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Magdalena Milpas Altas — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot

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Guatemala · Magdalena Milpas Altas / Sacatepéquez · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-02-10

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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
Magdalena Milpas Altas / Sacatepéquez
Next election
2027-06-27
Linked upcoming event
next-13fe0454624199c0e5d60ba2
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%
  • VALOR UNIONISTA18.6%
  • MLP11.7%
  • UNE11.4%
  • PPG10.0%
  • VAMOS5.6%
  • AZUL5.6%
  • VIVA3.9%
  • PPN2.6%
  • VICTORIA2.6%
  • MI FAMILIA2.0%
  • UR1.3%
Results for event-5f6c2bc9bcbffb6b422d5a84
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CABAL · ERICK NOEL MARTINEZ LOPEZguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,22524.7%5Recorded
VALOR UNIONISTAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/202392318.6%1Recorded
MLPguatemala/S86641369d4ca/202358111.7%1Recorded
UNEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/202356611.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PPGguatemala/S86641369d4ca/202349410%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232795.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AZULguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232785.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231963.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PPNguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231312.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VICTORIAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231272.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MI FAMILIAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023992%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
URguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023641.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-06-16

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • UNE20.5%
  • TODOS20.4%
  • CREO19.9%
  • PC19.5%
  • UNIONISTA8.5%
  • VIVA6.8%
  • FUERZA4.2%
Results for event-65ffbe0fbdd37187e9598e25
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNE · JUAN FRANCISCO PÉREZ MENDEZguatemala/S6d250220e847/201997220.5%4Recorded
TODOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/201996520.4%1Recorded
CREOguatemala/S6d250220e847/201994419.9%1Recorded
PCguatemala/S6d250220e847/201992419.5%1Recorded
UNIONISTAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20194048.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193246.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20192004.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2015-09-06

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • CCLM24.5%
  • LIDER23.4%
  • UCN12.5%
  • CREO- Unionista9.6%
  • TODOS9.5%
  • PP6.0%
  • FCN NACION4.4%
  • MI PAIS2.9%
  • PAN2.8%
  • UNE2.3%
  • CNN2.2%
Results for event-c0f04beeff9e024f1ae77c3d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CCLM · Pedro Alcantara Pérez Velásquezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,12824.5%5Recorded
LIDER · Juan Martínez Méndezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,07623.4%1Recorded
UCN · Juan David Chanta Mixtúnguatemala/S6241581360d0/201557812.5%1Recorded
CREO- Unionista · Elmar Marcelo Pérez Garcíaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20154429.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOS · Juan Carlos Riveraguatemala/S6241581360d0/20154379.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PP · Bernabe Mendez Dubónguatemala/S6241581360d0/20152766%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FCN NACION · Jaime Dario Chacón Chacónguatemala/S6241581360d0/20152014.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MI PAIS · Anacleto Hernández Ramosguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151322.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PAN · Amner Jonnattan López Escobarguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151312.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNE · José Dalmacio López Bautistaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151052.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CNN · Adolfo Eli Funes Acajabónguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151012.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

80.960–100 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=6.085029216199882, oldest_gap=1.1287171695246343, previous_gap=0.14789773927741123

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

60.9percentage 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=[[11.404392504533549,5.621599838807173,0,0,3.9492242595204514,0,0,0,0,0,0,79.02478339713883],[20.53665751109233,0,20.388759771814918,0,6.845552503697443,0,0,19.945066553982674,0,8.535812381153603,0,23.74815127825903],[2.2791404384632084,0,9.485565443889733,12.546125461254613,0,23.3557629693944,5.990883438246147,0,0,0,0,46.3425222487519]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

64.49percentage 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=[[11.404392504533549,5.621599838807173,0,0,3.9492242595204514,0,0,0,0,0,0,79.02478339713883],[20.53665751109233,0,20.388759771814918,0,6.845552503697443,0,0,19.945066553982674,0,8.535812381153603,0,23.74815127825903],[2.2791404384632084,0,9.485565443889733,12.546125461254613,0,23.3557629693944,5.990883438246147,0,0,0,0,46.3425222487519]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

62.69percentage 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=[[11.404392504533549,5.621599838807173,0,0,3.9492242595204514,0,0,0,0,0,0,79.02478339713883],[20.53665751109233,0,20.388759771814918,0,6.845552503697443,0,0,19.945066553982674,0,8.535812381153603,0,23.74815127825903],[2.2791404384632084,0,9.485565443889733,12.546125461254613,0,23.3557629693944,5.990883438246147,0,0,0,0,46.3425222487519]]

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?
Pedro Alcantara Pérez VelásquezAlcalde2015CCLMunknown
Reymundo Velásquez PérezSíndico I2015CCLMunknown
Pedro Francisco López RamosSíndico II2015CCLMunknown
Juan José García MuxtúnSíndico Suplente2015CCLMunknown
Wenceslao Pérez BautistaConcejal 12015CCLMunknown
Otilio Chacón AlvarezConcejal 22015CCLMunknown
Angel Isaias Martínez RamosConcejal 32015LIDERunknown
Faugustino MéndezConcejal 42015UCNunknown
Jose Mario Gómez MartínezConcejal suplente 12015CCLMunknown
Cesar Augusto Chacón QuiejConcejal suplente 22015LIDERunknown
JUAN FRANCISCO PÉREZ MENDEZALCALDE2019UNEunknown
FELIPE JUAREZ CHANTASÍNDICO PRIMERO2019UNEunknown
INOCENTE RAMOS SALAMÁSÍNDICO SEGUNDO2019UNEunknown
FRANCISCO MÉNDEZ LÓPEZSÍNDICO SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
JULIAN MARTINEZ RAMOSCONCEJAL PRIMERO2019UNEunknown
CARLOS HUMBERTO CHANTA MORALESCONCEJAL SEGUNDO2019TODOSunknown
EMILIO ROBERTO SALAMÁ LÓPEZCONCEJAL TERCERO2019CREOunknown
FAUSTO RENE HERNÁNDEZ GONZALESCONCEJAL CUARTO2019P.C.unknown
PEDRO BARRERA GÓMEZPRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
LAZARO CHANTA VELASQUEZSEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019TODOSunknown
ERICK NOEL MARTINEZ LOPEZALCALDE MUNICIPAL2023CABALunknown
HECTOR OSELO BAUTISTA PEREZSINDICO I2023CABALunknown
MELVA JUDITH CASTILLO PAREDES DE GARCIASINDICO II2023CABALunknown
MARVIN ERIBERTO MARROQUIN BAUTISTACONCEJAL I2023CABALunknown
RONALDO MENDEZ GOMEZCONCEJAL II2023CABALunknown
VENANCIO LOPEZ HERNANDEZCONCEJAL III2023VALOR UNIONISTAunknown
EFRAIN DIONICIO PEREZCONCEJAL IV2023MLPunknown
AGUSTIN JUAREZ RAMOSSINDICO SUPLENTE I2023CABALunknown
PEDRO GARCIA PEREZCONCEJAL SUPLENTE I2023CABALunknown
GUILDER IVAN PIRIR CHOCCONCEJAL SUPLENTE II2023VALOR UNIONISTAunknown

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. “Magdalena Milpas Altas — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-02-10. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.