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Santa Cruz Balanyá — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot

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Guatemala · Santa Cruz Balanyá / Chimaltenango · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-03-10

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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
Santa Cruz Balanyá / Chimaltenango
Next election
2027-06-27
Linked upcoming event
next-3e3002d959c53890bbd7b79f
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

  • VAMOS37.4%
  • CABAL28.8%
  • VALOR16.2%
  • PODEMOS11.4%
  • UNE2.9%
  • VICTORIA2.7%
  • CAMBIO0.7%
Results for event-4914c409277c7972bfb91cfa
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
VAMOS · ENIO OSWALDO JUAREZ ROQUELguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,75937.4%5Recorded
CABALguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,35628.8%1Recorded
VALORguatemala/S86641369d4ca/202376116.2%1Recorded
PODEMOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/202353611.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231362.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VICTORIAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231272.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CAMBIOguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023320.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-06-16

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • PC38.5%
  • UNE22.6%
  • SEMILLA15.1%
  • FUERZA9.5%
  • CREO5.8%
  • FCN NACION4.7%
  • BIEN1.6%
  • TODOS1.4%
  • PODEMOS0.8%
Results for event-cc7315b848fdafb7df274c8d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PC · ENIO OSWALDO JUÁREZ ROQUELguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,63438.5%5Recorded
UNEguatemala/S6d250220e847/201996022.6%1Recorded
SEMILLAguatemala/S6d250220e847/201964115.1%1Recorded
FUERZAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20194019.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREOguatemala/S6d250220e847/20192445.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FCN NACIONguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191984.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
BIENguatemala/S6d250220e847/2019691.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/2019601.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PODEMOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/2019330.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2015-09-06

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • LIDER43.5%
  • PP28.1%
  • UNE10.9%
  • FCN NACION7.9%
  • UCN5.2%
  • UNIDOS POR BALANYA4.5%
Results for event-1ba46e9ade995493a323a7e5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIDER · Luis Everardo Chonay Siringuatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,76843.5%6Recorded
PP · Edgar Augusto Coroy Juárezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,14228.1%1Recorded
UNE · José Gabriel Xicayguatemala/S6241581360d0/201544210.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FCN NACION · Luis Alberto Chonay Sanicguatemala/S6241581360d0/20153227.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UCN · Salomón Estuardo Arroyave Cerónguatemala/S6241581360d0/20152135.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS POR BALANYA · Catarino Ruyan Chonayguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151824.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

42.780–100 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=8.561716592309324, oldest_gap=15.384615384615383, previous_gap=15.89622641509434

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

42.04percentage 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=[[2.8893137879753557,37.36987465476949,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59.74081155725515],[22.641509433962263,0,1.4150943396226414,0,0,0,0,5.754716981132075,0,0,15.117924528301886,55.070754716981135],[10.86261980830671,0,0,5.234701400835586,0,43.45047923322684,28.065863848611453,0,0,0,0,12.386335709019416]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

76.75percentage 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=[[2.8893137879753557,37.36987465476949,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59.74081155725515],[22.641509433962263,0,1.4150943396226414,0,0,0,0,5.754716981132075,0,0,15.117924528301886,55.070754716981135],[10.86261980830671,0,0,5.234701400835586,0,43.45047923322684,28.065863848611453,0,0,0,0,12.386335709019416]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

59.4percentage 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=[[2.8893137879753557,37.36987465476949,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,59.74081155725515],[22.641509433962263,0,1.4150943396226414,0,0,0,0,5.754716981132075,0,0,15.117924528301886,55.070754716981135],[10.86261980830671,0,0,5.234701400835586,0,43.45047923322684,28.065863848611453,0,0,0,0,12.386335709019416]]

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?
Luis Everardo Chonay SirinAlcalde2015LIDERunknown
Víctor Chipix MoralesSíndico I2015LIDERunknown
Donaldo Coroy PataSíndico II2015LIDERunknown
Jonatan Chonay BalSíndico Suplente2015LIDERunknown
José Carlos Chonay MartinConcejal 12015LIDERunknown
Esdras Nehemias Juárez SeyConcejal 22015LIDERunknown
Juan Similox TucubalConcejal 32015LIDERunknown
Enio Oswaldo Juárez RoquelConcejal 42015PPunknown
Jaime Francisco González SeyConcejal suplente 12015LIDERunknown
Concha Mercedes López RaxtunConcejal suplente 22015PPunknown
ENIO OSWALDO JUÁREZ ROQUELALCALDE2019PCunknown
EDGAR CHONAY CHONAYSÍNDICO PRIMERO2019PCunknown
JONAS CHOLAC GONZALEZSÍNDICO SEGUNDO2019PCunknown
TRANSITO ASUNCIÓN PICHIYÁ PICHIYÁSÍNDICO SUPLENTE2019PCunknown
WENDELL ESTHUARDO TICHOC RUYÁNCONCEJAL PRIMERO2019PCunknown
JOSÉ FELIX ALONZO BOCCONCEJAL SEGUNDO2019PCunknown
JOSÉ CARLOS CHONAY MARTÍNCONCEJAL TERCERO2019UNEunknown
ERNESTO CALI RAXJALCONCEJAL CUARTO2019SEMILLAunknown
MARIA ANTONIETA COROY CALÍPRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019PCunknown
FRANCISCO GAMALIEL TOCAL PICHIYÁSEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
ENIO OSWALDO JUAREZ ROQUELALCALDE MUNICIPAL2023VAMOSunknown
FRANCISCO SEY PATASINDICO I2023VAMOSunknown
JONAS CHOLAC GONZALEZSINDICO II2023VAMOSunknown
WUENDEL ESTHUARDO TICHOC RUYANCONCEJAL I2023VAMOSunknown
JOSE FELIX ALONZO BOCCONCEJAL II2023VAMOSunknown
JOSE GABRIEL XICAYCONCEJAL III2023CABALunknown
ERNESTO CALI RAXJALCONCEJAL IV2023VALORunknown
TRANSITO ASUNCION PICHIYA PICHIYASINDICO SUPLENTE I2023VAMOSunknown
MARIA ISIDRA SIRIN RUYANCONCEJAL SUPLENTE I2023VAMOSunknown
MARVIN ESTUARDO RAXJAL PERCONCEJAL SUPLENTE II2023CABALunknown

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. “Santa Cruz Balanyá — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-03-10. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.