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San Agustín Acasaguastlán — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Guatemala · San Agustín Acasaguastlán / El Progreso · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-04-03

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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
San Agustín Acasaguastlán / El Progreso
Next election
2027-06-27
Linked upcoming event
next-ec63f47786b2166e36605c9f
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

  • VAMOS31.8%
  • VALOR26.7%
  • RENOVADOR24.0%
  • MORENA5.0%
  • CAMBIO4.3%
  • UNE2.4%
  • TODOS1.7%
  • PODEMOS1.2%
  • UC1.0%
  • AZUL0.9%
  • PIN0.6%
  • FCN-NACION0.3%
Results for event-f0bef116626c129dfdb50eec
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
VAMOS · BYRON MANOLO AGUILAR ALDANAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20235,01731.8%6Recorded
VALORguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20234,22226.7%2Recorded
RENOVADORguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20233,78524%2Recorded
MORENAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20237885%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CAMBIOguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20236854.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20233842.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232741.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PODEMOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231891.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UCguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231591%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AZULguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231490.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PINguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023920.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FCN-NACIONguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023470.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-06-16

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • PHG22.6%
  • COMITÉ CIVICO RENOVADOR20.5%
  • CREO16.1%
  • UNE11.1%
  • MORENA7.5%
  • CAFESA7.1%
  • BIEN6.1%
  • PAN2.7%
  • FUERZA2.3%
  • VAMOS2.1%
  • VALOR0.7%
  • VIVA0.5%
  • SEMILLA0.4%
Results for event-d7e2f4d7545ef1f69b3877ea
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PHG · JOSE MANUEL MARROQUIN HICHOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193,34522.6%5Recorded
COMITÉ CIVICO RENOVADORguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193,03120.5%1Recorded
CREOguatemala/S6d250220e847/20192,37916.1%1Recorded
UNEguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,63811.1%1Recorded
MORENAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,1107.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CAFESAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,0507.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
BIENguatemala/S6d250220e847/20199076.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PANguatemala/S6d250220e847/20194052.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193442.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193172.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VALORguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191090.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVAguatemala/S6d250220e847/2019760.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SEMILLAguatemala/S6d250220e847/2019660.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2015-09-06

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • UNE23.0%
  • PP20.6%
  • UCN13.8%
  • LIDER10.5%
  • MORENA10.1%
  • FCN NACION6.8%
  • CREO- Unionista6.4%
  • TODOS3.4%
  • VIVA2.9%
  • PRI2.6%
Results for event-aa5cd4904c8ccc363b0ee4ec
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNE · Mario Augusto Castro Tellesguatemala/S6241581360d0/20153,28823%5Recorded
PP · José Manuel Marroquín Hichosguatemala/S6241581360d0/20152,94220.6%1Recorded
UCN · Byron Manolo Aguilar Aldanaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,96813.8%1Recorded
LIDER · Hugo Javier Morales Aldanaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,50510.5%1Recorded
MORENA · Gildardo Marcelino Aristondo Espinalguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,43910.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FCN NACION · Gustavo Adolfo Sosa Garcíaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20159646.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREO- Unionista · Daniel Ignacio Ortega Ayalaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20159156.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOS · Gustavo Adolfo García Carcamoguatemala/S6241581360d0/20154823.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA · María Victoria Capen Tonon de Raldaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20154072.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PRI · Elvia Domitila Morales de Lópezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20153652.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

80.50–100 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=5.034513330378065, oldest_gap=2.4238178633975487, previous_gap=2.1249238681735143

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

31.66percentage 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=[[2.431764929390159,31.77126211132924,1.735165600658603,0,0,0,0,0,0.297637895003483,0,0,63.764169463618515],[11.084793936522974,2.145225688570075,0,0,0.5143127833795764,0,0,16.099343574473846,0,0,0.44664004872436897,69.70968396832916],[23.033274956217163,0,3.3765323992994745,13.786339754816112,2.851138353765324,10.542907180385289,20.609457092819614,0,0,0,0,25.800350262697023]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

