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Santa Cruz Naranjo — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot

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Guatemala · Santa Cruz Naranjo / Santa Rosa · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-06-12

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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
Santa Cruz Naranjo / Santa Rosa
Next election
2027-06-27
Linked upcoming event
next-09edb1434e6e27c38cf18b50
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

  • CABAL52.9%
  • VAMOS33.3%
  • VALOR UNIONISTA9.7%
  • BIEN3.0%
  • UNE1.0%
Results for event-5ed1fdae8d7e8d2cdc92debe
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CABAL · IVAN ANTONIO MORALES DEL CIDguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20233,73552.9%6Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232,35233.3%1Recorded
VALOR UNIONISTAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20236869.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
BIENguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232143%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023691%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-06-16

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • CCS27.5%
  • PC26.2%
  • UNIONISTA13.1%
  • CCT10.7%
  • VAMOS9.5%
  • CREO4.7%
  • VALOR4.1%
  • FCN-NACION2.2%
  • LIBRE1.5%
  • AVANZA0.5%
Results for event-1f7bcb57ca83c5f5ccae2bd6
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
CCS · CARLOS SALVADOR RODRIGUEZ REVOLORIOguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,91727.5%5Recorded
PCguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,82526.2%1Recorded
UNIONISTAguatemala/S6d250220e847/201991513.1%1Recorded
CCTguatemala/S6d250220e847/201974410.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20196629.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREOguatemala/S6d250220e847/20193244.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VALORguatemala/S6d250220e847/20192834.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FCN-NACIONguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191552.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBREguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191031.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
AVANZAguatemala/S6d250220e847/2019340.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2015-09-06

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • PP32.9%
  • CCT32.4%
  • LIDER26.2%
  • UNE6.5%
  • TODOS1.2%
  • CREO- Unionista0.9%
Results for event-66192bed24abb504b2e2fda3
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PP · José Angel Lechuga Avilaguatemala/S6241581360d0/20152,18932.9%5Recorded
CCT · Carlos Salvador Rodriguez Revolorioguatemala/S6241581360d0/20152,15532.4%1Recorded
LIDER · Margarito De Jesus Mejia Quevedoguatemala/S6241581360d0/20151,74626.2%1Recorded
UNE · Juan Alberto Revolorio Herrarteguatemala/S6241581360d0/20154356.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOS · Erick Ricardo Navarro Castroguatemala/S6241581360d0/2015771.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
CREO- Unionista · Miguel Angel Guzman Barriosguatemala/S6241581360d0/2015570.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

38.960–100 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=19.60034013605442, oldest_gap=0.510587175251537, previous_gap=1.3214593507612733

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

24.8percentage 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=[[0.9778911564625851,33.333333333333336,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,65.68877551020408],[0,9.508761850043092,0,0,0,0,0,4.6538351048549265,2.2263717322608447,13.142775064636599,0,70.46825624820454],[6.532512389247635,0,1.1563297792461331,0,0,26.220153176152575,32.872803724282925,0,0,0,0,33.21820093107073]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

66.78percentage 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=[[0.9778911564625851,33.333333333333336,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,65.68877551020408],[0,9.508761850043092,0,0,0,0,0,4.6538351048549265,2.2263717322608447,13.142775064636599,0,70.46825624820454],[6.532512389247635,0,1.1563297792461331,0,0,26.220153176152575,32.872803724282925,0,0,0,0,33.21820093107073]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

45.79percentage 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=[[0.9778911564625851,33.333333333333336,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,65.68877551020408],[0,9.508761850043092,0,0,0,0,0,4.6538351048549265,2.2263717322608447,13.142775064636599,0,70.46825624820454],[6.532512389247635,0,1.1563297792461331,0,0,26.220153176152575,32.872803724282925,0,0,0,0,33.21820093107073]]

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?
José Angel Lechuga AvilaAlcalde2015PPunknown
Joel Anibal Alvarez MedaSíndico I2015PPunknown
Daniel Antonio Santos SalazarSíndico II2015PPunknown
Fabian de Jesús Aguilar GómezSíndico Suplente2015PPunknown
Rudi Gerardo Franco y FrancoConcejal 12015PPunknown
Ovidio Valenzuela LópezConcejal 22015PPunknown
Henri Leonardo Quevedo RevolorioConcejal 32015CCTunknown
Adan Urbano Quevedo OrtizConcejal 42015LIDERunknown
Juan Alberto Carías MonterrosoConcejal suplente 12015PPunknown
Pedro Adolfo Pichilla RamírezConcejal suplente 22015CCTunknown
CARLOS SALVADOR RODRIGUEZ REVOLORIOALCALDE MUNICIPAL2019CCSunknown
JOSE DAVID MEJIA CERMEÑOSÍNDICO PRIMERO2019CCSunknown
OSCAR ANIBAL MEJIA VALENZUELASÍNDICO SEGUNDO2019CCSunknown
ANGEL GOMEZ ORTIZSÍNDICO SUPLENTE2019CCSunknown
NORBERTO ANTONIO ORTIZ TURCIOSCONCEJAL PRIMERO2019CCSunknown
PEDRO ADOLFO PICHILLA RAMIREZCONCEJAL SEGUNDO2019CCSunknown
JOEL ANIBAL ÁLVAREZ MEDACONCEJAL TERCERO2019PCunknown
MIGUEL ANGEL MONROY CONTRERASCONCEJAL CUARTO2019UNIONISTAunknown
GLENDER MAURICIO DONIS BOLAÑOSPRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019CCSunknown
ORLANDO OTONIEL LARA DÁVILASEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019PCunknown
IVAN ANTONIO MORALES DEL CIDALCALDE MUNICIPAL2023CABALunknown
JUAN JOSE MORALES GOMEZSINDICO I2023CABALunknown
ELMER RAFAEL CONTRERAS GOMEZSINDICO II2023CABALunknown
RONI ESTUARDO QUEVEDO LOPEZCONCEJAL I2023CABALunknown
ROSA AMALIA MEJIA DAVILACONCEJAL II2023CABALunknown
JUAN FRANCISCO LOPEZ MEJIACONCEJAL III2023CABALunknown
NORBERTO ANTONIO ORTIZ TURCIOSCONCEJAL IV2023VAMOSunknown
FERDIN ORLANDO LARA URBINASINDICO SUPLENTE I2023CABALunknown
ROGELIO DE JESUS ARROYOCONCEJAL SUPLENTE I2023CABALunknown
VERONICA AMARILIS GALEANO AGUILARCONCEJAL SUPLENTE II2023VAMOSunknown

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. “Santa Cruz Naranjo — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-06-12. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.