Comportamiento Electoral y Gobernabilidad en la Localidad de Engativá 2011 - 2016

Abstract

Although the dependence between electoral behavior and governability is often taken for granted, there is little understanding of the relationship between them and the mutual impact, in the understanding that they are correlative. In this case, Engativá is the main source of this research, the principal purpose is to understand the correlation between electoral participation and governance, through the analysis of the electoral`s level and citizen participation, all of this in elections and in the different mechanisms of participation offered by law, in the Engativa`s locality. The case study will be the Engativá`s locality, because its incidence is very important in Bogota, having a population projected by the District Planning Department of 878,434 (Planning Secretary, 2017) inhabitants, however for information of the Local Mayor's Office could be more than 1.3 million, because it carries more of 10 years without a new population census, being larger in population than the cities of Barranquilla, Cartagena, or double of Ibagué or Bucaramanga. Undoubtedly, the relationship between electoral behavior and governability is fundamental, since "it is impossible to govern without the approval of laws and therefore parliamentary support is indispensable to govern" (p. 192), according to Sartori; it is to say that, the votes are represented in the parliament, being essential to direct. The above will be demonstrated in empirical evidence and with the main political actors such as the Local Mayor, the Local Administrator Councils - JAL, the Community Action Boards - JAC, Local Planning Council Members and Council Presidents of Administration.