[ { "country": "Barbados", "status": "Appointed local councils; no elected tier identified", "note": "The Constituency Councils Act establishes ministerial appointments. These appointments are not electoral races. Later reforms still require monitoring.", "sources": [ { "title": "Constituency Councils Act 2009, Second Schedule paragraph 1 (PDF page 9)", "url": "https://www.barbadosparliament.com/htmlarea/uploaded/File/Act/2009/The%20Constituency%20Councils%20Act,%202009.pdf", "source_type": "Primary legislation", "source_date": "2009" }, { "title": "CLGF Barbados profile", "url": "https://www.clgf.org.uk/default/assets/File/Country_profiles/Barbados.pdf", "source_type": "Dated local-government profile", "source_date": "2017–18" } ] }, { "country": "Saint Lucia", "status": "Appointed local councils; no elected tier identified", "note": "The published Constituency Councils Act, section 5, provides for ministerial appointment of councils and their chairs or mayors. Appointments are not electoral races. Later reforms still require monitoring.", "sources": [ { "title": "Revised Laws 2023, Constituency Councils Act, section 5", "url": "https://attorneygeneralchambers.com/laws-of-saint-lucia/constituency-councils-act/section-5", "source_type": "Primary legislation", "source_date": "2023 revision" } ] }, { "country": "Grenada", "status": "No elected local tier in dated profile; current reform check open", "note": "The CLGF profile reports no implemented elected local government, while describing proposed Carriacou/Petite Martinique arrangements. Implementation since that dated profile has not been verified; no race is assumed.", "sources": [ { "title": "CLGF Grenada profile", "url": "https://www.clgf.org.uk/regions/clgf-americas/grenada/", "source_type": "Dated local-government profile", "source_date": "Profile uses 2020 population and 2018 election baseline" } ] }, { "country": "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", "status": "No elected local tier in dated profile; current reform check open", "note": "The CLGF 2017–18 profile describes appointed local administration despite legislation allowing elections. Later implementation has not been verified; no race is assumed.", "sources": [ { "title": "CLGF local government profile 2017–18", "url": "https://www.clgf.org.uk/default/assets/File/Country_profiles/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.pdf", "source_type": "Dated local-government profile", "source_date": "2017–18" } ] }, { "country": "Saint Kitts and Nevis", "status": "Assembly and five constituency histories imported, including the 2020 by-election", "note": "Nevis Assembly and all five elected constituencies are registered. The March 2020 Nevis 5 by-election replaces 2013 in that constituency’s selected sequence. Two 2022 constituency printed totals conflict with candidate sums and are unscored. Primary full ordinary certificates, appointed membership and formal 2027 timing remain open.", "sources": [ { "title": "NIA election release — explicitly preliminary count", "url": "https://nia.gov.kn/brantley-led-ccm-wins-nevis-island-assembly-elections/", "source_type": "Primary preliminary release, recovered in web index", "source_date": "2022-12-13" }, { "title": "Electoral Office, Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs", "url": "https://legal.gov.kn/electoral-office-2/", "source_type": "Primary electoral-office directory", "source_date": "Retrieved 2026-09-11" }, { "title": "NIA election-return report republished by NevisPages, 5 March 2020", "url": "https://www.nevispages.com/nrp-candidate-mrs-cleone-stapleton-simmonds-wins-nevis-5-by-election/", "source_type": "Primary declaration or government report republication", "source_date": "2020-03" }, { "title": "Government House declaration of the Nevis 5 elected member, 6 March 2020", "url": "https://mcusercontent.com/f9c18edcb5e81ee00df9977e6/files/9e2d3a52-c620-4726-a022-f9c97bb8f9a2/Press_Release_By_election_1_.pdf", "source_type": "Primary declaration or government report republication", "source_date": "2020-03" } ] }, { "country": "Guatemala", "status": "Certified ordinary and repeated municipal returns imported; discrepancies remain flagged", "note": "All 340 municipalities have certified 2015/2019/2023 evidence, including valid repeated polls. Three usable vote series are available for 324 offices. Thirteen vote discrepancies, thirteen seat discrepancies and four mayor-proclamation issues remain flagged. Superseded initial polls are not extra cycles. Current incumbents and later replacements remain to be checked.", "sources": [ { "title": "TSE Memoria Electoral 2015 — final municipal votes and adjudications (archived official report)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20161124082300id_/http://tse.org.gt/images/memoriaselec/me2015.pdf", "source_type": "Archived primary final electoral report; downloaded and parsed", "source_date": "2015" }, { "title": "TSE Memoria Electoral 2019 — final municipal votes and adjudications (archived official