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Sanarate — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Guatemala · Sanarate / El Progreso · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-04-07

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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
Sanarate / El Progreso
Next election
2027-06-27
Linked upcoming event
next-094f4525301dab6cc5b3beb4
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

  • VAMOS40.6%
  • CABAL30.0%
  • UNE22.9%
  • AZUL2.4%
  • VALOR - UNIONISTA2.2%
  • BIEN1.4%
  • MLP0.4%
  • CAMBIO0.1%
  • P A N0.1%
Results for event-d9aaffb68bb9548cb73b6770
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
VAMOS · CESAR AUGUSTO RODAS ALVAREZguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20237,38240.6%5Recorded
CABALguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20235,45530%2Recorded
UNEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20234,16722.9%1Recorded
AZULguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20234452.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VALOR - UNIONISTAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20233922.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
BIENguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232481.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MLPguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023680.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CAMBIOguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023160.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
P A Nguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023130.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-06-16

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • UNE52.7%
  • FCN-NACION39.5%
  • VAMOS4.0%
  • TODOS3.9%
Results for event-13c7c3581231fda1b1a5b125
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNE · VICTOR ISRAEL GUERRA ZAVALAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20198,78252.7%6Recorded
FCN-NACIONguatemala/S6d250220e847/20196,58339.5%2Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20196614%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20196453.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2015-09-06

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • PP36.9%
  • UNE27.6%
  • UCN24.9%
  • LIDER4.6%
  • MISEP3.3%
  • FCN NACION2.7%
Results for event-c1a5f8feb9993e7fef8bfaa7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PP · Cesar Augusto Rodas Alvarezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20156,19036.9%5Recorded
UNE · Victor Israel Guerra Zavalaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20154,63027.6%2Recorded
UCN · Carlos Arturo Sanchez Palenciaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20154,18724.9%1Recorded
LIDER · Juan Andres Ordoñez Krallguatemala/S6241581360d0/20157724.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MISEP · Aleyda Lucrecia Ordoñez Fajardoguatemala/S6241581360d0/20155463.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FCN NACION · Mario Hernandez Estradaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20154592.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

43.780–100 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=10.596062905531731, oldest_gap=9.294566253574828, previous_gap=13.19057045168256

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

73.12percentage 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: 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=[[22.913229957109866,40.59166391729902,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36.49510612559111],[52.678303641053326,3.964969108031912,3.8689940615439986,0,0,0,0,0,39.487733189370765,0,0,0],[27.585795996186846,0,0,24.94637750238322,0,4.599618684461392,36.880362249761674,0,0,0,0,5.987845567206864]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

72.41percentage 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=[[22.913229957109866,40.59166391729902,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36.49510612559111],[52.678303641053326,3.964969108031912,3.8689940615439986,0,0,0,0,0,39.487733189370765,0,0,0],[27.585795996186846,0,0,24.94637750238322,0,4.599618684461392,36.880362249761674,0,0,0,0,5.987845567206864]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

72.77percentage 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=[[22.913229957109866,40.59166391729902,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,36.49510612559111],[52.678303641053326,3.964969108031912,3.8689940615439986,0,0,0,0,0,39.487733189370765,0,0,0],[27.585795996186846,0,0,24.94637750238322,0,4.599618684461392,36.880362249761674,0,0,0,0,5.987845567206864]]

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?
Cesar Augusto Rodas AlvarezAlcalde2015PPunknown
Lucía Anabella Estrada PalmaSíndico I2015PPunknown
Manuel Alfredo Fajardo HernándezSíndico II2015PPunknown
Jose Arturo Lemus GalánSíndico Suplente2015PPunknown
Hoffman Joe Palencia RodríguezConcejal 12015PPunknown
Edwin Aroldo Reyes MorenoConcejal 22015PPunknown
Gustavo Castellanos CaríasConcejal 32015UNEunknown
Luis Osvaldo Ordoñez HernándezConcejal 42015UNEunknown
Ada Ruth Guerra Raymundo de ValladaresConcejal 52015UCNunknown
Berny Ottoniel Del Cid MoralesConcejal suplente 12015UNEunknown
VICTOR ISRAEL GUERRA ZAVALAALCALDE2019UNEunknown
LEOPOLDO HERRERA RAMÍREZSÍNDICO PRIMERO2019UNEunknown
FRANCISCO HERNÁNDEZ MORATAYASÍNDICO SEGUNDO2019UNEunknown
RUDY FERNANDO PÉREZ GEREDASÍNDICO SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
BERNY OTTONIEL DEL CID MORALESCONCEJAL PRIMERO2019UNEunknown
ELISEO GUTIÉRREZ PALENCIACONCEJAL SEGUNDO2019UNEunknown
MELVIN ABEL PALENCIA HERNÁNDEZCONCEJAL TERCERO2019UNEunknown
WALTER ALEXANDER LEVY HERRERACONCEJAL CUARTO2019FCN-NACIONunknown
HOFFMAN JOE PALENCIA RODRIGUEZCONCEJAL QUINTO2019FCN-NACIONunknown
BILLY FELIPE GUERRA PALMAPRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
MIRIAM BELTRÁN FAJARDO DE MORALESSEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019FCN-NACIONunknown
CESAR AUGUSTO RODAS ALVAREZALCALDE MUNICIPAL2023VAMOSunknown
FELIX EDUARDO MARROQUIN LINARESSINDICO I2023VAMOSunknown
ADA RUTH GUERRA RAYMUNDOSINDICO II2023VAMOSunknown
LUIS FERNANDO FLORES BARRERACONCEJAL I2023VAMOSunknown
MARLON IVAN ALBEÑO SALAZARCONCEJAL II2023VAMOSunknown
CELSO LEONEL GARCIA PINEDACONCEJAL III2023CABALunknown
CARLOS NOLBERTO MORALES MENDEZCONCEJAL IV2023CABALunknown
FERNANDO MEJIA CARRERACONCEJAL V2023UNEunknown
WENDY YULIANA MORALES GARCIASINDICO SUPLENTE I2023VAMOSunknown
CINDY NOHEMY GARCIA GARRIDOCONCEJAL SUPLENTE I2023VAMOSunknown
EFRAIN LOAIZA MORALESCONCEJAL 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. “Sanarate — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-04-07. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.