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Jocotenango — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot

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Guatemala · Jocotenango / Sacatepéquez · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-02-02

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Final TSE report returns for 2023, 2019 and 2015, where this municipality existed. Court-ordered repeated contests and later replacements require the dated event review. The 2027 office call is pending.

1. What office, where, and when is the next election?

Geography
Jocotenango / Sacatepéquez
Next election
2027-06-27
Linked upcoming event
next-c2baed6868c0c3284c127296
Registry qualification
Unknown

2. How certain is that date?

2027-06-27 is expected (not formally called). Day precision. A date without a formal call is not confirmed.

3. Who won earlier selected elections?

2023-06-25

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • CABAL32.7%
  • MARCUS25.2%
  • UNE13.7%
  • VOS13.0%
  • VALOR UNIONISTA7.5%
  • SEMILLA4.3%
  • WINAQ2.1%
  • VAMOS1.5%
Results for event-1da5fb6e1fa7b1971d7b11f6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CABAL · GERALD IVAN MEOÑO RODASguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20233,40432.7%5Recorded
MARCUSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232,61825.2%1Recorded
UNEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,42313.7%1Recorded
VOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,35113%1Recorded
VALOR UNIONISTAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20237787.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SEMILLAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20234474.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
WINAQguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232202.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231601.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-06-16

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • MARCUS33.6%
  • VAMOS18.8%
  • UNIONISTA17.7%
  • VICTORIA13.4%
  • UNE5.0%
  • CREO4.0%
  • PC3.9%
  • VALOR2.0%
  • UNIDOS0.9%
  • PAN0.6%
Results for event-80f4b7fa1113969e2cdfa4a7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MARCUS · MARCUS ALEXANDER GONZALEZ PEREZguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193,11533.6%5Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,74718.8%1Recorded
UNIONISTAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,63817.7%1Recorded
VICTORIAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,24313.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNEguatemala/S6d250220e847/20194675%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREOguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193744%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PCguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193663.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VALORguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191822%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/2019880.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PANguatemala/S6d250220e847/2019530.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2015-09-06

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • MarCus38.8%
  • LIDER24.7%
  • FCN NACION13.5%
  • UNE12.2%
  • CREO- Unionista3.8%
  • PAN3.8%
  • UCN3.2%
Results for event-7bd5e4006dc9e235a71a5f8c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
MarCus · Marcus Alexander González Pérezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20153,81538.8%5Recorded
LIDER · Byron Arturo Pelen Moralesguatemala/S6241581360d0/20152,42224.7%1Recorded
FCN NACION · Juan Fernando Rodríguez Ortizguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,32513.5%1Recorded
UNE · Oscar Dario Farrington Monterrosoguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,19912.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREO- Unionista · Billy Eduardo Melgar Hernándezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20153753.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PAN · Gabriela Inés Jiménez Enriquezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20153703.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UCN · Juan Carlos Santos Funesguatemala/S6241581360d0/20153153.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

48.110–100 historical closeness

Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Provisional imported-series comparison; actual-event review open

Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=7.556965676377271, oldest_gap=14.183891660727017, previous_gap=14.752507279197673

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Eleven exact standalone party labels in the certified tables. Coalition ballots, civic committees, unverified renamed parties and all others remain Other. Dissolved and newly entering parties can move to/from zero; this is not a voter-transfer estimate. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Latest interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["UNE","VAMOS","TODOS","UCN","VIVA","LIDER","PP","CREO","FCN-NACION","UNIONISTA","SEMILLA","Other"], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[[13.681376790693202,1.5383136236900299,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4.297663686184021,80.48264589943274],[5.0361263884395555,18.83964197131457,0,0,0,0,0,4.033214709371293,0,17.66418634746037,0,54.426830583414215],[12.208532735973934,0,0,3.2074126870990733,0,24.66143977191732,0,0,0,0,0,59.92261480500967]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.54percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Eleven exact standalone party labels in the certified tables. Coalition ballots, civic committees, unverified renamed parties and all others remain Other. Dissolved and newly entering parties can move to/from zero; this is not a voter-transfer estimate. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Previous interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["UNE","VAMOS","TODOS","UCN","VIVA","LIDER","PP","CREO","FCN-NACION","UNIONISTA","SEMILLA","Other"], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[[13.681376790693202,1.5383136236900299,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4.297663686184021,80.48264589943274],[5.0361263884395555,18.83964197131457,0,0,0,0,0,4.033214709371293,0,17.66418634746037,0,54.426830583414215],[12.208532735973934,0,0,3.2074126870990733,0,24.66143977191732,0,0,0,0,0,59.92261480500967]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