report)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201027015650id_/http://www.tse.org.gt/images/memoriaselec/me2019.pdf", "source_type": "Archived primary final electoral report; downloaded and parsed", "source_date": "2019" }, { "title": "TSE Memoria Electoral 2023 — final municipal votes and adjudications (archived official report)", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250225143526id_/https://www.tse.org.gt/images/memoriaselec/me/2023_Memoria_Elecciones.pdf", "source_type": "Archived primary final electoral report; downloaded and parsed", "source_date": "2023" } ] }, { "country": "Bolivia", "status": "Ordinary March 2026 cycle outside window; special and indigenous calls remain open", "note": "TSE resolution 0510/2025 called departmental, regional and municipal voting for 22 March 2026 and the 2026–2031 term. This ordinary cohort is before the fixed window. Indigenous authorities selected under their own procedures, delayed or repeated polls and later replacements require a separate call check; no unverified absence of those races is claimed. This is an as-of-13-September-2026 screen; an unannounced future exception is a monitoring condition, not a missing historical result.", "sources": [ { "title": "TSE resolution 0510/2025, operative paragraphs 1–4", "url": "https://web.oep.org.bo/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/0510_Resolucion-convocatoria-subnacional_2026.pdf", "source_type": "Primary official publication", "source_date": "2025-11-20" } ] }, { "country": "Chile", "status": "Ordinary regional and municipal cycle outside window; no in-window exceptional call verified as of snapshot", "note": "Ordinary regional and municipal elections fall in October 2028, after the fixed cutoff. Municipal Law 18.695 article 106 sets four-year October cycles. BCN confirms four-year governor terms and alignment of governor, regional-council and municipal voting from October 2024. Mayoral vacancies normally use council selection under article 62; annulment repeats require a specific call. No in-window extraordinary public ballot was verified in the reviewed sources as of 13 September 2026.", "sources": [ { "title": "Servel market consultation for 2028 and 2029 electoral processes", "url": "https://www.servel.cl/Ch/app/servel-realiza-consulta-al-mercado-para-procesos-electorales-2028-2029/sin-categoria/", "source_type": "Primary official publication", "source_date": "2026; response window through April" }, { "title": "Municipal Law 18.695, consolidated DFL 1: articles 62, 62 bis and 106", "url": "https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/navegar?idNorma=251693", "source_type": "Primary consolidated legislation", "source_date": "Retrieved 2026-09-13" }, { "title": "BCN guide to elected regional governors: four-year terms and 2024 alignment", "url": "https://www.bcn.cl/portal/leyfacil/recurso/eleccion-democratica-de-gobernadores-regionales", "source_type": "Primary parliamentary legal guide", "source_date": "Retrieved 2026-09-13" } ] }, { "country": "Panama", "status": "Current municipal term 2024–2029; special-call check open", "note": "AMUPA’s municipal directory identifies the elected local authorities’ term as 2024–2029 and was updated in March 2026. The ordinary renewal is therefore expected outside this project’s window. Exceptional elections and any boundary or legal changes still need monitoring.", "sources": [ { "title": "AMUPA elected local authority directory 2024–2029", "url": "https://amupa.org.pa/directorio-municipal-panama/", "source_type": "Primary municipal-association directory", "source_date": "Updated 2026-03" } ] }, { "country": "Uruguay", "status": "Ordinary departmental cycle outside window; special-call check open", "note": "The Electoral Court dates the last departmental and municipal election to 11 May 2025. Constitution article 266 provides five-year terms for intendants, supporting an ordinary departmental renewal after this window. Municipal terms and exceptional calls require their own check. Montevideo’s Concejos Vecinales are described by Municipio B as autonomous social-participation organizations; they are distinct from municipal government councils and are not entered as government-control races. Municipal Law 19.272 article 9 sets elected five-member municipalities and departmental-style substitutes; article 11 provides succession for prolonged or permanent mayoral absence. A vacancy therefore does not by itself establish a new public ballot. This is an as-of-13-September-2026 screen; an unannounced future exception is a monitoring condition, not a missing historical result.", "sources": [ { "title": "Electoral Court departmental and municipal election archive", "url": "https://www.gub.uy/corte-electoral/elecciones-departamentales-municipales", "source_type": "Primary official publication", "source_date": "2025 cycle; retrieved 2026-09-12" }, { "title": "Constitution of Uruguay, article 266", "url": "https://www.impo.com.uy/bases/constitucion/1967-1967", "source_type": "Primary