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Palín — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot
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Guatemala · Palín / Escuintla · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-05-11
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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
- Palín / Escuintla
- Next election
- 2027-06-27
- Linked upcoming event
- next-8628e05611ae3652f0861bef
- 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
- UNE32.1%
- VALOR24.8%
- VAMOS15.7%
- SEMILLA13.7%
- VICTORIA4.3%
- PR2.1%
- CABAL1.6%
- WINAQ1.2%
- AZUL1.0%
- VIVA1.0%
- U R N G - MAIZ0.7%
- VOS0.5%
- MLP0.4%
- PODEMOS0.3%
- TODOS0.2%
- BIEN0.2%
- CAMBIO0.1%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNE · BYRON RANULFO RUSTRIAN AMADO | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 7,952 | 32.1% | 6 | Recorded |
| VALOR | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 6,155 | 24.8% | 2 | Recorded |
| VAMOS | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 3,896 | 15.7% | 1 | Recorded |
| SEMILLA | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 3,397 | 13.7% | 1 | Recorded |
| VICTORIA | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 1,076 | 4.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PR | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 526 | 2.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| CABAL | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 407 | 1.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| WINAQ | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 299 | 1.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| AZUL | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 257 | 1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| VIVA | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 238 | 1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| U R N G - MAIZ | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 178 | 0.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| VOS | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 126 | 0.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| MLP | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 90 | 0.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PODEMOS | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 70 | 0.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| TODOS | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 53 | 0.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| BIEN | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 52 | 0.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| CAMBIO | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 30 | 0.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-06-16
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown
- VAMOS30.5%
- UNE28.3%
- PC28.2%
- WINAQ2.3%
- PPT2.2%
- FUERZA1.6%
- UNIDOS1.1%
- VALOR1.0%
- URNG MAIZ0.8%
- VICTORIA0.8%
- FCN-NACION0.6%
- PHG0.6%
- TODOS0.5%
- UNIONISTA0.4%
- SEMILLA0.4%
- UCN0.4%
- PODEMOS0.2%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAMOS · JOSÉ RICARDO QUEZADA | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 6,954 | 30.5% | 5 | Recorded |
| UNE | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 6,472 | 28.3% | 2 | Recorded |
| PC | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 6,433 | 28.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| WINAQ | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 529 | 2.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PPT | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 509 | 2.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FUERZA | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 360 | 1.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIDOS | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 254 | 1.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| VALOR | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 230 | 1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| URNG MAIZ | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 193 | 0.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| VICTORIA | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 186 | 0.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FCN-NACION | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 143 | 0.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PHG | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 141 | 0.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| TODOS | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 109 | 0.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNIONISTA | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 100 | 0.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SEMILLA | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 92 | 0.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UCN | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 84 | 0.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PODEMOS | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 43 | 0.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2015-09-06
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown
- LIDER39.1%
- UNE30.0%
- PP17.7%
- WINAQ-URNG- MAÍZ4.9%
- EG3.4%
- TODOS2.3%
- CREO- Unionista1.6%
- UCN1.0%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIDER · Mario Vitelio Yantuchi Albizures | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 8,234 | 39.1% | 5 | Recorded |
| UNE · Byron Ranulfo Rustrian Amado | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 6,306 | 30% | 2 | Recorded |
| PP · Jose Ricardo Quezada | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 3,726 | 17.7% | 1 | Recorded |
