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Santo Domingo Xenacoj — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot

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Guatemala · Santo Domingo Xenacoj / Sacatepéquez · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-02-05

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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
Santo Domingo Xenacoj / Sacatepéquez
Next election
2027-06-27
Linked upcoming event
next-5fa09564ed9acccde18642ff
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

  • CABAL31.7%
  • VAMOS29.8%
  • VICTORIA14.0%
  • CAMBIO10.6%
  • AZUL4.3%
  • UNE4.1%
  • VOS2.2%
  • PPG1.8%
  • VALOR UNIONISTA0.8%
  • VIVA0.7%
Results for event-5046e586e2074922cdc2cd90
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CABAL · DAVID ANICETO AQUINO CHOCOYOguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,88631.7%5Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,77229.8%2Recorded
VICTORIAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/202383114%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CAMBIOguatemala/S86641369d4ca/202362810.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AZULguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232564.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232424.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231322.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PPGguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231061.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VALOR UNIONISTAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023460.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023430.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-06-16

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • FUERZA44.0%
  • VAMOS24.4%
  • TODOS8.5%
  • UNIONISTA7.5%
  • VIVA5.0%
  • EG4.7%
  • PC2.8%
  • UNE2.1%
  • SEMILLA1.1%
Results for event-53fa888b5acf84fd684fd23a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
FUERZA · DAVID ANICETO AQUINO CHOCOYOguatemala/S6d250220e847/20192,43244%6Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,34724.4%1Recorded
TODOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20194728.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIONISTAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20194147.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20192765%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
EGguatemala/S6d250220e847/20192604.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PCguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191522.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNEguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191142.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SEMILLAguatemala/S6d250220e847/2019601.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2015-09-06

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • TODOS36.3%
  • LIDER31.7%
  • PP24.9%
  • UNE3.9%
  • UCN2.0%
  • CNN1.2%
Results for event-16f564d3cd33ea01883659af
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
TODOS · Mario Francisco Aquino Chileguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,88836.3%5Recorded
LIDER · David Aniceto Aquino Chocoyoguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,64931.7%1Recorded
PP · Calixto Reyes Chacónguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,29624.9%1Recorded
UNE · Eduardo Sente Chileguatemala/S6241581360d0/20152013.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UCN · Efraín Farelo Racguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151062%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CNN · Marcelo Chubay Gallinaguatemala/S6241581360d0/2015631.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

62.50–100 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=1.9185459441265564, oldest_gap=4.5935037478377865, previous_gap=19.63090284060069

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

21.39percentage 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=[[4.072702793672164,29.821608885897003,0,0,0.7236620666442275,0,0,0,0,0,0,65.3820262537866],[2.062601773113805,24.371268319160485,8.539895060611544,0,4.993667450696581,0,0,0,0,7.49050117604487,1.0855798805862131,51.4564863397865],[3.8631558716125314,0,36.28675763982318,2.0372861810493945,0,31.693253891985393,24.90870651547184,0,0,0,0,1.210839900057659]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

88.19percentage 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=[[4.072702793672164,29.821608885897003,0,0,0.7236620666442275,0,0,0,0,0,0,65.3820262537866],[2.062601773113805,24.371268319160485,8.539895060611544,0,4.993667450696581,0,0,0,0,7.49050117604487,1.0855798805862131,51.4564863397865],[3.8631558716125314,0,36.28675763982318,2.0372861810493945,0,31.693253891985393,24.90870651547184,0,0,0,0,1.210839900057659]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

54.79percentage 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=[[4.072702793672164,29.821608885897003,0,0,0.7236620666442275,0,0,0,0,0,0,65.3820262537866],[2.062601773113805,24.371268319160485,8.539895060611544,0,4.993667450696581,0,0,0,0,7.49050117604487,1.0855798805862131,51.4564863397865],[3.8631558716125314,0,36.28675763982318,2.0372861810493945,0,31.693253891985393,24.90870651547184,0,0,0,0,1.210839900057659]]

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?
Mario Francisco Aquino ChileAlcalde2015TODOSunknown
Roberto Sian BacajolSíndico I2015TODOSunknown
Carlos Enrique Choc BajxacSíndico II2015TODOSunknown
José Armando Say ChileSíndico Suplente2015TODOSunknown
Aroldo España GallinaConcejal 12015TODOSunknown
Rodrigo España ChileConcejal 22015TODOSunknown
Pedro Enrique Chocoyo AquinoConcejal 32015LIDERunknown
Remigio Choc BajxacConcejal 42015PPunknown
Leonel Choc SubuyujConcejal suplente 12015TODOSunknown
Pedro Choc ChocoyoConcejal suplente 22015LIDERunknown
DAVID ANICETO AQUINO CHOCOYOALCALDE2019FUERZAunknown
JULIO DAVID SUBUYUJ CHOCSÍNDICO PRIMERO2019FUERZAunknown
CARLOS BORROMEO CHOCOYO CHOCOYOSÍNDICO SEGUNDO2019FUERZAunknown
ESTEBAN CARINO ESPAÑASÍNDICO SUPLENTE2019FUERZAunknown
ROBERTO SABAN ESPAÑACONCEJAL PRIMERO2019FUERZAunknown
JOSE DANILO FARELO LOPÉZCONCEJAL SEGUNDO2019FUERZAunknown
PORFIRIO ESPAÑA SUBUYUJCONCEJAL TERCERO2019FUERZAunknown
SONIA MARIBEL CHOC SIANCONCEJAL CUARTO2019VAMOSunknown
AUGUSTO ESCOT SENTEPRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019FUERZAunknown
FÉLIX ASIJ AQUINOSEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019VAMOSunknown
DAVID ANICETO AQUINO CHOCOYOALCALDE MUNICIPAL2023CABALunknown
ADELZO SANJAY BAJXACSINDICO I2023CABALunknown
JOSE EDUARDO PEREZ CHILESINDICO II2023CABALunknown
MANUEL EMILIANO AQUINO SENTECONCEJAL I2023CABALunknown
RENDER EDUARDO SENTE SANJAYCONCEJAL II2023CABALunknown
FRANCISCO BALDOMERO OCOX CONCUACONCEJAL III2023VAMOSunknown
HILARIO CHILE AQUINOCONCEJAL IV2023VAMOSunknown
ELMERSON ENRIQUE BACAJOL CHILESINDICO SUPLENTE I2023CABALunknown
TERESO HUMBERTO PEREZ MACHICONCEJAL SUPLENTE I2023CABALunknown

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. “Santo Domingo Xenacoj — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-02-05. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.