,203 1.07 %
Patriotic Union (Colombia) Inge Rodriguez 3,239 0.67 %
Resurgent Colombia Iván Feris 2,445 0.50 %
Colombian Ecologist Party Julio Miguel Guerra 1,340 0.27 %
Colombian Democratic Party Enrique Ledesma 1,175 0.24 %
Invalid or blank votes 27,037 5.59 %
Total votes 482,820 87.91 %

References

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