Fico Gutiérrez and Alejandro Char win the mayorships of Medellín and Barranquilla without surprises

Right-wing candidates Federico Gutiérrez and Alejandro Char will once again be mayors of Medellín and Barranquilla, respectively, after winning without surprises and with a wide advantage in this Sunday’s regional and local elections in Colombia.

With 86.44% of the tables reported by the Notary’s Office, Federico “Fico” Gutiérrez obtained 73.72% of the votes (602,546) compared to 9.97% (81,519 votes) for Juan Carlos Upeguiformer mayor’s archive Daniel Quinterowho resigned from his position a few weeks ago to support him.

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These partial results will make “Fico” mayor of Medellín again, since he already served between 2016 and 2020, then the city, with a conservative tradition, will once again be led by the right, after the passage of the Quinteroan independent candidate who ended up aligned with the president, Gustavo Petro, in his last years.

Equally overwhelming was the vote for Char in Barranquillathe main city on the Colombian Atlantic coast, where the candidate for Radical change obtained 295,592 votes (73.57%) with which he will replace Jaime Pumarejo -from your same chain.

Very far away, with 37,417 votes, equivalent to 9.31%, Antonio came in second place Eduardo Bohorquezwho ran on the left Democratic Pole.

It will be the third time that Char will be president of Barranquilla (2008-2012 and 2016-2020) and his victory does not surprise anyone, because, despite his brother Arturo Char being arrested a few weeks ago for vote buying and electoral corruption, the popularity of the Chars, a powerful family of businessmen and politicians, is well known.

The Cali Mystery Solved

Polls gave Gutiérrez and Char as favoritesbut they were not so evident in the case of the third largest city in the Colombia, Caliwhere a draw was expected between Alejandro Éder and Roberto Ortiz, which in the end was not so.

With 81.65% of the tables examinedEder, candidate for a coalition of several conservative and center-right parties, will win the mayorship of Cali, for having 260,336 votes (41.92%), compared to the 176,321 votes (27.71%) of Ortiz, who ran for the liberals.

In Bucaramangafifth city in Colombia and capital of the department of Santander, with 95.28% of the votes counted, the evangelical pastor Jaime Andrés Beltrán He emerges as mayor with 86,763 votes (34.62%).

meanwhile in Cartagena de Indiaswith 75.61% verified, the City Hall was in the hands of the former governor Dumek José Turbaywith 117,882 votes, equivalent to 42.54%.

Source: Elcomercio

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