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Pochuta — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot
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Guatemala · Pochuta / Chimaltenango · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-03-08
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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
- Pochuta / Chimaltenango
- Next election
- 2027-06-27
- Linked upcoming event
- next-91ca4ece6759793ae1153f23
- 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
- VALOR30.0%
- UNE29.1%
- VAMOS23.3%
- VICTORIA10.6%
- PODEMOS2.7%
- CAMBIO2.0%
- MLP1.2%
- AZUL0.8%
- UNIONISTA0.3%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VALOR · LESTER JOEL GARCIA GUERRERO | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 1,173 | 30% | 5 | Recorded |
| UNE | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 1,139 | 29.1% | 1 | Recorded |
| VAMOS | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 912 | 23.3% | 1 | Recorded |
| VICTORIA | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 414 | 10.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PODEMOS | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 104 | 2.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| CAMBIO | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 80 | 2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MLP | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 47 | 1.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| AZUL | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 33 | 0.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIONISTA | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 10 | 0.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-06-16
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown
- UNE34.5%
- VALOR20.8%
- FUERZA18.3%
- VIVA14.3%
- VAMOS5.4%
- UCN3.5%
- CREO3.2%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNE · JOSÉ BENJAMÍN VÁSQUEZ REYES | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 1,151 | 34.5% | 5 | Recorded |
| VALOR | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 694 | 20.8% | 1 | Recorded |
| FUERZA | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 610 | 18.3% | 1 | Recorded |
| VIVA | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 479 | 14.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| VAMOS | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 182 | 5.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UCN | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 118 | 3.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| CREO | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 106 | 3.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2015-09-06
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown
- LIDER31.3%
- UNE27.3%
- PP19.9%
- FCN NACION9.6%
- WINAQ3.4%
- VIVA2.5%
- CREO- Unionista2.3%
- TODOS2.0%
- UCN1.9%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIDER · Héctor Gonzalo Alfaro Moscoso | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 1,111 | 31.3% | 5 | Recorded |
| UNE · Jose Benjamin Vasquez Reyes | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 967 | 27.3% | 1 | Recorded |
| PP · Gustavo Adolfo Ramirez Garcia | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 705 | 19.9% | 1 | Recorded |
| FCN NACION · Claudia Eugenia Segura | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 341 | 9.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| WINAQ · Yembe Serato Urizar Otzoy | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 119 | 3.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| VIVA · Victor Hugo Doradea Guerra | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 88 | 2.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| CREO- Unionista · Flavio Samuel Zapeta Sutuj | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 80 | 2.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| TODOS · Waldemar Suar Nicolas | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 70 | 2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UCN · Francisco Tepen Yoxon | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 67 | 1.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI74.840–100 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=0.8691206543967276, oldest_gap=4.058624577226606, previous_gap=13.682634730538922
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility26.39percentage 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=[[29.11554192229039,23.312883435582823,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.2556237218813906,0,47.315950920245406],[34.461077844311376,5.449101796407185,0,3.532934131736527,14.341317365269461,0,0,3.1736526946107784,0,0,0,39.04191616766467],[27.254791431792558,0,1.9729425028184893,1.8883878241262684,2.480270574971815,31.313416009019164,19.870349492671927,0,0,0,0,15.219842164599775]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility53.16percentage 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=[[29.11554192229039,23.312883435582823,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.2556237218813906,0,47.315950920245406],[34.461077844311376,5.449101796407185,0,3.532934131736527,14.341317365269461,0,0,3.1736526946107784,0,0,0,39.04191616766467],[27.254791431792558,0,1.9729425028184893,1.8883878241262684,2.480270574971815,31.313416009019164,19.870349492671927,0,0,0,0,15.219842164599775]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility39.78percentage 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=[[29.11554192229039,23.312883435582823,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.2556237218813906,0,47.315950920245406],[34.461077844311376,5.449101796407185,0,3.532934131736527,14.341317365269461,0,0,3.1736526946107784,0,0,0,39.04191616766467],[27.254791431792558,0,1.9729425028184893,1.8883878241262684,2.480270574971815,31.313416009019164,19.870349492671927,0,0,0,0,15.219842164599775]]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Héctor Gonzalo Alfaro Moscoso | Alcalde | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Brenda Azucena Salvador Gálvez | Síndico I | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Cruz Enrique Callejas Ramírez | Síndico II | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Arturo Luis Boch | Síndico Suplente | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Rudy Amilcar Noj Gomez | Concejal 1 | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Aurelio Cojom de la Cruz | Concejal 2 | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Jose Armando Rosales Hernandez | Concejal 3 | 2015 | UNE | unknown |
| Gladys Patricia Ortega Juarez | Concejal 4 | 2015 | PP | unknown |
| Celia Lily Chacon Juarez de Maldonado | Concejal suplente 1 | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Rony Sutuj Quex | Concejal suplente 2 | 2015 | UNE | unknown |
| JOSÉ BENJAMÍN VÁSQUEZ REYES | ALCALDE | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| ALAN ESTUARDO RAMOS NOJ | SÍNDICO PRIMERO | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| MARIO RODOLFO TEO GIRÓN | SÍNDICO SEGUNDO | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| YAMIL WILFREDO BATZ PABLO | SÍNDICO SUPLENTE | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| JOSÉ HUMBERTO ANDRES ANDRES | CONCEJAL PRIMERO | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| VILMA MARILY CHENOL GONZÁLEZ AGUILAR | CONCEJAL SEGUNDO | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| NELSON ONELIO MALDONADO CHONAY | CONCEJAL TERCERO | 2019 | VALOR | unknown |
| HERBER WILFREDO MORALES CHONAY | CONCEJAL CUARTO | 2019 | FUERZA | unknown |
| LOIDA EUNICE CHAVAC SUAR | PRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| HOSBALDO SARBELIO CALDERON LIMA | SEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE | 2019 | VALOR | unknown |
| LESTER JOEL GARCIA GUERRERO | ALCALDE MUNICIPAL | 2023 | VALOR | unknown |
| JIMMY LEO VAN DE LEON ALEMAN | SINDICO I | 2023 | VALOR | unknown |
| SALVADOR DE JESUS XICAY | SINDICO II | 2023 | VALOR | unknown |
| LUIS ANTONIO PEREZ GUERRA | CONCEJAL I | 2023 | VALOR | unknown |
| JULIAN QUECHE NICOLAS | CONCEJAL II | 2023 | VALOR | unknown |
| JOSE ENRIQUE MARTIN NORIEGA | CONCEJAL III | 2023 | UNE | unknown |
| JOSE HUMBERTO ANDRES ANDRES | CONCEJAL IV | 2023 | VAMOS | unknown |
| EVERARDO RANCK PRIMERO | SINDICO SUPLENTE I | 2023 | VALOR | unknown |
| VILMA BEATRIZ QUEVEDO CASTRO | CONCEJAL SUPLENTE I | 2023 | VALOR | unknown |
| FRANK WERNER LOPEZ ALEMAN | CONCEJAL SUPLENTE II | 2023 | UNE | 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. “Pochuta — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-03-08. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.