2023 Guatemala City mayoral election

2023 Guatemala City mayoral election

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Candidate Ricardo Quiñónez Roberto González Ninotchka Matute
Party Unionist CREO Semilla
Alliance Valor URNGWinaq
Popular vote 106,604 106,181 77,880
Percentage 24.59% 24.49% 17.96%

Mayor before election

Ricardo Quiñónez
Unionist Party

Elected Mayor

Ricardo Quiñónez
Unionist Party

The 2023 Guatemala City mayoral election was held on 25 June 2023, to elect the mayor of Guatemala City, Department of Guatemala and thirteen members of the Municipal Council.[1] Incumbent Ricardo Quiñónez Lemus was eligible for another term. Quiñónez of the Unionist Party ran for re-election with the support of Valor.

Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa, a pre-candidate of the SemillaWinaqURNG–MAIZ coalition, was unable to register due to legal issues, but his team was registered. Under electoral law, if the coalition wins the election, the first councilor would have become the mayor-elect, but she withdrew her candidacy, which led to Ninotchka Matute, the second councilor, becoming the mayor-elect.

Council composition

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The table below shows the composition of the political groups in the Municipal Council at the present time.

Current Municipal Council composition
Parties
Seats
Unionist Party 8
Commitment, Renewal and Order 4
Movimiento Semilla 1

Candidates

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Major candidates

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Party Candidate Date declared
Unionist
Unionist

Valor
Valor
Ricardo Quiñónez
Mayor of Guatemala City
(2018–present)

First Councillor of Guatemala City
(2008–2018)
9 December 2022[2]
Semilla
Winaq
Winaq

URNG
URNG
Ninotchka Matute 14 January 2023[3]
CREO
CREO
Roberto González
Minister of Energy and Mines
(2004–2005)

Fifth Councillor of Guatemala City
(2004–2007)
26 February 2023

Other candidates

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Party Candidate Date declared
Todos
Todos
Carlos Sandoval
Vice Minister of Sports and Recreation
(2020)
6 November 2022[4]
Blue
Party
Jean Paul Briere
Member of the Congress
(2012–2020)
11 December 2022[4]
UNE
UNE
Antonio Coro
Mayor of Santa Catarina Pinula
(2000–2015)
18 December 2022[4]
Republican
Party
Geovany Noriega Salazar 14 January 2023
Vamos
Vamos
Mario Méndez Montenegro
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food
(2016–2020)
29 January 2023[5]
Podemos Sebastián "Tian" Arzú 29 January 2023[6]
Victory
Victory
Ofelia Rodríguez 5 February 2023[7]
BIEN
BIEN
Carlos Cerezo Blandón 12 February 2023
PPN Luis Garistú 17 February 2023
PAN
PAN
Juan Carlos Eggenberger 18 February 2023
Change Marlon "Pirulo" Puente 19 February 2023
FCN
FCN
Mario Rodríguez 12 March 2023

Opinion polls

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Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample size S. Arzú
Podemos
Coro
UNE
Foppa / Matute
SemillaWinaqURNG
González
CREO
Méndez
Vamos
Puente
Change
Quiñónez
UnionistValor
Sandoval
Todos
Others No one
C&E Research[8] 9 May 2023 1.000 7.0% 5.0% 5.0% 21.0% 2.0% 2.0% 22.0% 1.0% 5.0% 30.0%
37.0% 25.0% 38.0%
Consultora Demoscopia, S.A.[9] 19–21 Apr 2023 713 6.2% 20.6% 43.2% 1.8% 7.0% 20.3%
21.2% 41.1% 1.5% 14.1% 22.1%
Demoscopia Digital[10] 15–16 Apr 2023 800 5.0% 13.2% 7.4% 3.6% 5.9% 32.7% 3.8% 7.8% 20.6%
Massive Caller[11] Apr 2023 600 3.4% 4.7% 13.0% 12.3% 3.0% 5.4% 31.0% 3.2% 24.0%
Polianalítica[12] 17–18 Mar 2023 700 1.5% 9.2% 12.7% 7.6% 4.5% 3.6% 29.6% 2.6% 12.8% 15.9%
Demoscopia Digital[13] 12 Feb 2023 2.9% 9.5% 11.8% 4.8% 4.7% 2.6% 27.1% 2.0% 6.2% 28.2%
Massive Caller[14] 6 Feb 2023 600 7.1% 13.8% 6.1% 3.9% 25.4% 3.2% 6.7% 33.8%
C&E Research[15] 28 Sep 2022 600 33.0% 39.0% 6.0% 22.0%