legislation", "source_date": "Consolidated text retrieved 2026-09-12" }, { "title": "Municipio B: Concejos Vecinales definition and functions", "url": "https://municipiob.montevideo.gub.uy/participacion/concejo-vecinal/que-es-un-concejo-vecinal", "source_type": "Primary official publication", "source_date": "2023-12-01" }, { "title": "Law 19.272 articles 9 and 11: membership and mayoral succession", "url": "https://www.impo.com.uy/bases/leyes/19272-2014", "source_type": "Primary consolidated legislation", "source_date": "Retrieved 2026-09-13" } ] }, { "country": "Suriname", "status": "Ordinary local cycle outside window; specific statutory exceptions monitored", "note": "The 2025 consolidated Kiesregeling articles 10–11 give ressort and district councils five-year terms; ASV confirms the 25 May 2025 local election. Ordinary renewal is therefore beyond March 2028. Article 137(5) provides a new ressort election when an outgoing member is the only or last candidate on the list, while article 138 covers insufficient nominations. These exceptions require actual calls, not a blanket no-election assumption. This is an as-of-13-September-2026 screen; an unannounced future exception is a monitoring condition, not a missing historical result.", "sources": [ { "title": "Centraal Hoofdstembureau: Verkiezingen 2025", "url": "https://chs.gov.sr/verkiezingen-2025/", "source_type": "Primary official publication", "source_date": "2025 cycle; retrieved 2026-09-12" }, { "title": "Kiesregeling consolidated 2025, articles 10, 11, 137(5) and 138; PDF pages 8 and 42", "url": "https://verkiezingen.gov.sr/storage/pdf/KR%201.pdf", "source_type": "Primary consolidated legislation", "source_date": "2025-02-06" }, { "title": "ASV official 2025 election and 2026 update index", "url": "https://verkiezingen.gov.sr/", "source_type": "Primary electoral authority", "source_date": "Retrieved 2026-09-13" } ] }, { "country": "Honduras", "status": "Ordinary cycle screened outside window; election service unavailable for call review", "note": "The official constitutional text confirms elected municipal corporations under article 294. The saved ordinary-cycle screen remains provisional: municipal term rules, the latest election cycle and exceptional calls still need reconciliation. The CNE website returned HTTP 402 during this check, so it did not support an updated absence-of-specials claim.", "sources": [ { "title": "Honduras Constitution, articles 294–298, Tribunal Superior de Cuentas edition", "url": "https://www.tsc.gob.hn/web/leyes/Constitucion_de_la_republica.pdf", "source_type": "Official legal text; currency limit retained", "source_date": "Edition retrieved 2026-09-12; not a verified current consolidation" } ] }, { "country": "Venezuela", "status": "2025 ordinary cohort supports 2029 renewal; exceptional transition calls unverified", "note": "Regional and municipal ordinary renewals were held in May and July 2025. Constitutional articles 160, 162 and 174 provide four-year subnational executive/legislative terms; municipal law article 82, amended in Gazette 6.015 of 28 December 2010, retains four-year mayor/council terms. These support an ordinary 2029 cycle outside the fixed window. The Assembly catalog lists the municipal law as in force. The 2010 Gazette reproduction was used to read article 82 because the Assembly scan had no extractable text. Current exceptional or transition-related calls remain unverified; zero imported offices is not a claim that no early election can be called.", "sources": [ { "title": "Assembly-hosted original 1999 constitution; predates 2009 amendment", "url": "https://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/storage/documentos/botones/constitucion-nacional-20191205135853.PDF", "source_type": "Primary historical legal text; not current consolidation", "source_date": "Retrieved 2026-09-13" }, { "title": "Assembly catalog of municipal law reform, Gazette 6.015 Ext., 28 December 2010", "url": "https://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/leyes/sancionadas/ley-de-reforma-parcial-de-la-ley-organica-del-poder-publico-municipal", "source_type": "Primary law catalog; full text unavailable", "source_date": "Retrieved 2026-09-13" }, { "title": "Ministry election guide: municipal election on 27 July 2025", "url": "https://www.comunas.gob.ve/2025/07/06/sabes-votar-27j-guia-elecciones-municipales-consulta-popular-juventud/", "source_type": "Primary government publication", "source_date": "2025-07-06" }, { "title": "Gazette 6.015, municipal law article 82 and amendment paragraph 14", "url": "https://es.scribd.com/document/493575732/GO-6015-Ley-Organica-Del-Poder-Publico-Municipal", "source_type": "Reproduction of primary Gazette; OCR imperfections retained", "source_date": "2010-12-28" }, { "title": "Regional elections held 25 May 2025", "url": "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elecciones_regionales_de_Venezuela_de_2025", "source_type": "Secondary event chronology; no vote certification inferred", "source_date": "2025 cycle; retrieved 2026-09-13" } ] } ]