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San Rafael Las Flores — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Guatemala · San Rafael Las Flores / Santa Rosa · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-06-05

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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 Rafael Las Flores / Santa Rosa
Next election
2027-06-27
Linked upcoming event
next-6cd292a98462ee66f95211c5
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

  • CABAL50.6%
  • UNE33.8%
  • VAMOS13.7%
  • VALOR UNIONISTA1.3%
  • MLP0.6%
Results for event-e571567c8e21608420c46800
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CABAL · LUIS FERNANDO MONTERROSO MORALESguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20233,03050.6%5Recorded
UNEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232,02733.8%2Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/202382013.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VALOR UNIONISTAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023781.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MLPguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023360.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-06-16

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • UNE38.7%
  • C.C.A33.3%
  • VAMOS26.8%
  • MLP0.7%
  • EG0.5%
Results for event-06e2600663f373d7502d342d
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNE · ROBERTO DE JESÚS PIVARAL Y PIVARALguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,99738.7%UnknownRecorded
C.C.Aguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,72033.3%UnknownRecorded
VAMOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,38526.8%UnknownRecorded
MLPguatemala/S6d250220e847/2019370.7%UnknownRecorded
EGguatemala/S6d250220e847/2019260.5%UnknownRecorded

2015-09-06

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • LIDER33.5%
  • UNE31.3%
  • PP14.6%
  • TODOS13.1%
  • PAN3.8%
  • CREO-Unionista1.8%
  • VIVA1.2%
  • CAMPO0.8%
Results for event-1a2a26a5d2bda14c3fa3cb9f
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIDER · Roberto de Jesús Pivaral y Pivaralguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,60033.5%5Recorded
UNE · Victor Leonel Morales Pozuelosguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,49131.3%2Recorded
PP · Carlos Francisco Monterroso Mijangosguatemala/S6241581360d0/201569814.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOS · Francisco De Jesús Pivaral Vegaguatemala/S6241581360d0/201562313.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PAN · Carlos Lionel Morales Rodríguezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151803.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREO-Unionista · Gloria Arminda Valenzuela Hernández de Anaviscaguatemala/S6241581360d0/2015841.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA · Elmer Augusto Pozuelos Gómezguatemala/S6241581360d0/2015551.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CAMPO · Julio Cesar Pozuelos Gómezguatemala/S6241581360d0/2015390.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

40.590–100 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=16.741779335670174, oldest_gap=2.285115303983229, previous_gap=5.363020329138429

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

17.96percentage 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=[[33.83408446002337,13.687197462860958,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,52.47871807711567],[38.66408518877057,26.81510164569216,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.52081316553727],[31.257861635220127,0,13.060796645702306,0,1.1530398322851152,33.542976939203356,14.633123689727464,0,0,0,0,6.352201257861636]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

62.39percentage 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=[[33.83408446002337,13.687197462860958,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,52.47871807711567],[38.66408518877057,26.81510164569216,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.52081316553727],[31.257861635220127,0,13.060796645702306,0,1.1530398322851152,33.542976939203356,14.633123689727464,0,0,0,0,6.352201257861636]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

40.17percentage 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=[[33.83408446002337,13.687197462860958,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,52.47871807711567],[38.66408518877057,26.81510164569216,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,34.52081316553727],[31.257861635220127,0,13.060796645702306,0,1.1530398322851152,33.542976939203356,14.633123689727464,0,0,0,0,6.352201257861636]]

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?
Roberto de Jesús Pivaral y PivaralAlcalde2015LIDERunknown
Rene Antonio Muñoz VillagránSíndico I2015LIDERunknown
Byron Adolfo Pérez VelizSíndico II2015LIDERunknown
Hugo Noe Abrego AquinoSíndico Suplente2015LIDERunknown
Alberto Estrada CazunConcejal 12015LIDERunknown
Jose Leon Hernandez MarroquinConcejal 22015LIDERunknown
Dielman Heraldo Perez PerezConcejal 32015UNEunknown
Jose Rolando Pivaral FloresConcejal 42015UNEunknown
Emilio Cruz PerezConcejal suplente 12015LIDERunknown
Marcos Del Rosario Pivaral LeivaConcejal suplente 22015UNEunknown
ROBERTO DE JESÚS PIVARAL Y PIVARALALCALDE MUNICIPAL2019UNEunknown
RENÉ ANTONIO MUÑOZ VILLAGRÁNSÍNDICO PRIMERO2019UNEunknown
BYRON ADOLFO PÉREZ VELIZSÍNDICO SEGUNDO2019UNEunknown
SANDY EDILSA LEMUS PEREZSÍNDICO SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
ALBERTO ESTRADA CAZÚNCONCEJAL PRIMERO2019UNEunknown
JOSÉ LEÓN HERNÁNDEZ MARROQUÍNCONCEJAL SEGUNDO2019UNEunknown
FRANCISCO DE JESUS PIVARAL VEGACONCEJAL TERCERO2019CCEAunknown
FREDY HERNÁN VALENZUELA HERNÁNDEZCONCEJAL CUARTO2019VAMOSunknown
MARCOS DEL ROSARIO PIVARAL LEIVAPRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
PEDRO ALFREDO ANAVISCA LEMUZSEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019CCEAunknown
LUIS FERNANDO MONTERROSO MORALESALCALDE MUNICIPAL2023CABALunknown
ERNESTO PEREZ Y PEREZSINDICO I2023CABALunknown
OSCAR RAFAEL DEL CID GOMEZSINDICO II2023CABALunknown
WILLIAM ALFREDO ANAVISCA NAVICHOQUECONCEJAL I2023CABALunknown
BRANDON ANTONIO MORAN MEJIACONCEJAL II2023CABALunknown
JOSE LEON HERNANDEZ MARROQUINCONCEJAL III2023UNEunknown
FRANCISCO DE JESUS PIVARAL VEGACONCEJAL IV2023UNEunknown
PERFECTO SALAZAR GONZALESSINDICO SUPLENTE I2023CABALunknown
CLEMENTE DE JESUS MARROQUIN PEREZCONCEJAL SUPLENTE I2023CABALunknown
MARCOS DEL ROSARIO PIVARAL LEIVACONCEJAL SUPLENTE II2023UNEunknown

6. Polling context

No local poll supplied.

7. Unresolved issues and sources

  • other · open

    Elected party not matched to vote party: {"id": "GT-M-06-05", "year": 2019, "issue": "Elected party not matched to vote party", "parties": ["CCEA"], "pages": [499]}

  • 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 Rafael Las Flores — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-06-05. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.