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Panajachel — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot
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Guatemala · Panajachel / Sololá · municipal · Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballotGT-M-07-10
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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
- Panajachel / Sololá
- Next election
- 2027-06-27
- Linked upcoming event
- next-40e044fa5b0cc9b3de80e602
- 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
- MLP19.6%
- VAMOS19.2%
- CABAL12.6%
- VALOR UNIONISTA10.0%
- PR8.2%
- VICTORIA7.6%
- U R N G - MAIZ7.5%
- VIVA4.7%
- PHG4.1%
- UNE3.9%
- VOS1.2%
- TODOS1.0%
- AZUL0.3%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLP · SAMUEL ZACARIAS SAHON ROSALES | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 1,324 | 19.6% | 4 | Recorded |
| VAMOS | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 1,295 | 19.2% | 1 | Recorded |
| CABAL | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 848 | 12.6% | 1 | Recorded |
| VALOR UNIONISTA | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 677 | 10% | 1 | Recorded |
| PR | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 553 | 8.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| VICTORIA | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 515 | 7.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| U R N G - MAIZ | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 505 | 7.5% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| VIVA | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 317 | 4.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| PHG | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 279 | 4.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| UNE | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 265 | 3.9% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| VOS | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 80 | 1.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| TODOS | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 66 | 1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| AZUL | guatemala/S86641369d4ca/2023 | 18 | 0.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2019-06-16
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown
- PC28.7%
- UCN23.8%
- UNE15.0%
- VIVA13.2%
- FUERZA11.8%
- SEMILLA2.7%
- TODOS2.1%
- FCN-NACION1.6%
- BIEN1.2%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC · CESAR PABLO PIEDRASANTA RODRÍGUEZ | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 1,782 | 28.7% | 5 | Recorded |
| UCN | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 1,476 | 23.8% | 1 | Recorded |
| UNE | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 931 | 15% | 1 | Recorded |
| VIVA | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 819 | 13.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FUERZA | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 731 | 11.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| SEMILLA | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 165 | 2.7% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| TODOS | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 132 | 2.1% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| FCN-NACION | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 99 | 1.6% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| BIEN | guatemala/S6d250220e847/2019 | 76 | 1.2% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
2015-09-06
Ordinary · Legal certification not established · unknown
- UNE38.2%
- CREO- Unionista28.9%
- UCN24.7%
- LIDER4.8%
- TODOS3.3%
| Label / candidate | Party code | Votes | Share | Seats | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNE · Enio Roberto Urízar Batres | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 2,436 | 38.2% | 5 | Recorded |
| CREO- Unionista · Abrahan Mayén Morales | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 1,842 | 28.9% | 1 | Recorded |
| UCN · Jordan Quenun Salpor | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 1,576 | 24.7% | 1 | Recorded |
| LIDER · Pedro Medrano Coroxón Juracan | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 307 | 4.8% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
| TODOS · Carlos Roberto Mateo Rosales | guatemala/S6241581360d0/2015 | 210 | 3.3% | 0 (recorded zero) | Recorded |
