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Santa Clara La Laguna — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot

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Guatemala · Santa Clara La Laguna / Sololá · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-07-07

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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 Clara La Laguna / Sololá
Next election
2027-06-27
Linked upcoming event
next-c5fdaf9158e5929b781f0041
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

  • VAMOS32.5%
  • VICTORIA26.1%
  • UNE19.2%
  • CABAL15.0%
  • VALOR UNIONISTA4.7%
  • TODOS2.5%
Results for event-a1dee0273e015d92b0cc38f7
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
VAMOS · FRANCISCO CHAVAJAY SAQUICguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,58832.5%5Recorded
VICTORIAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231,27326.1%1Recorded
UNEguatemala/S86641369d4ca/202393619.2%1Recorded
CABALguatemala/S86641369d4ca/202373115%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VALOR UNIONISTAguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20232314.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOSguatemala/S86641369d4ca/20231242.5%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2019-06-16

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • UCN41.9%
  • UNE25.9%
  • VAMOS23.5%
  • FCN-NACION6.1%
  • LIBRE2.6%
Results for event-0a8efd8462938f0a2f4aa6c5
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UCN · FRANCISCO CHAVAJAY SAQUICguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,89941.9%5Recorded
UNEguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,17625.9%1Recorded
VAMOSguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191,06423.5%1Recorded
FCN-NACIONguatemala/S6d250220e847/20192786.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
LIBREguatemala/S6d250220e847/20191162.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2015-10-25

Repeated / replacement · Legal certification not established · unknown

  • LIDER48.0%
  • PP46.2%
  • UNE5.2%
  • TODOS0.6%
Results for event-c71fbd1793d4fd3b2117252b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIDER · Pedro Par Parguatemala/S6241581360d0/20152,16648%5Recorded
PP · Francisco Chavajay Saquicguatemala/S6241581360d0/20152,08646.2%2Recorded
UNE · Alberto Abraham Zapeta Chavezguatemala/S6241581360d0/20152365.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
TODOS · Enrique Rafael Chiyal Toguatemala/S6241581360d0/2015270.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

55.840–100 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=6.450952283432315, oldest_gap=1.771871539313402, previous_gap=15.949702183984119

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

54.8percentage 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=[[19.168543927913166,32.52099119393815,2.5394224861765307,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,45.771042391972145],[25.943084050297816,23.47231414074564,0,41.892786234281935,0,0,0,0,6.132803882638429,0,0,2.559011692036179],[5.227021040974529,0,0.5980066445182725,0,0,47.9734219269103,46.201550387596896,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

94.77percentage 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=[[19.168543927913166,32.52099119393815,2.5394224861765307,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,45.771042391972145],[25.943084050297816,23.47231414074564,0,41.892786234281935,0,0,0,0,6.132803882638429,0,0,2.559011692036179],[5.227021040974529,0,0.5980066445182725,0,0,47.9734219269103,46.201550387596896,0,0,0,0,0]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

74.79percentage 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=[[19.168543927913166,32.52099119393815,2.5394224861765307,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,45.771042391972145],[25.943084050297816,23.47231414074564,0,41.892786234281935,0,0,0,0,6.132803882638429,0,0,2.559011692036179],[5.227021040974529,0,0.5980066445182725,0,0,47.9734219269103,46.201550387596896,0,0,0,0,0]]

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.

Officeholder observations
PersonRoleAs ofAffiliationPrincipal?
Pedro Par ParAlcalde2015LIDERunknown
Lorenzo Yac SuluguiSíndico I2015LIDERunknown
José Feliciano Mazariegos TujSíndico II2015LIDERunknown
Francisco To ChacomSíndico Suplente2015LIDERunknown
Nicolás Bay ChacomConcejal 12015LIDERunknown
Antonio Santos ToConcejal 22015LIDERunknown
Miguel Tuj MazariegosConcejal 32015PPunknown
Maria Sac Chocoy de PérezConcejal 42015PPunknown
Pedro Samuel Canis TacamConcejal suplente 12015LIDERunknown
Jerónimo Tahay AjúConcejal suplente 22015PPunknown
FRANCISCO CHAVAJAY SAQUICALCALDE2019UCNunknown
DELFINO JOSE YAC JOJSÍNDICO PRIMERO2019UCNunknown
MIGUEL AJSOC CHACOMSÍNDICO SEGUNDO2019UCNunknown
GASPAR TÓ CHIYALSÍNDICO SUPLENTE2019UCNunknown
PEDRO FABIAN IXMATA CHOCOYCONCEJAL PRIMERO2019UCNunknown
ESDRAS SAC AJCHÉCONCEJAL SEGUNDO2019UCNunknown
JUAN ANTONIO BATZ TÓCONCEJAL TERCERO2019UNEunknown
PEDRO SAMUEL CANIS TACAMCONCEJAL CUARTO2019VAMOSunknown
DIEGO EDUARDO SOSA PÉREZPRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019UCNunknown
NICOLAS CHACÓM TÓSEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE2019UNEunknown
FRANCISCO CHAVAJAY SAQUICALCALDE MUNICIPAL2023VAMOSunknown
JORGE URBANO PEREZ TZAJSINDICO I2023VAMOSunknown
JUAN ALFONZO QUICHE SAQUICSINDICO II2023VAMOSunknown
JUAN ANTONIO BATZ TOCONCEJAL I2023VAMOSunknown
VICENTE ISAIAS VASQUEZ COXAJCONCEJAL II2023VAMOSunknown
NICOLAS OSWALDO CHAVAJAY QUICHECONCEJAL III2023VICTORIAunknown
ENRIQUE RAFAEL CHIYAL TOCONCEJAL IV2023UNEunknown
MIGUEL TZAJ RAZONSINDICO SUPLENTE I2023VAMOSunknown
MIGUEL CHOCOY AJSOCCONCEJAL SUPLENTE I2023VAMOSunknown
ANTONIO TUJ TZAJCONCEJAL SUPLENTE II2023VICTORIAunknown

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 Clara La Laguna — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-07-07. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.