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Guastatoya — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot

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Guatemala · Guastatoya / El Progreso · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-04-01

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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
Guastatoya / El Progreso
Next election
2027-06-27
Linked upcoming event
next-9175b677ce1c4ee0b9eeeffa
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

  • VALOR49.0%
  • VAMOS44.6%
  • AZUL3.2%
  • UNE2.2%
  • CABAL0.7%
  • CAMBIO0.4%
Results for event-c061b79381e0232a96f21755
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
VALOR · JOSÉ ELIAS HERRERA GUERRAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20237,34349%6Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20236,68744.6%2Recorded
AZULguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20234783.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20233262.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CABALguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231060.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CAMBIOguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023530.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-06-16

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • UNE51.8%
  • BIEN33.0%
  • CREO4.6%
  • VAMOS2.6%
  • TODOS2.1%
  • PAN1.9%
  • VALOR1.2%
  • FCN-NACIÓN1.2%
  • FUERZA0.8%
  • PHG0.8%
Results for event-4b74307de8b718d49b12c995
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNE · JORGE ANTONIO ORELLANA PINTOguatemala/S6d250220e847/20197,02351.8%6Recorded
BIENguatemala/S6d250220e847/20194,48033%1Recorded
CREOguatemala/S6d250220e847/20196204.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193472.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20192802.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PANguatemala/S6d250220e847/20192561.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VALORguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191621.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FCN-NACIÓNguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191601.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191150.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PHGguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191140.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2015-09-06

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • LIDER54.6%
  • PP41.7%
  • TODOS3.7%
Results for event-86151fe99897008e32fb0773
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIDER · Jorge Antonio Orellana Pintoguatemala/S6241581360d0/20157,60254.6%5Recorded
PP · Saúl Belteton Herreraguatemala/S6241581360d0/20155,80141.7%2Recorded
TODOS · Guillermo Morales Ortegaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20155143.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

52.270–100 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=4.375375175081707, oldest_gap=12.941007401020336, previous_gap=18.75783727963414

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

57.45percentage 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=[[2.1743480290802375,44.600813713066096,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,53.22483825785366],[51.803496348749725,2.5595633252194436,2.065353691819724,0,0,0,0,4.573283174743675,1.180202109611271,0,0,37.818101349856164],[0,0,3.6933247107853706,0,0,54.623841345117484,41.68283394409715,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

97.93percentage 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: 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=[[2.1743480290802375,44.600813713066096,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,53.22483825785366],[51.803496348749725,2.5595633252194436,2.065353691819724,0,0,0,0,4.573283174743675,1.180202109611271,0,0,37.818101349856164],[0,0,3.6933247107853706,0,0,54.623841345117484,41.68283394409715,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

77.69percentage 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=[[2.1743480290802375,44.600813713066096,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,53.22483825785366],[51.803496348749725,2.5595633252194436,2.065353691819724,0,0,0,0,4.573283174743675,1.180202109611271,0,0,37.818101349856164],[0,0,3.6933247107853706,0,0,54.623841345117484,41.68283394409715,0,0,0,0,0]]

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?
Jorge Antonio Orellana PintoAlcalde2015LIDERunknown
Karen Lissette Trabanino SabánSíndico I2015LIDERunknown
Alvaro Antonio Orellana OrellanaSíndico II2015LIDERunknown
Rubén Antonio ValdezSíndico Suplente2015LIDERunknown
Nery Rolando Archila OrellanaConcejal 12015LIDERunknown
Guillermo Enrique Estrada RamírezConcejal 22015LIDERunknown
Jorge Mario Veliz EstradaConcejal 32015PPunknown
Edwing Osvaldo López GarcíaConcejal 42015PPunknown
Jeremías Herrera VelizConcejal suplente 12015LIDERunknown
Herson Benjamín De León OrtízConcejal suplente 22015PPunknown
JORGE ANTONIO ORELLANA PINTOALCALDE2019UNEunknown
ÁLVARO ANTONIO ORELLANA ORELLANASÍNDICO PRIMERO2019UNEunknown
MAIRA ELIZABETH BELTETON CORONADO DE CASTILLOSÍNDICO SEGUNDO2019UNEunknown
ROBERTO ARRIOLA MONZÓNSÍNDICO SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
NERY ROLANDO ARCHILA ORELLANACONCEJAL PRIMERO2019UNEunknown
LESTER LEOPOLDO RODRÍGUEZ CALDERÓNCONCEJAL SEGUNDO2019UNEunknown
WILSON ARCHILA CERVANTESCONCEJAL TERCERO2019UNEunknown
HERSON BENJAMÍN DE LEÓN ORTIZCONCEJAL CUARTO2019BIENunknown
JEREMIAS HERRERA VELIZPRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
OLIVERIO RODRÍGUEZ SÁNCHEZSEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019BIENunknown
JOSÉ ELIAS HERRERA GUERRAALCALDE MUNICIPAL2023VALORunknown
BYRON FERNANDO CALDERON FERRERASINDICO I2023VALORunknown
EDUARDO ORTEGA LOAIZASINDICO II2023VALORunknown
HERNAN ARCHILA MORALESCONCEJAL I2023VALORunknown
ERASMO BELTETON CONTRERASCONCEJAL II2023VALORunknown
EDGAR ERNESTO ORELLANA RUIZCONCEJAL III2023VALORunknown
BYRON ORELLANA VELIZCONCEJAL IV2023VAMOSunknown
NERY ROLANDO ARCHILA ORELLANACONCEJAL V2023VAMOSunknown
RAUL AGUILAR POLANCOSINDICO SUPLENTE I2023VALORunknown
JULIO MAURICIO MARROQUIN GONZALEZCONCEJAL SUPLENTE I2023VALORunknown
ALVARO ANTONIO ORELLANA ORELLANACONCEJAL SUPLENTE II2023VAMOSunknown

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. “Guastatoya — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-04-01. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.