| WINAQ-URNG- MAÍZ · Sonia Marina Gutierrez Raguay De Benito | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 1,025 | 4.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| EG · Bernardo Pirique Perez | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 724 | 3.4% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| TODOS · Juan Francisco Nicolas Chacon | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 494 | 2.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| CREO- Unionista · Jose Antonio Ruiz Mazariegos | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 333 | 1.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UCN · Asuncion Lobo Coj | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 210 | 1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI70.520–100 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=7.2453834368196155, oldest_gap=9.158274748242448, previous_gap=2.111072179397336
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility17.97percentage 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=[[32.06193048947666,15.708410612047416,0.21369244415772923,0,0.9596000322554633,0,0,0,0,0,13.696476090637852,37.359890331424886],[28.346180798878766,30.457252978276102,0.4774001401541696,0.36790469516468116,0,0,0,0,0.6263139453398738,0.43798177995795373,0.40294323756131745,38.88402242466713],[29.95439863195896,0,2.3465703971119134,0.9975299258977769,0,39.11267338020141,17.69903097092913,0,0,0,0,9.889796693900816]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility60.92percentage 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=[[32.06193048947666,15.708410612047416,0.21369244415772923,0,0.9596000322554633,0,0,0,0,0,13.696476090637852,37.359890331424886],[28.346180798878766,30.457252978276102,0.4774001401541696,0.36790469516468116,0,0,0,0,0.6263139453398738,0.43798177995795373,0.40294323756131745,38.88402242466713],[29.95439863195896,0,2.3465703971119134,0.9975299258977769,0,39.11267338020141,17.69903097092913,0,0,0,0,9.889796693900816]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility39.44percentage 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=[[32.06193048947666,15.708410612047416,0.21369244415772923,0,0.9596000322554633,0,0,0,0,0,13.696476090637852,37.359890331424886],[28.346180798878766,30.457252978276102,0.4774001401541696,0.36790469516468116,0,0,0,0,0.6263139453398738,0.43798177995795373,0.40294323756131745,38.88402242466713],[29.95439863195896,0,2.3465703971119134,0.9975299258977769,0,39.11267338020141,17.69903097092913,0,0,0,0,9.889796693900816]]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Vitelio Yantuchi Albizures | Alcalde | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Mauricio Cojon Benito | Síndico I | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Manuel Rolando Coj Benito | Síndico II | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Nicolas Pérez Paiz | Síndico Suplente | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Gabino Hernández Pirique | Concejal 1 | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Merida Aracely Ramirez Rodriguez de Rosales | Concejal 2 | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Hilario Cojon Perez | Concejal 3 | 2015 | UNE | unknown |
| Rosa Lisseth Estrada Herrera | Concejal 4 | 2015 | UNE | unknown |
| Juan Chuni Hernandez | Concejal 5 | 2015 | PP | unknown |
| Carlos Humberto Vasquez Escobar | Concejal suplente 1 | 2015 | LIDER | unknown |
| Veronica Elizabeth Peralta Palacios de Ordóñez | Concejal suplente 2 | 2015 | UNE | unknown |
| JOSÉ RICARDO QUEZADA | ALCALDE MUNICIPAL | 2019 | VAMOS | unknown |
| JUAN CHUNI HERNANDEZ | SÍNDICO PRIMERO | 2019 | VAMOS | unknown |
| DANIEL MAXIMILIANO GARCIA SUQUE | SÍNDICO SEGUNDO | 2019 | VAMOS | unknown |
| ARNULFO MORENO VASQUEZ | SÍNDICO SUPLENTE | 2019 | VAMOS | unknown |
| CESAR AUGUSTO AJIN PEREZ | CONCEJAL PRIMERO | 2019 | VAMOS | unknown |
| JUAN ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ VASQUEZ | CONCEJAL SEGUNDO | 2019 | VAMOS | unknown |
| JOSE PEREZ COJ | CONCEJAL TERCERO | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| JOSE LUIS COJ PEREZ | CONCEJAL CUARTO | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| CORNELIO ALEJANDRO LOPEZ CONCOGUA | CONCEJAL QUINTO | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| EDUARDO CONCOGUA PEREZ | PRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE | 2019 | VAMOS | unknown |
| VERONICA ELIZABETH PERALTA PALACIOS | SEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| BYRON RANULFO RUSTRIAN AMADO | ALCALDE MUNICIPAL | 2023 | UNE | unknown |
| GUILLERMO LOPEZ RANCHO | SINDICO I | 2023 | UNE | unknown |
| OSCAR CLEMENTE GOMEZ GARCIA | SINDICO II | 2023 | UNE | unknown |
| MARIA ESTER MALCHIC NICOLAS | CONCEJAL I | 2023 | UNE | unknown |
| JOSE LUIS COJ PEREZ | CONCEJAL II | 2023 | UNE | unknown |
| VERONICA ELIZABETH PERALTA PALACIOS DE ORDOÑEZ | CONCEJAL III | 2023 | UNE | unknown |
| FRANCISCO RAGUAY ALVAREZ | CONCEJAL IV | 2023 | VALOR | unknown |
| ERIDA NOEMI MOSCOSO | CONCEJAL V | 2023 | VALOR | unknown |
| MIRIAM GRISELDA LOPEZ Y LOPEZ | CONCEJAL VI | 2023 | VAMOS | unknown |
| OSCAR RAUL ESQUIT TOMAS | CONCEJAL VII | 2023 | SEMILLA | unknown |
| LUCAS ANTONIO LOPEZ CHACON | SINDICO SUPLENTE I | 2023 | UNE | unknown |
| OSCAR HERNANDEZ VALDEZ | CONCEJAL SUPLENTE I | 2023 | UNE | unknown |
| LUIS ARNOLDO GUZMAN ALONZO | CONCEJAL SUPLENTE II | 2023 | UNE | unknown |
| NYROBY GABRIELA PIRIR GOMEZ | CONCEJAL SUPLENTE III | 2023 | VALOR | 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. “Palín — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-05-11. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.