The governors of Colombia's 32 departments are elected to a single four-year term by first-past-the-post.

The governor is considered the head of the local administration, but also the president's agent in the department to maintain public order and implement national policies.

[1] Each department has a departmental assembly (asamblea departamental), with between 11 and 31 members depending on the department's population,[2] whose members are elected using the same electoral system as that used for congressional elections - namely, optional open party-list proportional representation with the threshold being equal to half of the electoral quotient.

The mayors of Colombia's 1,102 municipalities are elected to single four-year term by first-past-the-post.

Members of assemblies, councils and local administrative boards have no term limits.