Office briefing
San Jose — Mayor
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Colombia · San Jose / Caldas · municipal · MayorCO-ALC-17665
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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
- San Jose / Caldas
- Next election
- 2027-10-31
- Linked upcoming event
- next-8c6a6321b7fe83cb7a576ce0
- 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
- UNIDOS SOMOS MAS54.5%
- COALICION PARTIDO CONSERVADOR COLOMBIANO - AGRUPACION POLITICA EN MARCHA45.5%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIDOS SOMOS MAS · Jorge Andres Henao Castaño | 20232272colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 1,855 | 54.5% | Unknown | Recorded |
| COALICION PARTIDO CONSERVADOR COLOMBIANO - AGRUPACION POLITICA EN MARCHA · Anyelo Parra Quiroz | 20230411colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 1,550 | 45.5% | Unknown | Recorded |
2019
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO CONSERVADOR COLOMBIANO50.9%
- COALICION ALCALDIA DE SAN JOSE-CAL. PARTIDO LIBERAL Y PARTIDO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO - "JUNTOS SI PODEMOS CON SENTIDO DE PERTENENCIA"27.5%
- PARTIDO SOCIAL DE UNIDAD NACIONAL - PARTIDO DE LA U18.3%
- PARTIDO ALIANZA VERDE3.3%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO CONSERVADOR COLOMBIANO · Cristian Camilo Alzate Castañeda | 18490002colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 1,584 | 50.9% | Unknown | Recorded |
| COALICION ALCALDIA DE SAN JOSE-CAL. PARTIDO LIBERAL Y PARTIDO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO - "JUNTOS SI PODEMOS CON SENTIDO DE PERTENENCIA" · Leonardo Fabio Garcia Flores | 20190548colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 856 | 27.5% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIAL DE UNIDAD NACIONAL - PARTIDO DE LA U · Gilma Iglesias Rendon | 20050002colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 569 | 18.3% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO ALIANZA VERDE · Gloria Estella Rave Clavijo | 20090002colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 102 | 3.3% | Unknown | Recorded |
2015
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- PARTIDO CONSERVADOR COLOMBIANO35.5%
- COALICION ALCALDIA DE SAN JOSE-CALD. PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL Y PARTIDO DE LA U - QUIERO A SAN JOSE33.3%
- PARTIDO LIBERAL COLOMBIANO30.5%
- PARTIDO OPCION CIUDADANA0.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARTIDO CONSERVADOR COLOMBIANO · Norbey De Jesus Ospina Castaño | 18490002colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 1,153 | 35.5% | Unknown | Recorded |
| COALICION ALCALDIA DE SAN JOSE-CALD. PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL Y PARTIDO DE LA U - QUIERO A SAN JOSE · Jorge Andres Henao Castaño | 20150150colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 1,081 | 33.3% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO LIBERAL COLOMBIANO · Leonardo Fabio Garcia Flores | 18480001colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 992 | 30.5% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO OPCION CIUDADANA · Octavio De Jesus Jimenez Gonzalez | 20090001colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 23 | 0.7% | Unknown | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI36.920–100 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=8.957415565345087, oldest_gap=2.21606648199446, previous_gap=23.40083574413372
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,[50.916104146576664,0,18.289938926390228,0,0,3.278688524590164,0,0,0,0,27.515268402442945],[35.48784241305017,30.532471529701446,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33.97968605724838]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility37percentage 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,[50.916104146576664,0,18.289938926390228,0,0,3.278688524590164,0,0,0,0,27.515268402442945],[35.48784241305017,30.532471529701446,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33.97968605724838]]
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,[50.916104146576664,0,18.289938926390228,0,0,3.278688524590164,0,0,0,0,27.515268402442945],[35.48784241305017,30.532471529701446,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,33.97968605724838]]
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. “San Jose — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CO-ALC-17665. Sources: colombia--url-44e0af24e3fef22401f2d269, colombia--url-f8cbad13a2c7112410d7a492, colombia--url-142631271ac95a7106b17681, colombia--Sdc3a3f1f89, colombia--S67eb704c85, colombia--S8164286948.