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Partial researchResearch snapshot 2026-09-13. Evidence gaps remain; see Coverage for requirements.

Office briefing

YHU / CAAGUAZU — Mayor

Tracked current office. Identifiers stay separate from display names.

Paraguay · YHU / CAAGUAZU / CAAGUAZU · municipal · MayorPY-05-037-M

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Municipality matched by department and name, with documented abbreviation/rename bridges. Historical numeric district codes are not stable. This is an identity bridge, not proof of unchanged boundaries. Replacement archive runs through November 2025; later events/current control require verification.

1. What office, where, and when is the next election?

Geography
YHU / CAAGUAZU / CAAGUAZU
Next election
2026-10-04
Linked upcoming event
next-fc5ba852cf21b885f4691929
Registry qualification
Unknown

2. How certain is that date?

2026-10-04 is expected (not formally called). Day precision. A date without a formal call is not confirmed.

3. Who won earlier selected elections?

2021-10-10

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • PARTIDO COLORADO55.7%
  • MOV INDEPENDIENTE YHU CAMBIA25.6%
  • PARTIDO LIBERAL RADICAL AUTENTICO17.9%
  • PARTIDO CRUZADA NACIONAL0.8%
Results for event-de0a152451367e13662f18af
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO COLORADO · ARTURO REY JARA ESPINOZAANRparaguay/S82789e1ede/20215,59255.7%1Recorded
MOV INDEPENDIENTE YHU CAMBIA · CALIXTO ANTONIO SANABRIA GOMEZMIYHUCparaguay/S82789e1ede/20212,56825.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO LIBERAL RADICAL AUTENTICO · GLORIA LIZ CASCO DE MIÑOPLRAparaguay/S82789e1ede/20211,80317.9%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO CRUZADA NACIONAL · NESTOR RAFAEL MENDOZA GOMEZPCNparaguay/S82789e1ede/2021830.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2015-11-15

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • PARTIDO COLORADO53.9%
  • ALIANZA PARA EL PUEBLO YHUENSE46.1%
Results for event-f1b82e392a126601f077531a
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO COLORADO · ARTURO REY JARA ESPINOZAANRparaguay/S82789e1ede/20154,69453.9%1Recorded
ALIANZA PARA EL PUEBLO YHUENSE · FRANCISCO BENICIO SALMENA ESPINOZAAPPYparaguay/S82789e1ede/20154,01546.1%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2010-11-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · valid votes

  • PARTIDO COLORADO41.2%
  • PARTIDO LIBERAL RADICAL AUTENTICO30.7%
  • PARTIDO POPULAR TEKOJOJA24.2%
  • MOVIMIENTO 20 DE ABRIL2.2%
  • UNION NACIONAL DE CIUDADANOS ETICOS1.8%
Results for event-6f71ca063b4044486d38a369
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
PARTIDO COLORADO · ARTURO REY JARA ESPINOZAANRparaguay/S82789e1ede/20102,87841.2%1Recorded
PARTIDO LIBERAL RADICAL AUTENTICO · FRANCISCO BENICIO SALMENA ESPINOZAPLRAparaguay/S82789e1ede/20102,14630.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
PARTIDO POPULAR TEKOJOJA · SILVIO MERELES RUIZPPTparaguay/S82789e1ede/20101,69024.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
MOVIMIENTO 20 DE ABRIL · AGRIPINO ARCE CARDOZOM20Aparaguay/S82789e1ede/20101532.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNION NACIONAL DE CIUDADANOS ETICOS · CIGFRIDO NOTARIO MARTINEZUNACEparaguay/S82789e1ede/20101261.8%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

Other events (not selected cycles)

  • 1996-11-17 · Ordinary · Legal certification not established
  • 2001-11-18 · Ordinary · Legal certification not established
  • 2006-11-19 · Ordinary · Legal certification not established

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 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=30.101532948437193, oldest_gap=10.467610467610466, previous_gap=7.796532322884374

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

19.71percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Standalone ANR, PLRA, PEN, PPQ, UNACE and Frente Guasu; all other lists and mixed alliances in Other. No coalition vote is split among constituent parties. 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=["ANR","PLRA","PEN","PPQ","UNACE","Frente Guasu","Other"], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[[55.66394584909417,17.947441767867808,0,0,0,0,26.388612383038023],[53.89826616144219,0,0,0,0,0,46.10173383855781],[41.15544115544115,30.687830687830687,0,0,1.8018018018018018,0,26.354926354926356]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

32.49percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Standalone ANR, PLRA, PEN, PPQ, UNACE and Frente Guasu; all other lists and mixed alliances in Other. No coalition vote is split among constituent parties. 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=["ANR","PLRA","PEN","PPQ","UNACE","Frente Guasu","Other"], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[[55.66394584909417,17.947441767867808,0,0,0,0,26.388612383038023],[53.89826616144219,0,0,0,0,0,46.10173383855781],[41.15544115544115,30.687830687830687,0,0,1.8018018018018018,0,26.354926354926356]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

26.1percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Standalone ANR, PLRA, PEN, PPQ, UNACE and Frente Guasu; all other lists and mixed alliances in Other. No coalition vote is split among constituent parties. 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=["ANR","PLRA","PEN","PPQ","UNACE","Frente Guasu","Other"], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[[55.66394584909417,17.947441767867808,0,0,0,0,26.388612383038023],[53.89826616144219,0,0,0,0,0,46.10173383855781],[41.15544115544115,30.687830687830687,0,0,1.8018018018018018,0,26.354926354926356]]

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.

No officeholder observation supplied.

6. Polling context

No local poll supplied.

7. Unresolved issues and sources

Municipality matched by department and name, with documented abbreviation/rename bridges. Historical numeric district codes are not stable. This is an identity bridge, not proof of unchanged boundaries. Replacement archive runs through November 2025; later events/current control require verification. Replacement elections sometimes contain only winner/seat evidence. New municipalities, boundary/party continuity and dated control remain incomplete. The separate ordinary-election baseline helps historical comparison but does not fill replacement losing-vote gaps.

    Sources

    Cite this record

    Center for Digital Democracy. “YHU / CAAGUAZU — Mayor.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/PY-05-037-M. Sources: paraguay--url-7428974d1a7032fc28d114b3, paraguay--S82789e1ede, paraguay--Sebfa7a567d.