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Ciudad Vieja — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot
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Guatemala · Ciudad Vieja / Sacatepéquez · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-02-12
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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
- Ciudad Vieja / Sacatepéquez
- Next election
- 2027-06-27
- Linked upcoming event
- next-3398f0fb08f35af71e24b65d
- 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
- LBRE CIUDAD VIEJA48.8%
- CABAL16.0%
- VAMOS13.1%
- UNE10.1%
- PPN6.5%
- AZUL1.8%
- VIVA1.6%
- WINAQ1.0%
- MI FAMILIA0.7%
- CREO0.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LBRE CIUDAD VIEJA · CLEMENTE FEDERICO ARTURO BETHANCOURT SANCHEZ | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 5,678 | 48.8% | 6 | Recorded |
| CABAL | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 1,863 | 16% | 1 | Recorded |
| VAMOS | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 1,524 | 13.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNE | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 1,174 | 10.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PPN | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 753 | 6.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| AZUL | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 212 | 1.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| VIVA | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 184 | 1.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| WINAQ | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 112 | 1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MI FAMILIA | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 84 | 0.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| CREO | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 44 | 0.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-06-16
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown
- LIBRE29.9%
- PC24.8%
- VAMOS23.0%
- UNE8.1%
- UNIONISTA5.4%
- CREO4.4%
- TODOS2.7%
- FUERZA1.7%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIBRE · CLEMENTE FEDERICO ARTURO BETHANCOURT SANCHEZ | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 2,978 | 29.9% | 5 | Recorded |
| PC | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 2,469 | 24.8% | 2 | Recorded |
| VAMOS | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 2,289 | 23% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNE | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 810 | 8.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIONISTA | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 540 | 5.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| CREO | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 443 | 4.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| TODOS | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 272 | 2.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FUERZA | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 167 | 1.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2015-09-06
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown
- PP34.7%
- LIDER27.4%
- CREO- Unionista9.6%
- TODOS9.2%
- PAN7.1%
- UNE5.9%
- FCN NACION4.8%
- UCN1.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP · José Juventino Paredes Galindo | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 3,614 | 34.7% | 6 | Recorded |
| LIDER · Oscar Antonio Cruz Quiñonez | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 2,852 | 27.4% | 2 | Recorded |
| CREO- Unionista · Hugo Orlando Palacios Andrino | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 996 | 9.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| TODOS · Cesar Augusto López López | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 962 | 9.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PAN · Edgar Orlando Marroquín Olayo | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 738 | 7.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNE · José Ricardo Castellanos Reyes | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 611 | 5.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FCN NACION · Julio Cesar López Zelada | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 502 | 4.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UCN · Marcelo Pérez Gómez | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 149 | 1.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=32.80873753009976, oldest_gap=7.310053722179585, previous_gap=5.10634028892456
