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Office briefing

Tota — Mayor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Colombia · Tota / Boyaca · municipal · MayorCO-ALC-15822

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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
Tota / Boyaca
Next election
2027-10-31
Linked upcoming event
next-24e24ca3a767a6603dc3d6d9
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 ALCALDIA DE TOTA-BOY. PARTIDO ALIANZA VERDE Y PARTIDO DE LA U - "TEJIENDO DESARROLLO"39.4%
  • JUNTOS SEMBRAMOS CONFIANZA Y ESPERANZA39.2%
  • PARTIDO POLITICO DIGNIDAD17.1%
  • MOVIMIENTO ALTERNATIVO INDIGENA Y SOCIAL - MAIS4.3%
Results for event-36c540177b47c31fc19964e2
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
COALICION ALCALDIA DE TOTA-BOY. PARTIDO ALIANZA VERDE Y PARTIDO DE LA U - "TEJIENDO DESARROLLO" · Diana Elizabeth Riaño Chaparro20191892colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/20231,42939.4%UnknownRecorded
JUNTOS SEMBRAMOS CONFIANZA Y ESPERANZA · Geyman Hernan Cardozo Pulido20231420colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/20231,42539.2%UnknownRecorded
PARTIDO POLITICO DIGNIDAD · Cristian Fabian Martinez Cabezas20200001colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/202362017.1%UnknownRecorded
MOVIMIENTO ALTERNATIVO INDIGENA Y SOCIAL - MAIS · Nixon Giovanni Riaño Rojas20130002colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/20231574.3%UnknownRecorded

2019

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • COALICION ALCALDIA DE TOTOA-BOY. PARTIDO LIBERAL - PARTIDO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO - PARTIDO CONSERVADOR Y ALIANZA SOCIAL INDEPENDIENTE - "TOTA POR UN FUTURO PROACTIVO"66.4%
  • COALICION ALCALDIA DE TOTA-BOY. PARTIDO ALIANZA VERDE Y PARTIDO DE LA U - "TEJIENDO DESARROLLO"33.2%
  • COALICION ALCALDIA DE TOTA-BOY. MOVIMIENTO MAIS Y PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL - "EXPERIENCIA MAS CARISMA IGUAL RESULTADOS"0.4%
Results for event-85988e42042d19bc2238bb73
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
COALICION ALCALDIA DE TOTOA-BOY. PARTIDO LIBERAL - PARTIDO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO - PARTIDO CONSERVADOR Y ALIANZA SOCIAL INDEPENDIENTE - "TOTA POR UN FUTURO PROACTIVO" · Eriverto Cruz Riaño20191894colombia/S67eb704c85/20192,13566.4%UnknownRecorded
COALICION ALCALDIA DE TOTA-BOY. PARTIDO ALIANZA VERDE Y PARTIDO DE LA U - "TEJIENDO DESARROLLO" · Diana Elizabeth Riaño Chaparro20191892colombia/S67eb704c85/20191,06733.2%UnknownRecorded
COALICION ALCALDIA DE TOTA-BOY. MOVIMIENTO MAIS Y PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL - "EXPERIENCIA MAS CARISMA IGUAL RESULTADOS" · Pedro Dirso Martinez Joya20191893colombia/S67eb704c85/2019120.4%UnknownRecorded

2015

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDOS DEJAREMOS HUELLA57.4%
  • COALICION ALCALDIA DE TOTA. PARTIDO LIBERAL Y PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL41.1%
  • PARTIDO OPCION CIUDADANA1.0%
  • PARTIDO ALIANZA SOCIAL INDEPENDIENTE - ASI0.4%
Results for event-84dd9119359539cd0df6750c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDOS DEJAREMOS HUELLA · Edgar Antonio Moreno Chaparro20150136colombia/S8164286948/20151,75457.4%UnknownRecorded
COALICION ALCALDIA DE TOTA. PARTIDO LIBERAL Y PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL · Eriverto Cruz Riaño20150137colombia/S8164286948/20151,25641.1%UnknownRecorded
PARTIDO OPCION CIUDADANA · Luis Alfonso Martinez Santos20090001colombia/S8164286948/2015311%UnknownRecorded
PARTIDO ALIANZA SOCIAL INDEPENDIENTE - ASI · Segundo Belarmino Martinez Martinez19910006colombia/S8164286948/2015130.4%UnknownRecorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

41.670–100 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=0.11016248967226261, oldest_gap=16.30648330058939, previous_gap=33.22962041070318

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this 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=[[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4.323877719636464,0,0,95.67612228036353],null,[0,0,0,0,0,0,0.4256712508185986,0,0,0,99.5743287491814]]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this 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=[[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4.323877719636464,0,0,95.67612228036353],null,[0,0,0,0,0,0,0.4256712508185986,0,0,0,99.5743287491814]]

pedersen volatility

Withheld volatility

Unknownpercentage 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 · Comparable grouped vectors unavailable for this interval

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=[[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4.323877719636464,0,0,95.67612228036353],null,[0,0,0,0,0,0,0.4256712508185986,0,0,0,99.5743287491814]]

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

    Cite this record

    Center for Digital Democracy. “Tota — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CO-ALC-15822. Sources: colombia--url-44e0af24e3fef22401f2d269, colombia--url-f8cbad13a2c7112410d7a492, colombia--url-142631271ac95a7106b17681, colombia--Sdc3a3f1f89, colombia--S67eb704c85, colombia--S8164286948.