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San Vicente Pacaya — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot

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Guatemala · San Vicente Pacaya / Escuintla · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-05-12

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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 Vicente Pacaya / Escuintla
Next election
2027-06-27
Linked upcoming event
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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

  • VAMOS31.0%
  • CABAL30.2%
  • UNE17.3%
  • VICTORIA17.2%
  • VALOR2.6%
  • AZUL1.2%
  • UR0.5%
Results for event-5a23b376900e49274a9ae025
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
VAMOS · AXEL CATALINO GONZALEZguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232,71131%4Recorded
CABALguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232,64130.2%1Recorded
UNEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,51617.3%1Recorded
VICTORIAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,50817.2%1Recorded
VALORguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232302.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AZULguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231041.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
URguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023460.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-06-16

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • UNE33.2%
  • VAMOS25.5%
  • PC15.4%
  • PODEMOS10.1%
  • BIEN8.9%
  • FCN-NACION2.6%
  • LIBRE1.4%
  • UNIONISTA1.3%
  • FUEZA1.3%
  • SEMILLA0.3%
Results for event-548685abce640473fc688e4b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNE · AXEL CATALINO GONZALEZguatemala/S6d250220e847/20192,54033.2%5Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,95525.5%1Recorded
PCguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,17915.4%1Recorded
PODEMOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/201977710.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
BIENguatemala/S6d250220e847/20196858.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FCN-NACIONguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191972.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBREguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191041.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIONISTAguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191031.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FUEZAguatemala/S6d250220e847/2019981.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
SEMILLAguatemala/S6d250220e847/2019220.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2015-09-06

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • PP34.1%
  • LIDER31.7%
  • CREO- Unionista25.5%
  • UNE8.7%
Results for event-10af603060e9d5cf2c46327e
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PP · Albaro Alidio Gonzálezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20152,59434.1%5Recorded
LIDER · Axel Catalino Gonzalezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20152,41531.7%1Recorded
CREO- Unionista · Kiambell Rogelio Pineda Mazariegosguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,94425.5%1Recorded
UNE · Juventino Antonio Pineda Moralesguatemala/S6241581360d0/20156638.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

84.970–100 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=0.7994518044769308, oldest_gap=2.3503151260504183, previous_gap=7.637075718015666

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

20.05percentage 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=[[17.313841936957516,30.961626313385107,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,51.72453174965739],[33.15926892950392,25.52219321148825,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.5718015665796345,1.3446475195822454,0.28720626631853785,37.114882506527415],[8.705357142857142,0,0,0,0,31.709558823529413,34.05987394957983,0,0,0,0,25.525210084033613]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

65.77percentage 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: 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=[[17.313841936957516,30.961626313385107,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,51.72453174965739],[33.15926892950392,25.52219321148825,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.5718015665796345,1.3446475195822454,0.28720626631853785,37.114882506527415],[8.705357142857142,0,0,0,0,31.709558823529413,34.05987394957983,0,0,0,0,25.525210084033613]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

42.91percentage 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=[[17.313841936957516,30.961626313385107,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,51.72453174965739],[33.15926892950392,25.52219321148825,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.5718015665796345,1.3446475195822454,0.28720626631853785,37.114882506527415],[8.705357142857142,0,0,0,0,31.709558823529413,34.05987394957983,0,0,0,0,25.525210084033613]]

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?
Albaro Alidio GonzálezAlcalde2015PPunknown
Elder Humberto Morales GonzálezSíndico I2015PPunknown
Juan Francisco Pineda PinedaSíndico II2015PPunknown
Edvin Fernando Pineda QuezadaSíndico Suplente2015PPunknown
Felix Andres Pineda RonquilloConcejal 12015PPunknown
Francisco Arturo Díaz AceitunoConcejal 22015PPunknown
Edgar Vitelio Mejicanos del CidConcejal 32015LIDERunknown
Fredi Matilde Pineda AlfaroConcejal 42015CREO-Unionistaunknown
Juan Francisco Pineda MencosConcejal suplente 12015PPunknown
Ramiro Peralta RodríguezConcejal suplente 22015LIDERunknown
AXEL CATALINO GONZALEZALCALDE MUNICIPAL2019UNEunknown
OTTO ARIAS PINEDASÍNDICO PRIMERO2019UNEunknown
MIGUEL CATALINO PONCIANO ECHEVERRÍASÍNDICO SEGUNDO2019UNEunknown
JUAN ARNOLDO DÁVILA MONTENEGROSÍNDICO SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
FIDELINO PINEDA MEJÍACONCEJAL PRIMERO2019UNEunknown
JOSÉ DIMAS RAMÍREZ PASCUALCONCEJAL SEGUNDO2019UNEunknown
JUAN FRANCISCO GONZALEZ ACEITUNOCONCEJAL TERCERO2019VAMOSunknown
SOCORRO ANTONIO CRUZ SANTIZOCONCEJAL CUARTO2019PCunknown
VICTOR MANUEL DÍAZ ACEITUNOPRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
HANCI FRANCISCO ALVAREZSEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019VAMOSunknown
AXEL CATALINO GONZALEZALCALDE MUNICIPAL2023VAMOSunknown
MAMERTO PALENCIA GARCIASINDICO I2023VAMOSunknown
AUGUSTO ELISEO MEJICANOS DEL CIDSINDICO II2023VAMOSunknown
FIDELINO PINEDA MEJIACONCEJAL I2023VAMOSunknown
DEMETRIO VALDEMAR ARIAS MEJICANOSCONCEJAL II2023CABALunknown
FREDI MATILDE PINEDA ALFAROCONCEJAL III2023UNEunknown
CARMEN ANTONIO PONCIANO REYESCONCEJAL IV2023VICTORIAunknown
OTTO ARIAS PINEDASINDICO SUPLENTE I2023VAMOSunknown
JOSE OMAR PINEDACONCEJAL SUPLENTE I2023VAMOSunknown
JUAN MIGUEL RECINOS LIMACONCEJAL 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. “San Vicente Pacaya — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-05-12. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.