Results

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Ricardo QuiñónezValorUnionist106,60424.59
Roberto GonzálezCommitment, Renewal and Order106,18124.49
Ninotchka MatuteSemillaWinaqURNG–MAIZ77,88017.96
Antonio CoroNational Unity of Hope32,3127.45
Sebastián ArzúPodemos18,4134.25
Carlos SandovalTodos16,3883.78
Jean Paul BriereBlue Party11,8072.72
Mario MéndezVamos9,2362.13
Roberto PeraltaVision with Values8,0641.86
Ofelia RodríguezVictory7,9331.83
Marlon PuenteChange6,1221.41
Carlos CerezoBienestar Nacional5,5661.28
Erasmo CoronadoCabal4,8511.12
Alfonso GarcíaNosotros4,3751.01
Juan C. EggenbergerNational Advancement Party3,4520.80
Vinicio GuerraMy Family2,2830.53
Gilder GuzmánMovement for the Liberation of Peoples2,0560.47
Armando SotoRepublican Union1,7370.40
Alberto ValladaresOpportunities and Development Party1,5610.36
Mario RodríguezNational Convergence Front1,5200.35
Luis Fernando MoránNational Integration Party1,3810.32
Noé SolaresHumanist Party of Guatemala1,3630.31
Geovany NoriegaRepublican Party1,3170.30
Julio DoughertyIndependent1,1100.26
Total433,512100.00
Source: TSE

References

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  1. ^ "TSE da fechas tentativas para elecciones generales en Guatemala 2023 (primera y segunda vuelta)" (in Spanish). Prensa Libre. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Alcalde capitalino Ricardo Quiñónez buscará la reelección con coalición Unionista-VALOR" (in Spanish). elPeriódico. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Exjefe de la SAT competirá por la alcaldía capitalina por la alianza Winaq, Semilla y URNG-Maíz" (in Spanish). La Hora. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Quiénes son los aspirantes a la alcaldía de Guatemala rumbo a las elecciones 2023" (in Spanish). República. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Mario Méndez Montenegro es proclamado como candidato a alcalde de la ciudad por el partido Vamos" (in Spanish). Publinews. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Partido Podemos proclama a Sebastián Arzú para candidato a alcalde metropolitano" (in Spanish). el Periódico. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Ofelia Rodríguez aspira ser alcaldesa de Guatemala con el partido Victoria" (in Spanish). Publinews. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  8. ^ "GUATEMALA. RUMBO A LA ELECCIÓN MUNICIPAL 2023. 09 de mayo 2023". C&E Research (in Spanish). 9 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Estudio de opinión pública e intención de voto: Ciudad de Guatemala" (PDF). Soy502 (in Spanish). 22 April 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Encuesta electoral: Quiñónez continúa encabezando intención de voto para la alcaldía de Guatemala". República (in Spanish). 22 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  11. ^ Epicentro GT (10 April 2023). "Según una encuesta de Massive Caller, la intención de voto para Presidente de Guatemala, coloca en primer lugar a Edmond Mulet con 14.1 %, seguido de Zury Rios con 13.5 %, mientras que para alcalde capitalino, se observa como favorito al actual jefe edil, Ricardo Quiñonez con 31 %". Facebook (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Encuesta: ¿Qué candidato encabeza la intención de voto en la alcaldía de Guatemala?". República (in Spanish). 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Encuestas mantienen a Ricardo Quiñonez como puntero en contienda por la Ciudad de Guatemala". Milenio (in Spanish). 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  14. ^ Massive Caller [@MassiveCaller] (8 February 2023). "Compartimos nuestra medición de intención de voto para elegir Alcalde en #Guatemala" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ Elections, C&E Campaigns & (28 September 2022). "GUATEMALA. Encuesta rumbo a la elección presidencial y municipal 2023". ceonline (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2022.