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Sansare — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot

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Guatemala · Sansare / El Progreso · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-04-06

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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
Sansare / El Progreso
Next election
2027-06-27
Linked upcoming event
next-387a0c5fdcc432d5c7878df9
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

  • VAMOS25.9%
  • CABAL24.8%
  • VALOR UNIONISTA18.5%
  • UNE17.9%
  • PODEMOS5.9%
  • BIEN2.7%
  • CREO1.6%
  • MLP1.1%
  • TODOS0.9%
  • AZUL0.5%
  • P A N0.2%
Results for event-1e534cb48bcefc630af68b4c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
VAMOS · SEBASTIAN MORALES CARRERAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,72425.9%4Recorded
CABALguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,65624.8%1Recorded
VALOR UNIONISTAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,23418.5%1Recorded
UNEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,19517.9%1Recorded
PODEMOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20233965.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
BIENguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231782.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREOguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231061.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MLPguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023711.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023570.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AZULguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023360.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
P A Nguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023130.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-06-16

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • UNE53.0%
  • TODOS36.6%
  • VAMOS3.0%
  • FCN-NACION2.7%
  • MLP1.7%
  • SEMILLA1.5%
  • VALOR0.7%
  • FUERZA0.7%
Results for event-d80fd571aaeb03139add1589
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNE · ALEX DONALDO CASTAÑEDA MEJÍAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193,46653%5Recorded
TODOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20192,39036.6%2Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191983%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FCN-NACIONguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191792.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MLPguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191081.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SEMILLAguatemala/S6d250220e847/2019991.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VALORguatemala/S6d250220e847/2019490.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZAguatemala/S6d250220e847/2019460.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2015-09-06

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • PP47.0%
  • LIDER26.5%
  • CREO- Unionista17.4%
  • UNE6.8%
  • UCN2.4%
Results for event-0915de699fd2c35d5f877b04
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PP · Pablo Aguilar Moralesguatemala/S6241581360d0/20153,09847%5Recorded
LIDER · Esvin Abel Morales Guzmánguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,74526.5%1Recorded
CREO- Unionista · Sebastián Morales Carreraguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,14317.4%1Recorded
UNE · Alex Donaldo Castañeda Mejíaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20154466.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UCN · Bayron René Juárez Marroquínguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151552.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

61.970–100 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=1.0201020102010219, oldest_gap=20.54045847882192, previous_gap=16.465187452180565

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

75.08percentage 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=[[17.926792679267926,25.862586258625864,0.8550855085508551,0,0,0,0,1.5901590159015901,0,0,0,53.76537653765376],[53.03749043611324,3.0298393267023718,36.57230298393267,0,0,0,0,0,2.739097169089518,0,1.5149196633511859,3.106350420811018],[6.77091240321846,0,0,2.3531197813875817,0,26.49157431304084,47.03203279186276,0,0,0,0,17.35236071049036]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

90.12percentage 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=[[17.926792679267926,25.862586258625864,0.8550855085508551,0,0,0,0,1.5901590159015901,0,0,0,53.76537653765376],[53.03749043611324,3.0298393267023718,36.57230298393267,0,0,0,0,0,2.739097169089518,0,1.5149196633511859,3.106350420811018],[6.77091240321846,0,0,2.3531197813875817,0,26.49157431304084,47.03203279186276,0,0,0,0,17.35236071049036]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

82.6percentage 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: 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=[[17.926792679267926,25.862586258625864,0.8550855085508551,0,0,0,0,1.5901590159015901,0,0,0,53.76537653765376],[53.03749043611324,3.0298393267023718,36.57230298393267,0,0,0,0,0,2.739097169089518,0,1.5149196633511859,3.106350420811018],[6.77091240321846,0,0,2.3531197813875817,0,26.49157431304084,47.03203279186276,0,0,0,0,17.35236071049036]]

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?
Pablo Aguilar MoralesAlcalde2015PPunknown
Noe Ruli Cardona GudielSíndico I2015PPunknown
Luis Arturo Castañeda GutiérrezSíndico II2015PPunknown
Luis Antonio López Del CidSíndico Suplente2015PPunknown
Eric Waldemar González CastañedaConcejal 12015PPunknown
Rubén Dario Salazar EstradaConcejal 22015PPunknown
Jorge Humberto Juárez LimaConcejal 32015LIDERunknown
Mercedes de Jesus Artiga Veliz de MoralesConcejal 42015CREO-Unionistaunknown
Edna Ileana Cardona Hernández de PalaciosConcejal suplente 12015PPunknown
Carlos Humberto MarroquínConcejal suplente 22015LIDERunknown
ALEX DONALDO CASTAÑEDA MEJÍAALCALDE2019UNEunknown
ALMA ARITBETH SANDOVAL RIVAS DE COLINDRESSÍNDICO PRIMERO2019UNEunknown
WERNER ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ ORTÍZSÍNDICO SEGUNDO2019UNEunknown
MATEO SANCHEZSÍNDICO SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
LUDWIN ISAÍ RIVAS ESTRADACONCEJAL PRIMERO2019UNEunknown
OBDULIO MANFREDI MORALES RAMOSCONCEJAL SEGUNDO2019UNEunknown
RUBEN DARIO SALAZAR ESTRADACONCEJAL TERCERO2019TODOSunknown
MERCEDES DE JESUS ARTIGA VELIZCONCEJAL CUARTO2019TODOSunknown
ROBERTO MORALES MARROQUINPRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
JORGE MARIO CHAMO RUANOSEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019TODOSunknown
SEBASTIAN MORALES CARRERAALCALDE MUNICIPAL2023VAMOSunknown
BENJAMIN NORBERTO ROMERO MORALESSINDICO I2023VAMOSunknown
HERLINDO RUANO LEMUSSINDICO II2023VAMOSunknown
NELSON GEOVANY VALENZUELA JIMENEZCONCEJAL I2023VAMOSunknown
RAMIRO HERLINDO ROJAS SOLISCONCEJAL II2023CABALunknown
OTTO ANTONIO ARRIAZA GUDIELCONCEJAL III2023VALOR UNIONISTAunknown
MATEO SANCHEZCONCEJAL IV2023UNEunknown
ILSY MARIELY MURALLES RAFAELSINDICO SUPLENTE I2023VAMOSunknown
BREISY JULIZZA CASTAÑEDA HERRARTECONCEJAL SUPLENTE I2023VAMOSunknown
NANCY LUCILA MERLOS JUAREZCONCEJAL 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. “Sansare — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-04-06. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.