62.6percentage 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=[[2.431764929390159,31.77126211132924,1.735165600658603,0,0,0,0,0,0.297637895003483,0,0,63.764169463618515],[11.084793936522974,2.145225688570075,0,0,0.5143127833795764,0,0,16.099343574473846,0,0,0.44664004872436897,69.70968396832916],[23.033274956217163,0,3.3765323992994745,13.786339754816112,2.851138353765324,10.542907180385289,20.609457092819614,0,0,0,0,25.800350262697023]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

47.13percentage 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=[[2.431764929390159,31.77126211132924,1.735165600658603,0,0,0,0,0,0.297637895003483,0,0,63.764169463618515],[11.084793936522974,2.145225688570075,0,0,0.5143127833795764,0,0,16.099343574473846,0,0,0.44664004872436897,69.70968396832916],[23.033274956217163,0,3.3765323992994745,13.786339754816112,2.851138353765324,10.542907180385289,20.609457092819614,0,0,0,0,25.800350262697023]]

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?
Mario Augusto Castro TellesAlcalde2015UNEunknown
Obdulio Ramírez VásquezSíndico I2015UNEunknown
Edy Ismael López VelásquezSíndico II2015UNEunknown
Luis Humberto Barrientos PintoSíndico Suplente2015UNEunknown
Roy Stuardo Marroquín VargasConcejal 12015UNEunknown
Armindo Montecinos GodínezConcejal 22015UNEunknown
Eddie Enrique Cruz AyalaConcejal 32015PPunknown
Orlando González ReyesConcejal 42015UCNunknown
José Alfredo Oliva HernándezConcejal 52015LIDERunknown
Arnoldo Orellana RamosConcejal suplente 12015UNEunknown
Juan Aquilino Cruz CastañedaConcejal suplente 22015PPunknown
JOSE MANUEL MARROQUIN HICHOSALCALDE2019PHGunknown
NERY ORLANDO ORTIZ GARCÍASÍNDICO PRIMERO2019PHGunknown
CESAR AUGUSTO CRUZ PEREZSÍNDICO SEGUNDO2019PHGunknown
JOSE LUIS LOPEZ CUELLARSÍNDICO SUPLENTE2019PHGunknown
RENE AMILCAR MARROQUIN BARRIENTOSCONCEJAL PRIMERO2019PHGunknown
MARIA RAQUEL RODRIGUEZCONCEJAL SEGUNDO2019PHGunknown
JULIAN MARNELLI MEZA PAHAUCONCEJAL TERCERO2019COMITÉ CIVICO RENOVADORunknown
EDGAR OCTAVIO VARGAS PAIZCONCEJAL CUARTO2019CREOunknown
OBDULIO RAMÍREZ VÁSQUEZCONCEJAL QUINTO2019UNEunknown
NANCI YECENIA LEONARDO LOPEZ DE ACEVEDOPRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019PHGunknown
EDILBERTO MARROQUIN GUILLENSEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019COMITÉ CIVICO RENOVADORunknown
BYRON MANOLO AGUILAR ALDANAALCALDE MUNICIPAL2023VAMOSunknown
JORGE OTTONIEL VASQUEZ CASTROSINDICO I2023VAMOSunknown
BYRON SAMUEL TABIQUE MEJIASINDICO II2023VAMOSunknown
RENE HAROLDO PALOMO TORRESCONCEJAL I2023VAMOSunknown
ARMINDO REYES ORTIZCONCEJAL II2023VAMOSunknown
ERVIN ARDANI GARCIA DE LEONCONCEJAL III2023VAMOSunknown
LUIS FERNANDO NAJERACONCEJAL IV2023VALORunknown
EDGAR OCTAVIO VARGAS PAIZCONCEJAL V2023VALORunknown
ARMINDO MONTECINOS GODINEZCONCEJAL VI2023RENOVADORunknown
ELVIA JUDITH LARIOS DE VARGASCONCEJAL VII2023RENOVADORunknown
CRYSTIAN RAFAEL CORDERO VARGASSINDICO SUPLENTE I2023VAMOSunknown
ORLANDO ANTONIO GUERRA LOPEZCONCEJAL SUPLENTE I2023VAMOSunknown
MELDERINA IXMUCANE GARCIA HERNANDEZCONCEJAL SUPLENTE II2023VALORunknown
GERMAN DE JESUS RAMIREZ VARGASCONCEJAL SUPLENTE III2023RENOVADORunknown

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. “San Agustín Acasaguastlán — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-04-03. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.