4. Competition and volatility
competition index
Provisional imported-series CI86.660–100 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=0.43013942450311404, oldest_gap=9.323497096217238, previous_gap=4.92674287554339
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility48.7percentage 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=[[3.9305843963215663,19.207950163156333,0.9789380005932957,0,4.7018688816374965,0,0,0,0,0,0,71.18065855829131],[14.9895346965062,0,2.1252616325873452,23.76428916438577,13.186282402189663,0,0,0,1.5939462244405087,0,2.6565770407341813,41.68410883915634],[38.23575576832523,0,3.296185842097002,24.73708993878512,0,4.818709778684665,0,0,0,0,0,28.91225867210799]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility30.21percentage 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=[[3.9305843963215663,19.207950163156333,0.9789380005932957,0,4.7018688816374965,0,0,0,0,0,0,71.18065855829131],[14.9895346965062,0,2.1252616325873452,23.76428916438577,13.186282402189663,0,0,0,1.5939462244405087,0,2.6565770407341813,41.68410883915634],[38.23575576832523,0,3.296185842097002,24.73708993878512,0,4.818709778684665,0,0,0,0,0,28.91225867210799]]
pedersen volatility
Provisional volatility39.46percentage 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=[[3.9305843963215663,19.207950163156333,0.9789380005932957,0,4.7018688816374965,0,0,0,0,0,0,71.18065855829131],[14.9895346965062,0,2.1252616325873452,23.76428916438577,13.186282402189663,0,0,0,1.5939462244405087,0,2.6565770407341813,41.68410883915634],[38.23575576832523,0,3.296185842097002,24.73708993878512,0,4.818709778684665,0,0,0,0,0,28.91225867210799]]
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enio Roberto Urízar Batres | Alcalde | 2015 | UNE | unknown |
| Rigoberto Rosales Rosales | Síndico I | 2015 | UNE | unknown |
| Carlos Enrique Chuc Yax | Síndico II | 2015 | UNE | unknown |
| Marco Antonio Vicente Rodríguez | Síndico Suplente | 2015 | UNE | unknown |
| Manuel De Jesus Aceytuno García | Concejal 1 | 2015 | UNE | unknown |
| Rafael Efrain Celada Ovalle | Concejal 2 | 2015 | UNE | unknown |
| Ingrid Aida Vásquez de Leon de Montufar | Concejal 3 | 2015 | CREO-Unionista | unknown |
| Victor Raul García Rosales | Concejal 4 | 2015 | UCN | unknown |
| Gustavo Adolfo Queche Lopez | Concejal suplente 1 | 2015 | UNE | unknown |
| Maria Del Carmen Joj Churunel | Concejal suplente 2 | 2015 | CREO-Unionista | unknown |
| CESAR PABLO PIEDRASANTA RODRÍGUEZ | ALCALDE | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| VÍCTOR YACH ROSALES | SÍNDICO PRIMERO | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| PEDRO MATÍAS GARCÍA Y GARCÍA | SÍNDICO SEGUNDO | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| BYRON ISMAEL MATEO SAC | SÍNDICO SUPLENTE | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| GUSTAVO LOPEZ CAN | CONCEJAL PRIMERO | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| JOSÉ ARNOLDO ROSALES AGUILAR | CONCEJAL SEGUNDO | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| JUAN ANTULIO ANLEU SÁNCHEZ | CONCEJAL TERCERO | 2019 | UCN | unknown |
| AURA VIRGINIA LÓPEZ FLORES GARCÍA | CONCEJAL CUARTO | 2019 | UNE | unknown |
| JIM PRESTON YACH QUECHE | PRIMER CONCEJAL SUPLENTE | 2019 | PC | unknown |
| CATALINA RIVERA MIRANDA | SEGUNDO CONCEJAL SUPLENTE | 2019 | UCN | unknown |
| SAMUEL ZACARIAS SAHON ROSALES | ALCALDE MUNICIPAL | 2023 | MLP | unknown |
| VICTOR POLICARPO BARRENO ROSALES | SINDICO I | 2023 | MLP | unknown |
| PABLO YAX TOXCON | SINDICO II | 2023 | MLP | unknown |
| TERESO JOJ COSME | CONCEJAL I | 2023 | MLP | unknown |
| JULIO ESTUARDO PARAJON CAAL | CONCEJAL II | 2023 | VAMOS | unknown |
| BYRON ISMAEL MATEO SAC | CONCEJAL III | 2023 | CABAL | unknown |
| JOSE LEONARDO BUCH MARROQUIN | CONCEJAL IV | 2023 | VALOR UNIONISTA | unknown |
| EUSTAQUIO JUAN RODRIGUEZ BARRENO | SINDICO SUPLENTE I | 2023 | MLP | unknown |
| ELIDA LETICIA MATZAR CHURUNEL | CONCEJAL SUPLENTE I | 2023 | MLP | unknown |
| GERMAN BERNARDO RAXTUN GONZALEZ | CONCEJAL SUPLENTE II | 2023 | VAMOS | 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. “Panajachel — Municipal corporation — shared mayor/council ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/GT-M-07-10. Sources: guatemala--url-e1fb17bd9b2b6a792a269e9e, guatemala--url-af4ae16617a8a33434830962, guatemala--url-62f5b3430b66377f9a7c4645, guatemala--S86641369d4ca, guatemala--S6d250220e847, guatemala--S6241581360d0.