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Yepocapa — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot

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Guatemala · Yepocapa / Chimaltenango · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-03-12

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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
Yepocapa / Chimaltenango
Next election
2027-06-27
Linked upcoming event
next-f7759b84a5c1cc62e9ba61c4
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?

2023-08-20

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • VAMOS51.6%
  • UNE42.2%
  • SEMILLA2.3%
  • VALOR2.3%
  • VOS0.5%
  • MLP0.3%
  • CAMBIO0.3%
  • PPN0.3%
  • AZUL0.2%
  • PODEMOS0.1%
  • ELEFANTE0.0%
Results for event-e61ef3994c87e61248519c00
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
VAMOS · BERNABE AJIN VICENTEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20236,43451.6%6Recorded
UNEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20235,26142.2%2Recorded
SEMILLAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232932.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VALORguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232832.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023660.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MLPguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023400.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CAMBIOguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023370.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PPNguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023340.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AZULguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023190.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PODEMOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/202380.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
ELEFANTEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/202360%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-06-16

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • UNE58.2%
  • UCN37.0%
  • MLP3.2%
  • VALOR1.6%
Results for event-c63dca43ffd104de694b7c56
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNE · BERNABÉ AJÍN VICENTEguatemala/S6d250220e847/20196,97058.2%6Recorded
UCNguatemala/S6d250220e847/20194,42937%2Recorded
MLPguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193833.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VALORguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191861.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2015-09-06

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • LIDER60.2%
  • UCN26.7%
  • TODOS5.6%
  • FCN NACION3.4%
  • UNE1.6%
  • URNG MAIZ1.4%
  • VIVA0.9%
  • CREO- Unionista0.2%
Results for event-43dc1c696383f2675c6f7ebf
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIDER · Bernabe Ajin Vicenteguatemala/S6241581360d0/20156,79260.2%7Recorded
UCN · José Antonio Cos Temalguatemala/S6241581360d0/20153,00826.7%1Recorded
TODOS · Marvín Yovany Sujuy Cosguatemala/S6241581360d0/20156365.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FCN NACION · Reginaldo López Orizabaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20153873.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNE · Marcos Antonio Cos Xiaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151751.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
URNG MAIZ · Julio Victor Pacheco Garcíaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151561.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA · Adrián Benito Juárezguatemala/S6241581360d0/2015960.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREO- Unionista · Noemi Margot Ramírez Xiaj de Zamoraguatemala/S6241581360d0/2015240.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

23.180–100 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=9.398285393798574, oldest_gap=33.56395245698066, previous_gap=21.231617647058826

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

53.9percentage 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=[[42.15207114814518,51.550356541943756,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.3475683038218094,3.950004006089255],[58.23863636363637,0,0,37.00701871657754,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4.754344919786096],[1.5522441014724144,0,5.64129856306546,26.68085861273727,0.8515167642362959,60.24481106971793,0,0,0,0,0,5.029270888770623]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

67.01percentage 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: 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=[[42.15207114814518,51.550356541943756,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.3475683038218094,3.950004006089255],[58.23863636363637,0,0,37.00701871657754,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4.754344919786096],[1.5522441014724144,0,5.64129856306546,26.68085861273727,0.8515167642362959,60.24481106971793,0,0,0,0,0,5.029270888770623]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

60.46percentage 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=[[42.15207114814518,51.550356541943756,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.3475683038218094,3.950004006089255],[58.23863636363637,0,0,37.00701871657754,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4.754344919786096],[1.5522441014724144,0,5.64129856306546,26.68085861273727,0.8515167642362959,60.24481106971793,0,0,0,0,0,5.029270888770623]]

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?
Bernabe Ajin VicenteAlcalde2015LIDERunknown
Carlos Arnulfo Tejax TemalSíndico I2015LIDERunknown
Esteban Chip QuebacSíndico II2015LIDERunknown
Emilio Illu XiaSíndico Suplente2015LIDERunknown
Moises Bac MoxConcejal 12015LIDERunknown
Josue Sujuy PoncioConcejal 22015LIDERunknown
Nicolas Olegario Girón UmulConcejal 32015LIDERunknown
Pablo Jiatz PerConcejal 42015LIDERunknown
Enrique Ismael Hernández GarcíaConcejal 52015UCNunknown
Andres ZamoraConcejal suplente 12015LIDERunknown
Flavio Cos SujuyConcejal suplente 22015LIDERunknown
BERNABÉ AJÍN VICENTEALCALDE2019UNEunknown
FELIPE VINICIO CHARÚC XIASÍNDICO PRIMERO2019UNEunknown
ANTONIO CHARÚC BACSÍNDICO SEGUNDO2019UNEunknown
MARIA LORENA BAC MOX QUIQUINÁSÍNDICO SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
MARVIN YOVANY SUJUY COSCONCEJAL PRIMERO2019UNEunknown
ERNESTO MATZIR COSCONCEJAL SEGUNDO2019UNEunknown
ASTRID YERENA PÉREZ HERNÁNDEZCONCEJAL TERCERO2019UNEunknown
JOSE LUIS YUTAN MOXCONCEJAL CUARTO2019UCNunknown
GERSON MOISES ILLU CHARUCCONCEJAL QUINTO2019UCNunknown
JULIO RODOLFO COS COCPRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
LILIA CARMELINA UMUL COSSEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019UCNunknown
BERNABE AJIN VICENTEALCALDE MUNICIPAL2023VAMOSunknown
JOSE LUIS YUTAN MOXSINDICO I2023VAMOSunknown
FELIPE VINICIO CHARUC XIASINDICO II2023VAMOSunknown
MARVIN YOVANY SUJUY COSCONCEJAL I2023VAMOSunknown
ASTRID YERENA PEREZ HERNANDEZCONCEJAL II2023VAMOSunknown
GERSON MOISES ILLU CHARUCCONCEJAL III2023VAMOSunknown
LUIS MARDOQUEO COS CUCCONCEJAL IV2023UNEunknown
JULIO ANTONIO MATZIR XINICCONCEJAL V2023UNEunknown
JULIO CESAR SIAN UMULSINDICO SUPLENTE I2023VAMOSunknown
JULIO RODOLFO COS COCCONCEJAL SUPLENTE I2023VAMOSunknown
GLORIA MARINA CHARUC SIANCONCEJAL SUPLENTE II2023UNEunknown

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. “Yepocapa — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-03-12. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.