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Santa Apolonia — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot
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Guatemala · Santa Apolonia / Chimaltenango · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-03-05
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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
- Santa Apolonia / Chimaltenango
- Next election
- 2027-06-27
- Linked upcoming event
- next-96282503ec4fe8d073ed5fcc
- 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
- UNIONISTA35.8%
- VAMOS31.1%
- PODEMOS25.3%
- TODOS2.3%
- CAMBIO2.3%
- UNE2.1%
- VALOR1.2%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIONISTA · SELVIN CARLOS PINZON DE LA CRUZ | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 3,158 | 35.8% | 5 | Recorded |
| VAMOS | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 2,745 | 31.1% | 2 | Recorded |
| PODEMOS | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 2,230 | 25.3% | 1 | Recorded |
| TODOS | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 207 | 2.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| CAMBIO | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 201 | 2.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNE | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 181 | 2.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| VALOR | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 104 | 1.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-06-16
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown
- UNE40.3%
- PC35.7%
- PODEMOS11.1%
- LIBRE5.4%
- VAMOS4.0%
- FCN NACION2.2%
- UCN1.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNE · FRANCISCO TEPAZ AJU | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 2,875 | 40.3% | 5 | Recorded |
| PC | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 2,547 | 35.7% | 2 | Recorded |
| PODEMOS | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 795 | 11.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| LIBRE | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 384 | 5.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| VAMOS | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 284 | 4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FCN NACION | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 155 | 2.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UCN | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 101 | 1.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2015-09-06
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown
- LIDER62.2%
- COCINA33.6%
- CREO- Unionista2.8%
- FCN NACION1.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIDER · Francisco Tepaz Aju | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 4,426 | 62.2% | 6 | Recorded |
| COCINA · Marco Tulio Nuñez Rodas | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 2,392 | 33.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| CREO- Unionista · Julian Guigui Xon | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 200 | 2.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FCN NACION · Porfidio Chonay Buc | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 97 | 1.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI64.780–100 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=4.679356446861547, oldest_gap=28.587491215741395, previous_gap=4.5931942304999325
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility65.25percentage 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=[[2.050759120779515,31.101291638341266,2.345343303874915,0,0,0,0,0,0,35.78064808520281,0,28.721957851801495],[40.26046772160762,3.9770340288475006,0,1.414367735611259,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,54.348130513933626],[0,0,0,0,0,62.20660576247365,0,0,0,0,0,37.79339423752635]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility62.21percentage 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=[[2.050759120779515,31.101291638341266,2.345343303874915,0,0,0,0,0,0,35.78064808520281,0,28.721957851801495],[40.26046772160762,3.9770340288475006,0,1.414367735611259,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,54.348130513933626],[0,0,0,0,0,62.20660576247365,0,0,0,0,0,37.79339423752635]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility63.73percentage 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=[[2.050759120779515,31.101291638341266,2.345343303874915,0,0,0,0,0,0,35.78064808520281,0,28.721957851801495],[40.26046772160762,3.9770340288475006,0,1.414367735611259,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,54.348130513933626],[0,0,0,0,0,62.20660576247365,0,0,0,0,0,37.79339423752635]]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Tepaz Aju | Alcalde | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Jose Gilberto Pinzón Álvarez | Síndico I | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Martin Mux Juracan | Síndico II | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Victor Isaias Mercar Martín | Síndico Suplente | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Juan Martín Chonay | Concejal 1 | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Leon Genaro Lares López | Concejal 2 | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Demetrio Xon Pacheco | Concejal 3 | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Victor Hugo Ramirez Girón | Concejal 4 | 2015 | COCINA | unknown |
| Jose Oliverio Tepaz Buc | Concejal suplente 1 | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Jose Maria Ajozal Tamat | Concejal suplente 2 | 2015 | COCINA | unknown |
| FRANCISCO TEPAZ AJU | ALCALDE | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| MARIO BALDOMERO BUC SAQUIL | SÍNDICO PRIMERO | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| RUFINO MARTÍN COROY | SÍNDICO SEGUNDO | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| EDILSO FROILÁN TUBAC XÓN | SÍNDICO SUPLENTE | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| JUAN MARTÍN CHONAY | CONCEJAL PRIMERO | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| JUÁN PANTZAY SEMET | CONCEJAL SEGUNDO | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| RAFAEL MERCAR CHONAY | CONCEJAL TERCERO | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| DAVID RUIZ RUIZ | CONCEJAL CUARTO | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| FELIPE GARCÍA MARTÍN | PRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE | 2019 | BIEN | unknown |
| KEVIN WILFRED CHOLÓN CHONAY | SEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| SELVIN CARLOS PINZON DE LA CRUZ | ALCALDE MUNICIPAL | 2023 | UNIONISTA | unknown |
| GABRIEL AJOZAL CHONAY | SINDICO I | 2023 | UNIONISTA | unknown |
| LUIS ROBERTO BUC BUC | SINDICO II | 2023 | UNIONISTA | unknown |
| PABLO TEPAZ CHONAY | CONCEJAL I | 2023 | UNIONISTA | unknown |
| ESGAR ARNOLDO OVALLE ALEMAN | CONCEJAL II | 2023 | UNIONISTA | unknown |
| JOAQUIN LARES LOPEZ | CONCEJAL III | 2023 | VAMOS | unknown |
| JORGE ROLANDO CHONAY BUC | CONCEJAL IV | 2023 | VAMOS | unknown |
| SAMUEL CUY CHONAY | CONCEJAL V | 2023 | PODEMOS | unknown |
| ERICK ADONIAS MARTIN COJTI | SINDICO SUPLENTE I | 2023 | UNIONISTA | unknown |
| JOSE LUIS SAQUIL LOPEZ | CONCEJAL SUPLENTE I | 2023 | UNIONISTA | unknown |
| EUGENIO TEPAZ CHOLON | CONCEJAL SUPLENTE II | 2023 | VAMOS | 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. “Santa Apolonia — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-03-05. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.