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San Bartolomé Milpas Altas — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot

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Guatemala · San Bartolomé Milpas Altas / Sacatepéquez · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-02-07

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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
San Bartolomé Milpas Altas / Sacatepéquez
Next election
2027-06-27
Linked upcoming event
next-ec527729e026eae8b46d18ff
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

  • CABAL24.7%
  • PIN19.5%
  • VAMOS17.4%
  • VIVA9.0%
  • VOS8.7%
  • VALOR UNIONISTA8.0%
  • AZUL4.4%
  • MI FAMILIA3.7%
  • UNE3.6%
  • VICTORIA0.5%
  • TODOS0.5%
Results for event-f35eafb3b22dac3edcc86206
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CABAL · RUBEN ERNESTO AXPUAC VELASQUEZguatemala/S86641369d4ca/202384424.7%5Recorded
PINguatemala/S86641369d4ca/202366819.5%1Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/202359717.4%1Recorded
VIVAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20233089%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232978.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VALOR UNIONISTAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232758%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AZULguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231504.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MI FAMILIAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231273.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231233.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VICTORIAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023170.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023160.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-06-16

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • PC35.4%
  • TODOS24.8%
  • UNE10.2%
  • VIVA6.4%
  • MLP5.8%
  • UNIONISTA4.9%
  • VAMOS4.3%
  • PAN4.0%
  • FUERZA4.0%
Results for event-9ad254e9f8d8f43ad78d1110
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PC · ROSALIO AXPUAC MARTÍNEZguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,11735.4%5Recorded
TODOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/201978124.8%2Recorded
UNEguatemala/S6d250220e847/201932310.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20192036.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MLPguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191835.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIONISTAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191564.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191364.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PANguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191274%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191274%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2015-09-06

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • UNE39.9%
  • LIDER38.6%
  • VIVA9.8%
  • J.C.5.1%
  • CREO- Unionista4.8%
  • TODOS1.8%
Results for event-1db47b3e06ddf94c23a94873
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNE · Rubén Ernesto Axpuac Velásquezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,10639.9%5Recorded
LIDER · Rosalio Axpuac Martínezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,07038.6%2Recorded
VIVA · Brenda Marleny Mayen Velásquezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20152709.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
J.C. · Catalina Martínez Velásquez de Galindoguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151415.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREO- Unionista · Jose Celso Axpuac Martínezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151334.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOS · Balter Arnoldo Toledo Martínezguatemala/S6241581360d0/2015491.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

67.940–100 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=5.143191116306252, oldest_gap=1.3001083423618667, previous_gap=10.656517602283536

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

35.9percentage 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=[[3.5943892460549387,17.44593804792519,0.46756282875511396,0,9.000584453535945,0,0,0,0,0,0,69.49152542372882],[10.244211861718998,4.313352362829051,24.770060260069776,0,6.438312718046305,0,0,0,0,4.9476688867745,0,49.286393910561365],[39.94221740700614,0,1.7695919104369808,0,9.750812567713977,38.64210906464427,0,0,0,0,0,9.895269050198628]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

71.65percentage 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=[[3.5943892460549387,17.44593804792519,0.46756282875511396,0,9.000584453535945,0,0,0,0,0,0,69.49152542372882],[10.244211861718998,4.313352362829051,24.770060260069776,0,6.438312718046305,0,0,0,0,4.9476688867745,0,49.286393910561365],[39.94221740700614,0,1.7695919104369808,0,9.750812567713977,38.64210906464427,0,0,0,0,0,9.895269050198628]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

53.78percentage 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=[[3.5943892460549387,17.44593804792519,0.46756282875511396,0,9.000584453535945,0,0,0,0,0,0,69.49152542372882],[10.244211861718998,4.313352362829051,24.770060260069776,0,6.438312718046305,0,0,0,0,4.9476688867745,0,49.286393910561365],[39.94221740700614,0,1.7695919104369808,0,9.750812567713977,38.64210906464427,0,0,0,0,0,9.895269050198628]]

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?
Rubén Ernesto Axpuac VelásquezAlcalde2015UNEunknown
José Augusto Velásquez ChacónSíndico I2015UNEunknown
Jose Luis JuárezSíndico II2015UNEunknown
Jose Cruz Martínez JuárezSíndico Suplente2015UNEunknown
Fredy Yovany Hernández AxpuacConcejal 12015UNEunknown
Clemente Velásquez JuárezConcejal 22015UNEunknown
Alex Everardo Acajabon AxpuacConcejal 32015LIDERunknown
Carlos Humberto Baxac MartínezConcejal 42015LIDERunknown
María Enriqueta Chiroy VelásquezConcejal suplente 12015UNEunknown
Salvador Eli Axpuac PixtunConcejal suplente 22015LIDERunknown
ROSALIO AXPUAC MARTÍNEZALCALDE2019PCunknown
EMMANUEL JOSYMAR MEJÍA JUÁREZSÍNDICO PRIMERO2019PCunknown
PEDRO DÍAZ AXPUACSÍNDICO SEGUNDO2019PCunknown
FILIBERTO JUÁREZ MARTÍNEZSÍNDICO SUPLENTE2019PCunknown
CARLOS HUMBERTO BAXAC MARTÍNEZCONCEJAL PRIMERO2019PCunknown
SALVADOR ELI AXPUAC PIXTUNCONCEJAL SEGUNDO2019PCunknown
RUBÉN ERNESTO AXPUAC VELASQUEZCONCEJAL TERCERO2019TODOSunknown
JOSE AUGUSTO VELASQUEZ CHACONCONCEJAL CUARTO2019TODOSunknown
ROSALIO MONTUFAR RAMIREZPRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019PCunknown
JOSSE CRUZ MARTINEZ JUAREZSEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019TODOSunknown
RUBEN ERNESTO AXPUAC VELASQUEZALCALDE MUNICIPAL2023CABALunknown
CARLOS HUMBERTO BAXAC MARTINEZSINDICO I2023CABALunknown
JOSE JOAQUIN AXPUAX VELASQUEZSINDICO II2023CABALunknown
JOSE AUGUSTO VELASQUEZ CHACONCONCEJAL I2023CABALunknown
JOSE LUIS JUAREZCONCEJAL II2023CABALunknown
DAVID ANDRES MARTINEZ CANOCONCEJAL III2023PINunknown
JULIO FRANCISCO DE PAZ VELASQUEZCONCEJAL IV2023VAMOSunknown
MANUEL DE JESÚS MENDOZA VELASQUEZSINDICO SUPLENTE I2023CABALunknown
AURA LILIANA VELASQUEZ HERNANDEZCONCEJAL SUPLENTE I2023CABALunknown
JOHNY MISRAHY RETANA CHIROYCONCEJAL SUPLENTE II2023PINunknown

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. “San Bartolomé Milpas Altas — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-02-07. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.