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San Antonio La Paz — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot

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Guatemala · San Antonio La Paz / El Progreso · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-04-08

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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 Antonio La Paz / El Progreso
Next election
2027-06-27
Linked upcoming event
next-63e461fdea84205e761ba83a
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

  • VAMOS32.4%
  • ESDELCA25.3%
  • CABAL24.6%
  • VALOR UNIONISTA7.2%
  • UNE5.9%
  • PHG4.7%
Results for event-390e0adfaf121d930e15ae28
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
VAMOS · NUBERE AGUSTIN LÓPEZ LÓPEZguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232,53332.4%5Recorded
ESDELCAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,98025.3%2Recorded
CABALguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,92024.6%1Recorded
VALOR UNIONISTAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20235657.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20234585.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PHGguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20233644.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-06-16

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • VAMOS33.2%
  • UNE23.2%
  • ELCA15.3%
  • BIEN13.7%
  • FUERZA5.0%
  • PHG4.9%
  • CREO4.1%
  • VALOR0.7%
Results for event-9066d9409879b028de54dd89
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
VAMOS · NÚBERE AGUSTIN LÓPEZ LÓPEZguatemala/S6d250220e847/20192,39133.2%5Recorded
UNEguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,67423.2%1Recorded
ELCAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,10415.3%1Recorded
BIENguatemala/S6d250220e847/201998713.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUERZAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193625%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PHGguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193524.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREOguatemala/S6d250220e847/20192934.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VALORguatemala/S6d250220e847/2019470.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2015-09-06

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • UNE44.9%
  • PP33.2%
  • LIDER17.4%
  • UCN4.5%
Results for event-174bb0f5dc2220177a606025
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNE · Hector Joel Cáceres Godínezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20153,59644.9%5Recorded
PP · Nubere Agustín López Lópezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20152,65333.2%1Recorded
LIDER · Carlos Humberto Paz Canteguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,39517.4%1Recorded
UCN · Graciela Sandoval Gramajo de Corzoguatemala/S6241581360d0/20153574.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

57.980–100 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=7.071611253196931, oldest_gap=11.786026746656667, previous_gap=9.94452149791956

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

22.2percentage 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=[[5.856777493606138,32.391304347826086,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,61.75191815856777],[23.21775312066574,33.1622746185853,0,0,0,0,0,4.06380027739251,0,0,0,39.55617198335645],[44.944381952255966,0,0,4.4619422572178475,0,17.435320584926885,33.1583552055993,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

76.78percentage 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=[[5.856777493606138,32.391304347826086,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,61.75191815856777],[23.21775312066574,33.1622746185853,0,0,0,0,0,4.06380027739251,0,0,0,39.55617198335645],[44.944381952255966,0,0,4.4619422572178475,0,17.435320584926885,33.1583552055993,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

49.49percentage 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=[[5.856777493606138,32.391304347826086,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,61.75191815856777],[23.21775312066574,33.1622746185853,0,0,0,0,0,4.06380027739251,0,0,0,39.55617198335645],[44.944381952255966,0,0,4.4619422572178475,0,17.435320584926885,33.1583552055993,0,0,0,0,0]]

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?
Hector Joel Cáceres GodínezAlcalde2015UNEunknown
José Rodolfo Santos CuellarSíndico I2015UNEunknown
Higinio González BocheSíndico II2015UNEunknown
Alejandro Sánchez CorderoSíndico Suplente2015UNEunknown
Dora Liset Del Cid Alvarado de MoralesConcejal 12015UNEunknown
Gonzalo Santos CatalánConcejal 22015UNEunknown
José Pedro Beltrán MejíaConcejal 32015PPunknown
Jaime Felipe Lemus LópezConcejal 42015LIDERunknown
Sostenes Morataya BeltránConcejal suplente 12015UNEunknown
Osman Renato Paredes PalenciaConcejal suplente 22015PPunknown
NÚBERE AGUSTIN LÓPEZ LÓPEZALCALDE2019VAMOSunknown
JOSÉ PEDRO BELTRÁN MEJÍASÍNDICO PRIMERO2019VAMOSunknown
JELMONH MARTÍNEZ DE LA CRUZSÍNDICO SEGUNDO2019VAMOSunknown
CAMILO HERNÁNDEZ CANTÉSÍNDICO SUPLENTE2019VAMOSunknown
ALVARO BISAEL GARCÍA CRUZCONCEJAL PRIMERO2019VAMOSunknown
RAMIRO ALFONSO TOLEDO ESPINOZACONCEJAL SEGUNDO2019VAMOSunknown
GONZALO SANTOS CATALANCONCEJAL TERCERO2019UNEunknown
JOSÉ MARTÍN RODRÍGUEZ GUTIÉRREZCONCEJAL CUARTO2019ELCAunknown
ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ HERNÁNDEZPRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019VAMOSunknown
VIDAL DE JESÚS GÓMEZ CANTÉSEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
NUBERE AGUSTIN LÓPEZ LÓPEZALCALDE MUNICIPAL2023VAMOSunknown
JOSE PEDRO BELTRAN MEJIASINDICO I2023VAMOSunknown
JOSE MARTIN RODRIGUEZ GUTIERREZSINDICO II2023VAMOSunknown
ALVARO BISAEL GARCIA CRUZCONCEJAL I2023VAMOSunknown
SILVIA MAGALI PALENCIA MERLOS DE CASTROCONCEJAL II2023VAMOSunknown
HENRRI DANILO VELIZ CRUZCONCEJAL III2023ESDELCAunknown
LORENA IZABEL GARCIA BURGOSCONCEJAL IV2023ESDELCAunknown
MILDRED AZUCENA ROMERO AGUILARCONCEJAL V2023CABALunknown
JELMONH MARTÍNEZ DE LA CRUZSINDICO SUPLENTE I2023VAMOSunknown
ROCELINE LORAINE JERONIMO ESTRADACONCEJAL SUPLENTE I2023VAMOSunknown
JESUS GUILLERMO SILVESTRE MONTEJOCONCEJAL SUPLENTE II2023ESDELCAunknown

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 Antonio La Paz — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-04-08. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.