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