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Sabanalarga — Mayor
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Colombia · Sabanalarga / Atlantico · municipal · MayorCO-ALC-08638
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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
- Sabanalarga / Atlantico
- Next election
- 2027-10-31
- Linked upcoming event
- next-137b461c683999b678cf3e2f
- 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
- COALICION POR LA ESPERANZA36.7%
- PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL COLOMBIANO22.3%
- MOVIMIENTO NUEVO LIBERALISMO17.5%
- SABANALARGA NOS UNE16.3%
- CEDE party code 202300032.6%
- PARTIDO POLITICO DIGNIDAD2.0%
- FUERZA CIUDADANA LA FUERZA DEL CAMBIO0.7%
- PARTIDO VERDE OXIGENO0.6%
- CEDE party code 202300060.4%
- MOVIMIENTO DE SALVACION NACIONAL - MSN0.3%
- CEDE party code 202300020.2%
- PARTIDO COLOMBIA RENACIENTE0.2%
- CEDE party code 202300010.1%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COALICION POR LA ESPERANZA · Jose Elias Chams Chams | 20230858colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 18,659 | 36.7% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL COLOMBIANO · Dagoberto De Jesus Barraza Sanjuan | 20030001colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 11,337 | 22.3% | Unknown | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO NUEVO LIBERALISMO · Libardo Moises Berdugo Bojanini | 19790001colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 8,885 | 17.5% | Unknown | Recorded |
| SABANALARGA NOS UNE · Jenner Gil Mejia Perez | 20231891colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 8,313 | 16.3% | Unknown | Recorded |
| CEDE party code 20230003 · Nestor Enrique Cardona Morales | 20230003colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 1,323 | 2.6% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO POLITICO DIGNIDAD · Edgardo Antonio Castro Salas | 20200001colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 1,017 | 2% | Unknown | Recorded |
| FUERZA CIUDADANA LA FUERZA DEL CAMBIO · Elsy Sofia Altamar Colon | 20150388colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 365 | 0.7% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO VERDE OXIGENO · Rafael Antonio Borge Salazar | 19980003colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 293 | 0.6% | Unknown | Recorded |
| CEDE party code 20230006 · Hermes Enrique Castellanos Olivares | 20230006colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 223 | 0.4% | Unknown | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO DE SALVACION NACIONAL - MSN · Eric Alberto Manotas Vasquez | 19900001colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 154 | 0.3% | Unknown | Recorded |
| CEDE party code 20230002 · Abel Antonio Cepeda Macias | 20230002colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 120 | 0.2% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO COLOMBIA RENACIENTE · Juan Jacobo Manotas Roa | 20180046colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 96 | 0.2% | Unknown | Recorded |
| CEDE party code 20230001 · Roberto Carlos Leon Peña | 20230001colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 76 | 0.1% | Unknown | Recorded |
2019
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL COLOMBIANO56.1%
- COALICION ALCALDIA DE SABANALARGA-ATL. PARTIDO LIBERAL - PARTIDO DE LA U - "ESTOY CON SABANALARGA PLAN DE TODOS"42.2%
- PARTIDO ALIANZA SOCIAL INDEPENDIENTE - ASI1.1%
- PARTIDO COLOMBIA HUMANA Y UNION PATRIOTICA0.4%
- PARTIDO ALIANZA VERDE0.3%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL COLOMBIANO · Jorge Luis Manotas Manotas | 20030001colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 30,076 | 56.1% | Unknown | Recorded |
| COALICION ALCALDIA DE SABANALARGA-ATL. PARTIDO LIBERAL - PARTIDO DE LA U - "ESTOY CON SABANALARGA PLAN DE TODOS" · Nini Yohana Cantillo Estrada | 20190383colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 22,625 | 42.2% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO ALIANZA SOCIAL INDEPENDIENTE - ASI · Indira Gonzalez Estrada | 19910006colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 575 | 1.1% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO COLOMBIA HUMANA Y UNION PATRIOTICA · Guillermo Ramirez Garcia | 20190033colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 197 | 0.4% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO ALIANZA VERDE · Francisco Guillermo Berdugo Rodriguez | 20090002colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 149 | 0.3% | Unknown | Recorded |
2015
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO LIBERAL COLOMBIANO56.1%
- PARTIDO CONSERVADOR COLOMBIANO34.9%
- PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL COLOMBIANO8.3%
- PARTIDO OPCION CIUDADANA0.4%
- UNION PATRIOTICA - UP0.3%
- PARTIDO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO - MANO FIRME CORAZON GRANDE0.0%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO LIBERAL COLOMBIANO · Jose Elias Chams Chams | 18480001colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 26,223 | 56.1% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO CONSERVADOR COLOMBIANO · Carlos Mario Zuluaga Pardo | 18490002colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 16,304 | 34.9% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL COLOMBIANO · Jorge Luis Manotas Manotas | 20030001colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 3,898 | 8.3% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO OPCION CIUDADANA · Rober Ernesto Sanjuan Pugliesse | 20090001colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 176 | 0.4% | Unknown | Recorded |
| UNION PATRIOTICA - UP · Ismael Alvarez Caballero | 19850001colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 157 | 0.3% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO - MANO FIRME CORAZON GRANDE · Retirado (A) | 20130001colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 19 | 0% | Unknown | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI25.370–100 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=14.396099172253788, oldest_gap=21.204865639096134, previous_gap=13.895416060572153
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility35.15percentage 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=[[0,0,0,22.290163386484732,0,0,0,0,0,0,77.70983661351528],[0,0,0,56.08891872738801,0,0.2778710230875387,1.0723210622505688,0,0,0,42.56088918727388],[34.854736302028776,56.05960194112491,0,8.333155183102807,0.04061825256001881,0,0,0,0,0,0.7118883211834877]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility90.95percentage 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=[[0,0,0,22.290163386484732,0,0,0,0,0,0,77.70983661351528],[0,0,0,56.08891872738801,0,0.2778710230875387,1.0723210622505688,0,0,0,42.56088918727388],[34.854736302028776,56.05960194112491,0,8.333155183102807,0.04061825256001881,0,0,0,0,0,0.7118883211834877]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility63.05percentage 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=[[0,0,0,22.290163386484732,0,0,0,0,0,0,77.70983661351528],[0,0,0,56.08891872738801,0,0.2778710230875387,1.0723210622505688,0,0,0,42.56088918727388],[34.854736302028776,56.05960194112491,0,8.333155183102807,0.04061825256001881,0,0,0,0,0,0.7118883211834877]]
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. “Sabanalarga — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CO-ALC-08638. Sources: colombia--url-44e0af24e3fef22401f2d269, colombia--url-f8cbad13a2c7112410d7a492, colombia--url-142631271ac95a7106b17681, colombia--Sdc3a3f1f89, colombia--S67eb704c85, colombia--S8164286948.