Office briefing
Galapa — Mayor
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Colombia · Galapa / Atlantico · municipal · MayorCO-ALC-08296
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Expected ordinary election on the last Sunday of October; formal call and 2027 roster require refresh. CEDE/Registraduría ordinary returns V2. Shares exclude blank and invalid ballots. Changing coalition labels and current control are not harmonized. Repeats, annulments and opposition-seat acceptance require certification review.
1. What office, where, and when is the next election?
- Geography
- Galapa / Atlantico
- Next election
- 2027-10-31
- Linked upcoming event
- next-e1382edf4c1a9ecf2be1935d
- Registry qualification
- Unknown
2. How certain is that date?
2027-10-31 is expected (not formally called). Day precision. A date without a formal call is not confirmed.
3. Who won earlier selected elections?
2023
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- MOVIMIENTO ALTERNATIVO INDIGENA Y SOCIAL - MAIS50.3%
- UNIDOS PODEMOS45.6%
- INDEPENDIENTES2.7%
- G.S.C LIGA DE GOBERNANTES ANTICORRUPCION1.2%
- MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA DEMOCRATICA AFROCOLOMBIANA - ADA - MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA DEMOCRATICA AMPLIA0.2%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOVIMIENTO ALTERNATIVO INDIGENA Y SOCIAL - MAIS · Fabian Alberto Bonett Berdugo | 20130002colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 14,786 | 50.3% | Unknown | Recorded |
| UNIDOS PODEMOS · Carmiña Maria Navarro De La Hoz | 20150259colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 13,409 | 45.6% | Unknown | Recorded |
| INDEPENDIENTES · Mauricio De Jesus Misol Yepes | 20190087colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 796 | 2.7% | Unknown | Recorded |
| G.S.C LIGA DE GOBERNANTES ANTICORRUPCION · Guisell Elvira Bonilla De La Cruz | 20191578colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 342 | 1.2% | Unknown | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA DEMOCRATICA AFROCOLOMBIANA - ADA - MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA DEMOCRATICA AMPLIA · Jose Gregorio Gutierrez Paguena | 20180047colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 52 | 0.2% | Unknown | Recorded |
2019
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- COALICION ALCALDIA DE GALAPA-ATL. PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL - PARTIDO LIBERAL - PARTIDO CONSERVADOR Y PARTIDO DE LA U - "GALAPA A OTRO NIVEL"50.7%
- MOVIMIENTO ALTERNATIVO INDIGENA Y SOCIAL - MAIS40.5%
- PARTIDO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO - MANO FIRME CORAZON GRANDE3.7%
- PARTIDO ALIANZA VERDE2.0%
- PARTIDO COLOMBIA RENACIENTE1.6%
- PARTIDO COLOMBIA HUMANA Y UNION PATRIOTICA1.1%
- PARTIDO DE REIVINDICACION ETNICA - PRE0.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COALICION ALCALDIA DE GALAPA-ATL. PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL - PARTIDO LIBERAL - PARTIDO CONSERVADOR Y PARTIDO DE LA U - "GALAPA A OTRO NIVEL" · Jose Fernando Vargas Muñoz | 20190406colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 12,369 | 50.7% | Unknown | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO ALTERNATIVO INDIGENA Y SOCIAL - MAIS · Fabian Alberto Bonett Berdugo | 20130002colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 9,885 | 40.5% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO - MANO FIRME CORAZON GRANDE · Alfredo De Jesus Ortiz Ortiz | 20130001colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 913 | 3.7% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO ALIANZA VERDE · Jairo Joaquin Avendaño Leyva | 20090002colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 487 | 2% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO COLOMBIA RENACIENTE · Rafael David Patiño Marenco | 20180046colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 384 | 1.6% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO COLOMBIA HUMANA Y UNION PATRIOTICA · Orlando Bernardo Romo Nieto | 20190033colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 263 | 1.1% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO DE REIVINDICACION ETNICA - PRE · Carlos Arturo Romero Rubiano | 20180004colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 109 | 0.4% | Unknown | Recorded |
2015
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL COLOMBIANO56.3%
- PARTIDO SOCIAL DE UNIDAD NACIONAL - PARTIDO DE LA U41.8%
- PARTIDO CONSERVADOR COLOMBIANO1.0%
- POLO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVO0.9%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL COLOMBIANO · Jose Fernando Vargas Muñoz | 20030001colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 12,224 | 56.3% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIAL DE UNIDAD NACIONAL - PARTIDO DE LA U · Regulo Pascual Matera Garcia | 20050002colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 9,086 | 41.8% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO CONSERVADOR COLOMBIANO · Federman Polanco Klever | 18490002colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 208 | 1% | Unknown | Recorded |
