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Popayan — Mayor
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Colombia · Popayan / Cauca · municipal · MayorCO-ALC-19001
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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
- Popayan / Cauca
- Next election
- 2027-10-31
- Linked upcoming event
- next-9abb7bc181999f921bec6114
- 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
- ALIANZA CON POPAYAN28.7%
- PACTO HISTORICO28.1%
- PARTIDO CONSERVADOR COLOMBIANO23.6%
- CEDE party code 202300016.3%
- PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL COLOMBIANO3.4%
- PARTIDO SOCIAL DE UNIDAD NACIONAL - PARTIDO DE LA U3.1%
- COALICION DESPIERTA POPAYAN2.9%
- CEDE party code 202300041.6%
- MOVIMIENTO DE SALVACION NACIONAL - MSN0.8%
- MOVIMIENTO NUEVA FUERZA DEMOCRATICA0.5%
- FUERZA CIUDADANA LA FUERZA DEL CAMBIO0.4%
- PARTIDO COLOMBIA RENACIENTE0.4%
- CEDE party code 202300020.2%
- PARTIDO VERDE OXIGENO0.1%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALIANZA CON POPAYAN · Juan Carlos Muñoz Bravo | 20230052colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 36,917 | 28.7% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PACTO HISTORICO · Jose Luis Diago Franco | 20231615colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 36,155 | 28.1% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO CONSERVADOR COLOMBIANO · Diana Nelly Fuentes Meneses | 18490002colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 30,419 | 23.6% | Unknown | Recorded |
| CEDE party code 20230001 · Oscar Ospina Quintero | 20230001colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 8,052 | 6.3% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO CAMBIO RADICAL COLOMBIANO · Fabian De Jesus Naranjo Narvaez | 20030001colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 4,396 | 3.4% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIAL DE UNIDAD NACIONAL - PARTIDO DE LA U · Diana Patricia Grueso Zuñiga | 20050002colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 3,988 | 3.1% | Unknown | Recorded |
| COALICION DESPIERTA POPAYAN · Jorge Eliecer Constain Dorado | 20230751colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 3,761 | 2.9% | Unknown | Recorded |
| CEDE party code 20230004 · Pablo Andres Parra Solano | 20230004colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 2,053 | 1.6% | Unknown | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO DE SALVACION NACIONAL - MSN · Maria Fernanda Varona Taborda | 19900001colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 980 | 0.8% | Unknown | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO NUEVA FUERZA DEMOCRATICA · Juan Francisco Salamanca Anaya | 19900002colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 585 | 0.5% | Unknown | Recorded |
| FUERZA CIUDADANA LA FUERZA DEL CAMBIO · Francisco Javier Pantoja Pantoja | 20150388colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 536 | 0.4% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO COLOMBIA RENACIENTE · Oyther Manuel Candelo Riascos | 20180046colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 451 | 0.4% | Unknown | Recorded |
| CEDE party code 20230002 · Argeny Gomez Lopez | 20230002colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 290 | 0.2% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO VERDE OXIGENO · Gustavo Adolfo Martinez Arcos | 19980003colombia/Sdc3a3f1f89/2023 | 159 | 0.1% | Unknown | Recorded |
2019
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- COALICION ALCALDIA DE CALDAS-BOY. PARTIDO DE LA U Y PARTIDO CONSERVADOR - "ALCALDIA DE CALDAS BOYACA"27.0%
- PARTIDO SOCIAL DE UNIDAD NACIONAL - PARTIDO DE LA U25.3%
- COALICION ALCALDIA DE CHIQUINQUIRA-BOY. ALIANZA DEMOCRATICA AFROCOLOMBIANA ADA Y MOVIMIENTO QUEREMOS EL CAMBIO - "JEFFERSON CARO ALCALDE 2020-2023"23.2%
- PARTIDO CONSERVADOR COLOMBIANO10.4%
- MOVIMIENTO AUTORIDADES INDIGENAS DE COLOMBIA - AICO5.8%
- PARTIDO ALIANZA SOCIAL INDEPENDIENTE - ASI3.7%
- PARTIDO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO - MANO FIRME CORAZON GRANDE2.5%
- MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA DEMOCRATICA AFROCOLOMBIANA - ADA - MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA DEMOCRATICA AMPLIA2.1%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COALICION ALCALDIA DE CALDAS-BOY. PARTIDO DE LA U Y PARTIDO CONSERVADOR - "ALCALDIA DE CALDAS BOYACA" · Juan Carlos Lopez Castrillon | 20190409colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 30,466 | 27% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIAL DE UNIDAD NACIONAL - PARTIDO DE LA U · Rosalba Joaqui Joaqui | 20050002colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 28,619 | 25.3% | Unknown | Recorded |
| COALICION ALCALDIA DE CHIQUINQUIRA-BOY. ALIANZA DEMOCRATICA AFROCOLOMBIANA ADA Y MOVIMIENTO QUEREMOS EL CAMBIO - "JEFFERSON CARO ALCALDE 2020-2023" · Jorge Hernan Bastidas Rosero | 20190410colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 26,164 | 23.2% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO CONSERVADOR COLOMBIANO · Carlos Eduardo Alegria Fernandez | 18490002colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 11,742 | 10.4% | Unknown | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO AUTORIDADES INDIGENAS DE COLOMBIA - AICO · Santiago Zambrano Simmonds | 19910001colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 6,606 | 5.8% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO ALIANZA SOCIAL INDEPENDIENTE - ASI · Ferney Silva Idrobo | 19910006colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 4,142 | 3.7% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO CENTRO DEMOCRATICO - MANO FIRME CORAZON GRANDE · Mario Jose Bustamante Jordan | 20130001colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 2,802 | 2.5% | Unknown | Recorded |
| MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA DEMOCRATICA AFROCOLOMBIANA - ADA - MOVIMIENTO ALIANZA DEMOCRATICA AMPLIA · Nino Andres Erazo Garcia | 20180047colombia/S67eb704c85/2019 | 2,407 | 2.1% | Unknown | Recorded |
2015
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes
- EL CAMBIO PARA POPAYAN62.5%
- POPAYAN OPORTUNIDADES PARA TODOS34.7%
- PARTIDO OPCION CIUDADANA2.7%
- PARTIDO SOCIAL DE UNIDAD NACIONAL - PARTIDO DE LA U0.1%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EL CAMBIO PARA POPAYAN · Cesar Cristian Gomez Castro | 20150163colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 70,284 | 62.5% | Unknown | Recorded |
| POPAYAN OPORTUNIDADES PARA TODOS · Jimena Velasco Chaves | 20150164colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 38,969 | 34.7% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO OPCION CIUDADANA · Carlos Julian Bermeo Casas | 20090001colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 3,003 | 2.7% | Unknown | Recorded |
| PARTIDO SOCIAL DE UNIDAD NACIONAL - PARTIDO DE LA U · Retirado (A) | 20050002colombia/S8164286948/2015 | 121 | 0.1% | Unknown | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI81.840–100 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=0.5918814372931891, oldest_gap=27.86602240672024, previous_gap=1.6352657860254283
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility34.24percentage 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=[[23.627875906852463,0,3.097668204626307,3.414581100184866,0,0,0,0,0,0,69.85987478833637],[10.395934412295924,0,25.338208733222366,0,2.4807876190813474,0,3.667174274887559,0,0,5.8487091404894285,52.269185820023374],[0,0,0.10767327833987382,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,99.89232672166013]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility47.62percentage 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=[[23.627875906852463,0,3.097668204626307,3.414581100184866,0,0,0,0,0,0,69.85987478833637],[10.395934412295924,0,25.338208733222366,0,2.4807876190813474,0,3.667174274887559,0,0,5.8487091404894285,52.269185820023374],[0,0,0.10767327833987382,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,99.89232672166013]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility40.93percentage 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=[[23.627875906852463,0,3.097668204626307,3.414581100184866,0,0,0,0,0,0,69.85987478833637],[10.395934412295924,0,25.338208733222366,0,2.4807876190813474,0,3.667174274887559,0,0,5.8487091404894285,52.269185820023374],[0,0,0.10767327833987382,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,99.89232672166013]]
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. “Popayan — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CO-ALC-19001. Sources: colombia--url-44e0af24e3fef22401f2d269, colombia--url-f8cbad13a2c7112410d7a492, colombia--url-142631271ac95a7106b17681, colombia--Sdc3a3f1f89, colombia--S67eb704c85, colombia--S8164286948.