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility22.07percentage 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=[[10.096319229446165,13.106295149638802,0,0,1.5823873409012728,0,0,0.3783969728242174,0,0,0,74.83660130718954],[8.126003210272874,22.963483146067414,2.7287319422150884,0,0,0,0,4.44422150882825,0,5.417335473515249,0,56.32022471910113],[5.861473522640061,0,9.228702993092863,1.4293937068303915,0,27.35993860322333,34.669992325402916,0,0,0,0,21.450498848810437]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility69.96percentage 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=[[10.096319229446165,13.106295149638802,0,0,1.5823873409012728,0,0,0.3783969728242174,0,0,0,74.83660130718954],[8.126003210272874,22.963483146067414,2.7287319422150884,0,0,0,0,4.44422150882825,0,5.417335473515249,0,56.32022471910113],[5.861473522640061,0,9.228702993092863,1.4293937068303915,0,27.35993860322333,34.669992325402916,0,0,0,0,21.450498848810437]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility46.01percentage 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=[[10.096319229446165,13.106295149638802,0,0,1.5823873409012728,0,0,0.3783969728242174,0,0,0,74.83660130718954],[8.126003210272874,22.963483146067414,2.7287319422150884,0,0,0,0,4.44422150882825,0,5.417335473515249,0,56.32022471910113],[5.861473522640061,0,9.228702993092863,1.4293937068303915,0,27.35993860322333,34.669992325402916,0,0,0,0,21.450498848810437]]
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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Juventino Paredes Galindo | Alcalde | 2015 | PP | unknown |
| Apolonio Cana Hernández | Síndico I | 2015 | PP | unknown |
| Cesar Augusto Morales Hernández | Síndico II | 2015 | PP | unknown |
| Oscar Demetrio Hernández Hernández | Síndico Suplente | 2015 | PP | unknown |
| Daniel Vásquez Martínez | Concejal 1 | 2015 | PP | unknown |
| Sergio Anibal Oviedo Yllescas | Concejal 2 | 2015 | PP | unknown |
| Victor Leonel Hernández Castellanos | Concejal 3 | 2015 | PP | unknown |
| Williams Roberto Villalta Gutiérrez | Concejal 4 | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Henry David González Gómez | Concejal 5 | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Miguel Angel Argueta Parada | Concejal suplente 1 | 2015 | PP | unknown |
| Hector Ricardo García Castellanos | Concejal suplente 2 | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| CLEMENTE FEDERICO ARTURO BETHANCOURT SANCHEZ | ALCALDE | 2019 | LIBRE | unknown |
| JUAN CARLOS DE PAZ PAREDES | SÍNDICO PRIMERO | 2019 | LIBRE | unknown |
| HERMOGENES ROSAS JIMENEZ | SÍNDICO SEGUNDO | 2019 | LIBRE | unknown |
| TEODORO TAJ PEREZ | SÍNDICO SUPLENTE | 2019 | LIBRE | unknown |
| CARLOS AMILCAR VILLALTA GUITIERREZ | CONCEJAL PRIMERO | 2019 | LIBRE | unknown |
| ARTEMIO MENDOZA HERNANDEZ | CONCEJAL SEGUNDO | 2019 | LIBRE | unknown |
| VICTOR LEONEL HERNÁNDEZ CASTELLANOS | CONCEJAL TERCERO | 2019 | P.C. | unknown |
| DANIEL VÁSQUEZ MARTÍNEZ | CONCEJAL CUARTO | 2019 | P.C. | unknown |
| EDGAR ORLANDO MARROQUÍN OLAYO | CONCEJAL QUINTO | 2019 | VAMOS | unknown |
| FERNANDO CELADA ZULETA | PRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE | 2019 | LIBRE | unknown |
| MAYNOR DAVID ZELADA HERNÁNDEZ | SEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE | 2019 | P.C. | unknown |
| CLEMENTE FEDERICO ARTURO BETHANCOURT SANCHEZ | ALCALDE MUNICIPAL | 2023 | SIN SIGLAS | unknown |
| ARTEMIO MENDOZA HERNANDEZ | SINDICO I | 2023 | SIN SIGLAS | unknown |
| HERMOGENES ROSAS JIMENEZ | SINDICO II | 2023 | SIN SIGLAS | unknown |
| MARIA LUISA GALINDO QUIÑONEZ | CONCEJAL I | 2023 | SIN SIGLAS | unknown |
| JUAN CARLOS DE PAZ PAREDES | CONCEJAL II | 2023 | SIN SIGLAS | unknown |
| CARLOS AMILCAR VILLALTA GUTIERREZ | CONCEJAL III | 2023 | SIN SIGLAS | unknown |
| MARIA SARVELIA ROSAS ZELADA | CONCEJAL IV | 2023 | CABAL | unknown |
| LUIS FERNANDO ORTIZ AGUIRRE | CONCEJAL V | 2023 | VAMOS | unknown |
| JUAN CECILIO VASQUEZ PEREIRA | SINDICO SUPLENTE I | 2023 | SIN SIGLAS | unknown |
| JAIME EDUARDO VILLAVICENCIO LOPEZ | CONCEJAL SUPLENTE I | 2023 | SIN SIGLAS | unknown |
| AMBROCIO FLORES HERNANDEZ | CONCEJAL SUPLENTE II | 2023 | SIN SIGLAS | unknown |
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
- Guatemala: https://web.archive.org/web/20250225143526id_/https://www.tse.org.gt/images/memoriaselec/me/2023_Memoria_Elecciones.pdf · rights unknown
- Guatemala: https://web.archive.org/web/20201027015650id_/http://www.tse.org.gt/images/memoriaselec/me2019.pdf · rights unknown
- Guatemala: https://web.archive.org/web/20161124082300id_/http://tse.org.gt/images/memoriaselec/me2015.pdf · rights unknown
- Guatemala: TSE Memoria Electoral 2023 — final municipal votes and adjudications (archived official report) · rights unknown
- Guatemala: TSE Memoria Electoral 2019 — final municipal votes and adjudications (archived official report) · rights unknown
- Guatemala: TSE Memoria Electoral 2015 — final municipal votes and adjudications (archived official report) · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “Ciudad Vieja — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-02-12. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.