Office briefing
La Dorada — Mayor
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Colombia · La Dorada / Caldas · municipal · MayorCO-ALC-17380
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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
- La Dorada / Caldas
- Next election
- 2027-10-31
- Linked upcoming event
- next-6c1087196b14e26cc53337db
- 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
- LA FUERZA DE LAS IDEAS52.3%
- UNIDOS CON EL MISMO CORAZON37.4%
- JUNTOS POR LA DORADA7.4%
- G.S.C LIGA DE GOBERNANTES ANTICORRUPCION1.9%
- MOVIMIENTO POLITICO COLOMBIA HUMANA1.0%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA FUERZA DE LAS IDEAS · Jhon Freddy Saldaña Leopardo | 20231442colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 15,676 | 52.3% | Unknown | Recorded |
| UNIDOS CON EL MISMO CORAZON · Fabio De Jesus Moncada Melo | 20232150colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 11,223 | 37.4% | Unknown | Recorded |
| JUNTOS POR LA DORADA · Yuver Ramirez Quintero | 20231404colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 2,226 | 7.4% | Unknown | Recorded |
| G.S.C LIGA DE GOBERNANTES ANTICORRUPCION · Daniel Gabriel Gonzalez Guzman | 20191578colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 566 | 1.9% | Unknown | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO POLITICO COLOMBIA HUMANA · Jose Vicente Castellanos Lozano | 19690001colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 294 | 1% | Unknown | Recorded |
2019
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- COALICION ALCALDIA DE LA DORADA-CAL. MOVIMIENTO DEL PUEBLO POR LA DORADA Y PARTIDO AICO - "PARA RETOMAR EL RUMBO DE LA DORADA"30.4%
- PARTIDO ALIANZA SOCIAL INDEPENDIENTE - ASI24.6%
- COALICION ALCALDIA LA MERCED-CAL. PARTIDO CONSERVADOR Y PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL - "MERCEDEÑOS CONSTRUYAMOS UN MEJOR FUTURO"22.1%
- COALICION ALCALDIA DE LA DORADA-CAL. PARTIDO DE LA U Y PARTIDO ALIANZA VERDE12.6%
- G.S.C EN TUS ZAPATOS5.5%
- PARTIDO COLOMBIA JUSTA LIBRES2.0%
- COALICION ALCALDIA MARQUETALIA-CAL. PARTIDO AICO Y PARTIDO LIBERAL - "NUESTRA ALIANZA ES POR LA MARQUETALIA PROSPERA SOSTENIBLE Y EN EQUIDAD PARA TODOS"1.7%
- POLO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVO0.7%
- PARTIDO CONSERVADOR COLOMBIANO0.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COALICION ALCALDIA DE LA DORADA-CAL. MOVIMIENTO DEL PUEBLO POR LA DORADA Y PARTIDO AICO - "PARA RETOMAR EL RUMBO DE LA DORADA" · Cesar Arturo Alzate Montes | 20190539colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 8,987 | 30.4% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO ALIANZA SOCIAL INDEPENDIENTE - ASI · Jhon Freddy Saldaña Leopardo | 19910006colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 7,263 | 24.6% | Unknown | Recorded |
| COALICION ALCALDIA LA MERCED-CAL. PARTIDO CONSERVADOR Y PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL - "MERCEDEÑOS CONSTRUYAMOS UN MEJOR FUTURO" · William Fernan Oliveros Serrano | 20191908colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 6,516 | 22.1% | Unknown | Recorded |
| COALICION ALCALDIA DE LA DORADA-CAL. PARTIDO DE LA U Y PARTIDO ALIANZA VERDE · Jorge Alberto Tovar Beltran | 20190175colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 3,723 | 12.6% | Unknown | Recorded |
| G.S.C EN TUS ZAPATOS · Claudia Patricia Echeverry Bedoya | 20190174colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 1,634 | 5.5% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO COLOMBIA JUSTA LIBRES · Reinaldo Figueroa Malambo | 20170001colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 600 | 2% | Unknown | Recorded |
| COALICION ALCALDIA MARQUETALIA-CAL. PARTIDO AICO Y PARTIDO LIBERAL - "NUESTRA ALIANZA ES POR LA MARQUETALIA PROSPERA SOSTENIBLE Y EN EQUIDAD PARA TODOS" · Jhoel Amaury Palomino Carval | 20191909colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 489 | 1.7% | Unknown | Recorded |
| POLO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVO · Jose Vicente Castellanos Lozano | 20050001colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 198 | 0.7% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO CONSERVADOR COLOMBIANO · Rafael Antonio Cartagena Saenz | 18490002colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 106 | 0.4% | Unknown | Recorded |
2015
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL COLOMBIANO38.6%
- MOVIMIENTO POR EL PROGRESO DE LA DORADA34.4%
- PARTIDO LIBERAL COLOMBIANO16.6%
- PARTIDO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO - MANO FIRME CORAZON GRANDE8.5%
- PARTIDO ALIANZA SOCIAL INDEPENDIENTE - ASI1.1%
- POLO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVO0.8%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL COLOMBIANO · Diego Pineda Alvarez | 20030001colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 11,390 | 38.6% | Unknown | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO POR EL PROGRESO DE LA DORADA · Cesar Arturo Alzate Montes | 20150146colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 10,147 | 34.4% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO LIBERAL COLOMBIANO · Cristian Andres Valenzuela Monje | 18480001colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 4,885 | 16.6% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO - MANO FIRME CORAZON GRANDE · Luis Carlos Pineda Herrera | 20130001colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 2,493 | 8.5% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO ALIANZA SOCIAL INDEPENDIENTE - ASI · Ana Milena Yumayuza Cano | 19910006colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 333 | 1.1% | Unknown | Recorded |
| POLO DEMOCRATICO ALTERNATIVO · Jose Ramiro Camacho Bustos | 20050001colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 237 | 0.8% | Unknown | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI44.580–100 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=14.850758712689675, oldest_gap=4.215702899779544, previous_gap=5.840899850928309
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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=[null,[0.35912725301531373,0,0,0,0,0,24.60699281745494,0,0.6708226046889822,0,74.36305732484077],[0,16.56774631168391,0,38.629811768695944,8.45514668475496,0,1.1293878243174496,0,0.803798541631338,0,34.4141088689164]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility63.79percentage 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=[null,[0.35912725301531373,0,0,0,0,0,24.60699281745494,0,0.6708226046889822,0,74.36305732484077],[0,16.56774631168391,0,38.629811768695944,8.45514668475496,0,1.1293878243174496,0,0.803798541631338,0,34.4141088689164]]
pedersen volatility
Withheld volatilityUnknownpercentage 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=[null,[0.35912725301531373,0,0,0,0,0,24.60699281745494,0,0.6708226046889822,0,74.36305732484077],[0,16.56774631168391,0,38.629811768695944,8.45514668475496,0,1.1293878243174496,0,0.803798541631338,0,34.4141088689164]]
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. “La Dorada — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CO-ALC-17380. Sources: colombia--url-44e0af24e3fef22401f2d269, colombia--url-f8cbad13a2c7112410d7a492, colombia--url-142631271ac95a7106b17681, colombia--Sdc3a3f1f89, colombia--S67eb704c85, colombia--S8164286948.