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Iztapa — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot
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Guatemala · Iztapa / Escuintla · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-05-10
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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
- Iztapa / Escuintla
- Next election
- 2027-06-27
- Linked upcoming event
- next-6e6ac1e509551d17c9a9e866
- 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
- VALOR48.0%
- UNE47.9%
- CABAL3.1%
- PODER0.7%
- PHG0.3%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VALOR · JONATAN JOSUE ZARCEÑO CORTEZ | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 5,628 | 48% | 6 | Recorded |
| UNE | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 5,617 | 47.9% | 2 | Recorded |
| CABAL | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 365 | 3.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PODER | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 81 | 0.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PHG | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 36 | 0.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-08-11
Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · unknown
- PC49.9%
- UNE34.3%
- UNIONISTA12.5%
- CONVERGENCIA0.9%
- PAN0.7%
- UCN0.4%
- VAMOS0.4%
- FCN-NACION0.3%
- CCTPI0.3%
- TODOS0.2%
- SEMILLA0.1%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC · MARIO ROLANDO MEJIA ALFARO | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 4,561 | 49.9% | 5 | Recorded |
| UNE | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 3,137 | 34.3% | 2 | Recorded |
| UNIONISTA | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 1,139 | 12.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| CONVERGENCIA | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 82 | 0.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PAN | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 61 | 0.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UCN | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 40 | 0.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| VAMOS | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 39 | 0.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FCN-NACION | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 28 | 0.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| CCTPI | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 24 | 0.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| TODOS | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 20 | 0.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SEMILLA | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 7 | 0.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2015-09-06
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown
- LIDER54.6%
- PP42.0%
- UNE3.4%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIDER · Edwin Rolando Chicas Telon | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 5,221 | 54.6% | 5 | Recorded |
| PP · Vacante | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 4,022 | 42% | 2 | Recorded |
| UNE · Eswin Herlindo Álvarez Sipaque | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 324 | 3.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI70.080–100 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=0.09380063102242531, oldest_gap=12.532664367095222, previous_gap=15.583278616765156
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility13.93percentage 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: 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=[[47.898013132088344,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,52.10198686791166],[34.329174874151896,0.42678923177938277,0.2188662727073758,0.4377325454147516,0,0,0,0,0.3064127817903261,12.464434230685052,0.07660319544758153,51.739986868023635],[3.3866415804327374,0,0,0,0,54.57301139333124,42.04034702623602,0,0,0,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility96.61percentage 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=[[47.898013132088344,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,52.10198686791166],[34.329174874151896,0.42678923177938277,0.2188662727073758,0.4377325454147516,0,0,0,0,0.3064127817903261,12.464434230685052,0.07660319544758153,51.739986868023635],[3.3866415804327374,0,0,0,0,54.57301139333124,42.04034702623602,0,0,0,0,0]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility55.27percentage 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=[[47.898013132088344,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,52.10198686791166],[34.329174874151896,0.42678923177938277,0.2188662727073758,0.4377325454147516,0,0,0,0,0.3064127817903261,12.464434230685052,0.07660319544758153,51.739986868023635],[3.3866415804327374,0,0,0,0,54.57301139333124,42.04034702623602,0,0,0,0,0]]
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.
| Person | Role | As of | Affiliation | Principal? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin Rolando Chicas Telon | Alcalde | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Endhir Ribelino Barrientos y Barrientos | Síndico I | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Walfre Ottoniel Minera Monzón | Síndico II | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| VACANTE | Síndico Suplente | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Mario Rolando Mejia Alfaro | Concejal 1 | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Alfredo Sierra Villegas | Concejal 2 | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Ismael Archila Gallardo | Concejal 3 | 2015 | PP | unknown |
| Rocael Franco Grajeda | Concejal 4 | 2015 | PP | unknown |
| Julio Romeo Morales Hernandez | Concejal suplente 1 | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Emilio Garcia Ramirez | Concejal suplente 2 | 2015 | PP | unknown |
| MARIO ROLANDO MEJIA ALFARO | ALCALDE MUNICIPAL | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| WALFRE OTTONIEL MINERA MONZON | SÍNDICO PRIMERO | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| ALFREDO SIERRA VILLEGAS | SÍNDICO SEGUNDO | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| EMILIO GARCIA RAMIREZ | SÍNDICO SUPLENTE | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| ENDHIR RIBELINO BARRIENTOS Y BARRIENTOS | CONCEJAL PRIMERO | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| ISMAEL ARCHILA GALLARDO | CONCEJAL SEGUNDO | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| ELMER BELSUE GRANADOS SOTO | CONCEJAL TERCERO | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| ALBERT GEOVANY MORALES RODRIGUEZ | CONCEJAL CUARTO | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| HECTOR DAVID DIAZ CHINCHILLA | PRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| ALBERTO CEBALLOS HERRERA | SEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| JONATAN JOSUE ZARCEÑO CORTEZ | ALCALDE MUNICIPAL | 2023 | VALOR | unknown |
| ANDY RODOLFO CASTILLO OCHOA | SINDICO I | 2023 | VALOR | unknown |
| SELVIN OMAR GARCIA AVILA | SINDICO II | 2023 | VALOR | unknown |
| ALBERT GEOVANY MORALES RODRIGUEZ | CONCEJAL I | 2023 | VALOR | unknown |
| PABLO ABRAHAM RUIZ ZACARIAS | CONCEJAL II | 2023 | VALOR | unknown |
| JULIO FRANCISCO PEREZ MARTINEZ | CONCEJAL III | 2023 | VALOR | unknown |
| WALFRE OTTONIEL MINERA MONZON | CONCEJAL IV | 2023 | UNE | unknown |
| HECTOR DAVID DIAZ CHINCHILLA | CONCEJAL V | 2023 | UNE | unknown |
| ALEXI ROBERTO FAJARDO ALVARADO | SINDICO SUPLENTE I | 2023 | VALOR | unknown |
| JENNYFHER ZELADA CORADO DE SANTOS | CONCEJAL SUPLENTE I | 2023 | VALOR | unknown |
| MAYRA ELISET CONDE SALAZAR DE CASTAÑEDA | CONCEJAL SUPLENTE II | 2023 | UNE | unknown |
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
- Guatemala: https://web.archive.org/web/20250225143526id_/https://www.tse.org.gt/images/memoriaselec/me/2023_Memoria_Elecciones.pdf · rights unknown
- Guatemala: https://web.archive.org/web/20201027015650id_/http://www.tse.org.gt/images/memoriaselec/me2019.pdf · rights unknown
- Guatemala: https://web.archive.org/web/20161124082300id_/http://tse.org.gt/images/memoriaselec/me2015.pdf · rights unknown
- Guatemala: TSE Memoria Electoral 2023 — final municipal votes and adjudications (archived official report) · rights unknown
- Guatemala: TSE Memoria Electoral 2019 — final municipal votes and adjudications (archived official report) · rights unknown
- Guatemala: TSE Memoria Electoral 2015 — final municipal votes and adjudications (archived official report) · rights unknown
Cite this record
Center for Digital Democracy. “Iztapa — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-05-10. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.