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Chimaltenango — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot

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Guatemala · Chimaltenango / Chimaltenango · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-03-01

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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
Chimaltenango / Chimaltenango
Next election
2027-06-27
Linked upcoming event
next-c826faae879c9ef5a5b20b34
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

  • CHICH23.4%
  • VAMOS18.3%
  • CAMBIO10.9%
  • VALOR6.2%
  • UNE5.9%
  • MANO. L. O.5.7%
  • TODOS4.6%
  • VOS4.2%
  • VIVA4.0%
  • URNG-MAIZ WINAQ SEMILLA3.1%
  • VICTORIA2.2%
  • PPN2.2%
  • COLIBRI1.7%
  • AZUL1.6%
  • PODEMOS1.4%
  • UNIONISTA1.1%
  • ELEFANTE1.1%
  • FCN-NACION0.9%
  • MI FAMILIA0.8%
  • UR0.6%
Results for event-d57d8cc1fcd23f5aeb7b1583
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CHICH · ALFONSO ELEL CASTROguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20237,95823.4%8Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20236,20218.3%3Recorded
CAMBIOguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20233,69110.9%1Recorded
VALORguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232,1176.2%1Recorded
UNEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232,0015.9%1Recorded
MANO. L. O.guatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,9485.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,5644.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,4194.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,3754%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
URNG-MAIZ WINAQ SEMILLAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,0433.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VICTORIAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20237572.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PPNguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20237332.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
COLIBRIguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20235831.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AZULguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20235361.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PODEMOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20234881.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIONISTAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20233901.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ELEFANTEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20233641.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FCN-NACIONguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232920.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MI FAMILIAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232800.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
URguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232130.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-06-16

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • UNE18.2%
  • CH´ICH17.4%
  • CASA10.7%
  • CCEL ZOMPOPO10.6%
  • VAMOS10.5%
  • SOL6.2%
  • FUERZA4.1%
  • SEMILLA3.3%
  • CREO2.9%
  • PODEMOS2.8%
  • BIEN1.9%
  • PC1.7%
  • TODOS1.6%
  • PHG1.6%
  • FCN NACION1.3%
  • PPT1.2%
  • MLP1.2%
  • UNIONISTA1.1%
  • EG1.1%
  • UCN0.5%
  • LIBRE0.4%
Results for event-367bb5c71bcb584311ba91a9
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNE · CARLOS ALEXANDER SIMAJ CHÁNguatemala/S6d250220e847/20195,71318.2%5Recorded
CH´ICHguatemala/S6d250220e847/20195,45717.4%2Recorded
CASAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193,35810.7%1Recorded
CCEL ZOMPOPOguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193,31410.6%1Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193,29810.5%1Recorded
SOLguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,9406.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,2914.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SEMILLAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,0353.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREOguatemala/S6d250220e847/20198992.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PODEMOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20198702.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
BIENguatemala/S6d250220e847/20195811.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PCguatemala/S6d250220e847/20195211.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20195081.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PHGguatemala/S6d250220e847/20194901.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FCN NACIONguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193941.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PPTguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193791.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MLPguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193761.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIONISTAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193501.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
EGguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193451.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UCNguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191430.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBREguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191180.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2015-09-06

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • UNE31.3%
  • LIDER16.1%
  • PP14.6%
  • EL TRACTOR14.4%
  • C.A.S.A14.1%
  • PAN2.8%
  • VIVA2.3%
  • UCN1.4%
  • TODOS1.2%
  • PRI1.0%
  • CREO- Unionista1.0%
Results for event-014e6bff85b700fec7909b3b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNE · Carlos Alexander Simaj Changuatemala/S6241581360d0/201510,51231.3%6Recorded
LIDER · Jaime Rolando Echeverría De Leónguatemala/S6241581360d0/20155,39916.1%1Recorded
PP · Maynor Gabriel Mejía Popolguatemala/S6241581360d0/20154,89214.6%1Recorded
EL TRACTOR · Alfonso Elel Castroguatemala/S6241581360d0/20154,82114.4%1Recorded
C.A.S.A · Rubén Xoyon Moralesguatemala/S6241581360d0/20154,74714.1%1Recorded
PAN · José Francisco Noj Xoyónguatemala/S6241581360d0/20159292.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA · Marco Guillermo Cordova Álvarezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20157622.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UCN · José Roberto Talaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20154741.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOS · Juan Javier Ovando Nazariesguatemala/S6241581360d0/20153961.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PRI · Pedro Antonio Landaverde Grandeguatemala/S6241581360d0/20153321%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREO- Unionista · Fredy Antonio Rodríguez Moratayaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20153221%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

75.650–100 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=5.1717028921482004, oldest_gap=15.223605073542547, previous_gap=0.8158062460165709

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

18.93percentage 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=[[5.8932673617246865,18.265889144136185,4.606231960888261,0,4.0495965129292575,0,0,0,0.8599870412911587,1.148612829121753,0,65.17641514990872],[18.205863607393244,10.509878903760358,1.6188655194391333,0.455704270235819,0,0,0,2.8648820905035053,0,1.1153601019757808,3.298279158699809,61.931166347992345],[31.298755433811706,0,1.1790627046983861,1.4113023283510986,2.2688024772226525,16.07515036026916,14.56559280652653,0,0,0,0,33.20133388912047]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

