2023 Colombian regional and municipal elections

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The 2023 Colombian regional and municipal elections were held on 29 October 2023. 32 governors and departmental assemblies and 1,102 mayors were elected.

Elections

Antioquia

Antioquia governor election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic Center	Andrés Julián Rendon	944,239	36.78 %
	Independent	Luis Pérez	597,667	23.28 %
	Independent	Luis Fernando Suárez	355,609	13.85 %
	Independents Movement	Esteban Restrepo	232,605	9.06 %
	Independent	Mauricio Tobon	55,137	2.14 %
	Colombian Democratic Party	Julián Bedoya	53,474	2.08 %
	Conservative	Juan Diego Gómez	33,776	1.31 %
	Dignity	Jorge Alberto Gómez	18,171	0.70 %
	Independent	Cristian Halaby	13,229	0.51 %
		Robinson Giraldo	7,483	0.29 %
Invalid or blank votes			255,266	9.94 %
Total votes			2,566,656	89.44 %

Amazonas

Amazonas gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Historic Pact	Óscar Enrique Sánchez	14,256	45.30 %
	Party of the U	Octavio Benjumea	13,934	44.28 %
	The Peace Force	José Huber Araújo	2,271	7.21 %
	Fuerza Ciudadana (Colombia) [es] ('Citizen Force')	Julio Cueva Márquez	140	0.44 %
	Colombian Democratic Party	Casimiro Cabrera	58	0.18 %
Invalid or blank votes			807	2.56 %
Total votes			31,466	96.28 %

Atlántico

Atlántico governor election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eduardo Verano de la Rosa	536,243	48.75 %
	Independent	Alfredo Varela	337,005	30.64 %
	Fuerza Ciudadana (Colombia) [es] ('Citizen Force')	Claudia Patiño	62,413	5.67 %
	ADA	Reymundo Marenco	17,669	1.60 %
	MSN	Juan José Acuña	12,289	1.11 %
	Colombian Ecologist Party	Edgar Manrique	8,404	0.76 %
Invalid or blank votes			125,774	11.43 %
Total votes			1,099,797	86.41 %

Bolivar

Bolivar governor election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Yamil Arana	598,679	70.09 %
	MSN	Said Adechine	44,185	5.17 %
	Colombian Democratic Party	Yoland Wong	41,556	4.86 %
	Dignity	David Munera	15,682	1.83 %
	LIGA	Mary Luz Londoño	13,759	1.61 %
	Independent	German Zapata	13,684	1.60 %
	Democratic Hope	Lutterh Larios	7,676	0.89 %
	ADA	Luis Enrrique Florez	5,793	0.67 %
	Colombian Ecologist Party	Carlos Javier Ramos	4,746	0.55 %
Invalid or blank votes			108,356	12.68 %
Total votes			745,760	87.31 %

Cesar

Cesar governor election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Elvia Sanjuan	231,219	44.13 %
	Democratic Center	Claudia Zuleta	183,583	35.03 %
	Independent	Katia Ospino	43,452	8.29 %
	Historic Pact	Alexander Pineda	27,804	5.30 %
	Independent	Antonio Sanguino	5,261	1.00 %
	New Democratic Force	Lineth Pana Torres	3,976	0.75 %
	ASI	Kaleb Villalobos	2,819	0.53 %
	The Force of the Peace	José Luis Mayorca	2,390	0.45 %
	Colombian Democratic Party	Luz Heli Villalobos	625	0.11 %
Invalid or blank votes			22,808	4.35 %
Total votes			501,129	95.64 %

Córdoba

Córdoba governor election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Party of the U	Erasmo Zuleta	532,009	61.03 %
	Humane Colombia	Gabriel Calle	271,891	31.19 %
	Independent	Juan de la Cruz Martínez	13,360	1.53 %
	ADA	Angélica Verbel	9,073	1.04 %
	Independent	Ciro de León	7,643	0.87 %
Invalid or blank votes			37,649	4.31 %
Total votes			833,976	95.68 %

Guajira

Guajira governor election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jairo Alfonso Aguilar	187,897	57.82 %
	Independent	Jimmy Boscan	87,841	27.03 %
	Independent	Laura Andriolis	20,833	6.41 %
	Historic Pact	Wilmer Navarro	8,346	2.56 %
Invalid or blank votes			20,045	6.16 %
Total votes			304,917	93.83 %

Magdalena

Magdalena governor election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Rafael Martínez	306,057	50.75 %
	Independent	Mallath Martínez	102,647	17.02 %
	Independent	Franklin Lozano	96,384	15.98 %
	Independent	Edgardo Pérez	38,697	6.41 %
	Independent	Edward Torres	12,438	2.06 %
	Independent	Martha Altahona	3,679	0.61 %
	Independent	Oscar Sininng	1,960	0.32 %
Invalid or blank votes			41,110	6.81 %
Total votes			561,862	93.18 %

Sucre

Sucre governor election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Lucy Inés García	221,492	45.87 %
	On Going	Mario Fernández Alcocer	200,984	41.62 %
	Green Alliance	Juan David Diaz	13,422	2.77 %
	Humane Colombia	Remberto Benítez	6,483	1.34 %
	PDA	Enoc Miranda	5,203	1.07 %
	Patriotic Union (Colombia)	Inge Rodriguez	3,239	0.67 %
	Resurgent Colombia	Iván Feris	2,445	0.50 %
	Colombian Ecologist Party	Julio Miguel Guerra	1,340	0.27 %
	Colombian Democratic Party	Enrique Ledesma	1,175	0.24 %
Invalid or blank votes			27,037	5.59 %
Total votes			482,820	87.91 %

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