"Civic Battles in a Civilized Center": Elections in Choco (Colombia) at the Beginning of the 20th Century

the article seeks to understand the relationship between the Choco and the national political processes within the framework of the question about the configuration of the Colombian State in the first decades of the 20(th) century. In particular, the article focuses on the electoral processes in Choco in a context of the reorganization of the Liberal Party and the increase in the participation of popular sectors of black people. From the review of electoral sources, from an exhaustive review of the local newspaper ABC. and starting from a critique of the visions of the State as a "monolithic entity", the article problematizes the ideas about the "marginality" of the territory. On the other hand, the study of the Chocoan electoral processes at the beginning of the 20(th) century shows significant levels of articulation of the Chocoan political dynamics with those of the rest of the country, contributing to the understanding of the configuration of the Colombian State from a partisan perspective.