46.96percentage 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=[[5.8932673617246865,18.265889144136185,4.606231960888261,0,4.0495965129292575,0,0,0,0.8599870412911587,1.148612829121753,0,65.17641514990872],[18.205863607393244,10.509878903760358,1.6188655194391333,0.455704270235819,0,0,0,2.8648820905035053,0,1.1153601019757808,3.298279158699809,61.931166347992345],[31.298755433811706,0,1.1790627046983861,1.4113023283510986,2.2688024772226525,16.07515036026916,14.56559280652653,0,0,0,0,33.20133388912047]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.94percentage 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=[[5.8932673617246865,18.265889144136185,4.606231960888261,0,4.0495965129292575,0,0,0,0.8599870412911587,1.148612829121753,0,65.17641514990872],[18.205863607393244,10.509878903760358,1.6188655194391333,0.455704270235819,0,0,0,2.8648820905035053,0,1.1153601019757808,3.298279158699809,61.931166347992345],[31.298755433811706,0,1.1790627046983861,1.4113023283510986,2.2688024772226525,16.07515036026916,14.56559280652653,0,0,0,0,33.20133388912047]]

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?
Carlos Alexander Simaj ChanAlcalde2015UNEunknown
Alberto Hernández XoyonSíndico I2015UNEunknown
Teofilo Epifanio Hernández PabloSíndico II2015UNEunknown
Jose Leon Morales VásquezSíndico Suplente2015UNEunknown
Romulo Sequen HernándezConcejal 12015UNEunknown
Eulalio Martinez AcanConcejal 22015UNEunknown
Aura Rebeca Cifuentes CoradoConcejal 32015UNEunknown
Edvin Rolando Girón OseidaConcejal 42015LIDERunknown
Josue Isaias Barillas GarcíaConcejal 52015PPunknown
Julio Ramiro Merida RamírezConcejal 62015TRACTORunknown
Isauro Dionel González VásquezConcejal 72015C.A.S.A.unknown
Francisco Macu XarConcejal suplente 12015UNEunknown
Glendi Dulcina Caal Car de IxlaConcejal suplente 22015UNEunknown
Manuel de Jesús OrdóñezConcejal suplente 32015LIDERunknown
CARLOS ALEXANDER SIMAJ CHÁNALCALDE2019UNEunknown
EDWIN ESTUARDO ARRIOLA GALVEZSÍNDICO PRIMERO2019UNEunknown
BLANCA MIREIRA TUBAC SOCOYSÍNDICO SEGUNDO2019UNEunknown
GLADYS ELENA COJÓN SAQUECSÍNDICO SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
GLADIS DEL ROSARIO TEXAJ CÁRDENASCONCEJAL PRIMERO2019UNEunknown
EWIN YOVANI MOISÉS GUAMUCHE XONCONCEJAL SEGUNDO2019UNEunknown
JUAN MANUEL SUBUYUC CHÁNCONCEJAL TERCERO2019CH´ICHunknown
ELMER YOVANY LÓPEZ GARCÍACONCEJAL CUARTO2019CH´ICHunknown
EDWIN ARNOLDO ITZEP GUZMANCONCEJAL QUINTO2019CASAunknown
JOSE ISAÍAS TUBAC TUBACCONCEJAL SEXTO2019CCEL ZOMPOPOunknown
JAIME ROLANDO ECHEVERRIA DE LEONCONCEJAL SÉPTIMO2019VAMOSunknown
MILDRED EUNICE SILIEZAR ARCHILAPRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
JORGE LUIS GÓMEZ GÓMEZSEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019CH´ICHunknown
DANIEL EDUARDO JOCOP VELÁSQUEZTERCER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019CASAunknown
ALFONSO ELEL CASTROALCALDE MUNICIPAL2023CHICHunknown
VIVIAN MELISA RIVAS GOMEZSINDICO I2023CHICHunknown
JOSE ISAIAS TUBAC TUBACSINDICO II2023CHICHunknown
LAUREANO MARTINEZ GARCIASINDICO III2023CHICHunknown
MARCO ANTONIO SET YANCOSCONCEJAL I2023CHICHunknown
MARTA OLGA RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZCONCEJAL II2023CHICHunknown
EDDY JOSUE HERNANDEZ SILIEZARCONCEJAL III2023CHICHunknown
GREGORIA ISABEL XICAY CHANG DE ELELCONCEJAL IV2023CHICHunknown
HENRY ESTUAR RUIZ RIVERACONCEJAL V2023VAMOSunknown
TELMA BEATRIZ MOREJON MORALESCONCEJAL VI2023VAMOSunknown
JUAN CARLOS CHIQUITO CANCONCEJAL VII2023VAMOSunknown
FREDY RODOLFO GONZALEZ SOLARESCONCEJAL VIII2023CAMBIOunknown
HUGO LEONEL TUBAC COSCONCEJAL IX2023VALORunknown
SHIRLEY GABRIELA SINAY CIFUENTESCONCEJAL X2023UNEunknown
GERMAN QUELEX TUBACSINDICO SUPLENTE I2023CHICHunknown
MARCO JULIO CESAR SEQUEN SAQUILCONCEJAL SUPLENTE I2023CHICHunknown
LESLY ESMERALDA TOL INAYCONCEJAL SUPLENTE II2023CHICHunknown
NILDA ILEANA QUEX MUCIACONCEJAL SUPLENTE III2023VAMOSunknown
LUIS ALBERTO GOMEZ AZURDIACONCEJAL SUPLENTE IV2023CAMBIOunknown

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. “Chimaltenango — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-03-01. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.