| POLO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVO · Luis Carlos Oquendo Carrillo | 20050001colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 205 | 0.9% | Unknown | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI63.450–100 historical closeness
Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Provisional imported-series comparison; actual-event review open
Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=4.6860643185298585, oldest_gap=14.44551857478249, previous_gap=10.176157312576812
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility9.82percentage points
Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Ten exact standalone national-party labels. Mixed coalitions, unidentified CEDE codes and other lists stay Other. Changes in coalition participation are not resolved into constituent-party votes. Geographic and actual-event audits remain open. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Latest interval
Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["Conservador","Liberal","La U","Cambio Radical","Centro Democratico","Alianza Verde","ASI","MAIS","Polo","AICO","Other"], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,50.31818955249277,0,0,49.68181044750724],[0,0,0,0,3.740270380991397,1.9950839819746007,0,40.49569848422777,0,0,53.76894715280623],[0.9575104727707959,0,41.82663536343967,56.27215393822216,0,0,0,0,0.943700225567371,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility100percentage points
Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Ten exact standalone national-party labels. Mixed coalitions, unidentified CEDE codes and other lists stay Other. Changes in coalition participation are not resolved into constituent-party votes. Geographic and actual-event audits remain open. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Previous interval
Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["Conservador","Liberal","La U","Cambio Radical","Centro Democratico","Alianza Verde","ASI","MAIS","Polo","AICO","Other"], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,50.31818955249277,0,0,49.68181044750724],[0,0,0,0,3.740270380991397,1.9950839819746007,0,40.49569848422777,0,0,53.76894715280623],[0.9575104727707959,0,41.82663536343967,56.27215393822216,0,0,0,0,0.943700225567371,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility54.91percentage points
Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Ten exact standalone national-party labels. Mixed coalitions, unidentified CEDE codes and other lists stay Other. Changes in coalition participation are not resolved into constituent-party votes. Geographic and actual-event audits remain open. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete
Comparison status: Both intervals mean
Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["Conservador","Liberal","La U","Cambio Radical","Centro Democratico","Alianza Verde","ASI","MAIS","Polo","AICO","Other"], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,50.31818955249277,0,0,49.68181044750724],[0,0,0,0,3.740270380991397,1.9950839819746007,0,40.49569848422777,0,0,53.76894715280623],[0.9575104727707959,0,41.82663536343967,56.27215393822216,0,0,0,0,0.943700225567371,0,0]]
Source-reported control: Unverified. Current tenure requires separate dated evidence.
5. Officeholder evidence
Dated roster observations are not automatically current tenure. The source current-office flag means this office is tracked now, not that the last winner still holds it.
No officeholder observation supplied.
6. Polling context
No local poll supplied.
National context is listed on the polling page. It is not a local forecast.
7. Unresolved issues and sources
Expected ordinary election on the last Sunday of October; formal call and 2027 roster require refresh. CEDE/Registraduría ordinary returns V2. Shares exclude blank and invalid ballots. Changing coalition labels and current control are not harmonized. Repeats, annulments and opposition-seat acceptance require certification review. Six 2023 assemblies remain absent: Amazonas, Guainía, Huila, Risaralda, Vaupés and Vichada. Cali’s 37 JAL boards and dated membership rosters are registered; the national JAL register, three-cycle votes and replacement-event final returns remain incomplete. Twenty mixed-list-type histories, Bogotá and Cali 2015 partial counts and candidate/elected-flag inconsistencies require reconciliation. The national historical portal rejected this browser through security screening. Full legal seat allocation is separate from candidate flags and directory headcounts.
Sources
- Colombia: https://doi.org/10.71590/R2KLKI/BWJDHW · rights unknown
- Colombia: https://doi.org/10.71590/R2KLKI/QVG0NB · rights unknown
- Colombia: https://doi.org/10.71590/R2KLKI/UJ4B6K · rights unknown
- Colombia: CEDE Colombia 2023 alcaldia · rights unknown
- Colombia: CEDE Colombia 2019 alcaldia · rights unknown
- Colombia: CEDE Colombia 2015 alcaldia · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “Galapa — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CO-ALC-08296. Sources: colombia--url-44e0af24e3fef22401f2d269, colombia--url-f8cbad13a2c7112410d7a492, colombia--url-142631271ac95a7106b17681, colombia--Sdc3a3f1f89, colombia--S67eb704c85, colombia--S8164286948.