39.77percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Eleven exact standalone party labels in the certified tables. Coalition ballots, civic committees, unverified renamed parties and all others remain Other. Dissolved and newly entering parties can move to/from zero; this is not a voter-transfer estimate. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Both intervals mean

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["UNE","VAMOS","TODOS","UCN","VIVA","LIDER","PP","CREO","FCN-NACION","UNIONISTA","SEMILLA","Other"], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[[13.681376790693202,1.5383136236900299,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4.297663686184021,80.48264589943274],[5.0361263884395555,18.83964197131457,0,0,0,0,0,4.033214709371293,0,17.66418634746037,0,54.426830583414215],[12.208532735973934,0,0,3.2074126870990733,0,24.66143977191732,0,0,0,0,0,59.92261480500967]]

Source-reported control: Unverified. Current tenure requires separate dated evidence.

5. Officeholder evidence

Dated roster observations are not automatically current tenure. The source current-office flag means this office is tracked now, not that the last winner still holds it.

Officeholder observations
PersonRoleAs ofAffiliationPrincipal?
Marcus Alexander González PérezAlcalde2015MARCUSunknown
Victor Perfecto Coroxon TuySíndico I2015MARCUSunknown
Julio Abel Román GolonSíndico II2015MARCUSunknown
Cristobal DíazSíndico Suplente2015MARCUSunknown
Esteban Ixcamey SianConcejal 12015MARCUSunknown
Carlos Arnulfo Pérez ArmasConcejal 22015MARCUSunknown
Sandra del Milagro Reyes PinedaConcejal 32015LIDERunknown
Adrián Santiago CiprianoConcejal 42015FCN-NACIÓNunknown
Jorge Mario García CastilloConcejal suplente 12015MARCUSunknown
Edy Amando Mendoza MoreiraConcejal suplente 22015LIDERunknown
MARCUS ALEXANDER GONZALEZ PEREZALCALDE2019MARCUSunknown
JORGE MARIO GARCÍA CASTILLOSÍNDICO PRIMERO2019MARCUSunknown
JOSÉ LINO ROMÁN GOLÓNSÍNDICO SEGUNDO2019MARCUSunknown
CRISTÓBAL DÍAZSÍNDICO SUPLENTE2019MARCUSunknown
VÍCTOR PERFECTO COROXÓN TUYCONCEJAL PRIMEERO2019MARCUSunknown
CARLOS ARNULFO PÉREZ ARMASCONCEJAL SEGUNDO2019MARCUSunknown
JOSÉ TERESO MUS SAJMOLOJCONCEJAL TERCERO2019VAMOSunknown
RUBEN ARNOLDO PÉREZ REVOLORIOCONCEJAL CUARTO2019UNIONISTAunknown
MARCO TULIO PELLECER DE LEÓNPRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019MARCUSunknown
HILDER NOÉ SALGUERO HERNÁNDEZSEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019VAMOSunknown
GERALD IVAN MEOÑO RODASALCALDE MUNICIPAL2023CABALunknown
JOSE HUMBERTO GAYTAN GARCIASINDICO I2023CABALunknown
JHON DANIEL CORDOVA VALDEZSINDICO II2023CABALunknown
BYRON ARTURO PELEN MORALESCONCEJAL I2023CABALunknown
MANUEL ESTUARDO MARQUEZ VALLECONCEJAL II2023CABALunknown
VICTOR PERFECTO COROXON TUYCONCEJAL III2023MARCUSunknown
JOSE ALEJANDRO NISTAL REYESCONCEJAL IV2023UNEunknown
JUAN FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ ORTIZCONCEJAL V2023VOSunknown
LUIS ABELARDO RODRIGUEZ MEZASINDICO SUPLENTE I2023CABALunknown
NATALIA SICAJAN CABRERACONCEJAL SUPLENTE I2023CABALunknown
JORGE ANTONIO CARDENAS YACHCONCEJAL SUPLENTE II2023MARCUSunknown

6. Polling context

No local poll supplied.

7. Unresolved issues and sources

  • other · open

    Country screen evidence: TSE Memoria Electoral 2015 — final municipal votes and adjudications (archived official report); Archived primary final electoral report; downloaded and parsed; source date 2015. 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.

  • other · open

    Country screen evidence: TSE Memoria Electoral 2019 — final municipal votes and adjudications (archived official report); Archived primary final electoral report; downloaded and parsed; source date 2019. 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.

  • other · open

    Country screen evidence: TSE Memoria Electoral 2023 — final municipal votes and adjudications (archived official report); Archived primary final electoral report; downloaded and parsed; source date 2023. 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

Cite this record

Center for Digital Democracy. “Jocotenango — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-02-02. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.