2019 Guatemala City mayoral election

16 June 2019
 
Candidate Ricardo Quiñónez Roberto González Álvaro Véliz
Party Unionist CREO Semilla
Popular vote 167,985 152,932 42,417
Percentage 38.31% 34.87% 9.67%

Mayor before election

Ricardo Quiñónez
Unionist

Elected Mayor

Ricardo Quiñónez
Unionist

The 2019 Guatemala City mayoral election was held on 16 June 2019.[1]

The elections will be held next to the presidential, legislative, municipal and Central American Parliament elections. Twenty-three candidates were presented.[1]

The current mayor Ricardo Quiñónez took office after the death of Álvaro Arzú, and is presented for the first time as a candidate for mayor and maintain the hegemony of the Unionist Party in Guatemala City.[2]

The polls show a close contest between the opposition candidate Roberto González Díaz-Durán from the Commitment, Renewal and Order (CREO), which competes for the third time to win the mayor's office and the current mayor Ricardo Quiñónez Lemus of Unionist Party.

They are followed by Álvaro Véliz of Semilla, Luis García of Fuerza and Fernando Sánchez of the National Unity of Hope.

In this election, they are also elected to titular and alternate councilors who will make up the Municipal Council of Guatemala City.

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages.

The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font.

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ricardo QuiñónezUnionist Party167,98538.31
Roberto GonzálezCommitment, Renewal and Order152,93234.87
Álvaro VélizSemilla42,4179.67
Moisés Abraham FialkoVision with Values10,6672.43
Pedro BroloVamos9,5272.17
Alfonso GarcíaFuerza8,6801.98
Carlos AvendañoHumanist Party of Guatemala7,7941.78
Gonzalo MarroquínEncuentro por Guatemala7,4591.70
Fernando SánchezNational Unity of Hope7,0121.60
Ofelia RodríguezLibre5,0131.14
Alberto "Beto" ValladaresNational Change Union3,7880.86
Noé SolaresProductivity and Work Party3,4160.78
Eduardo PradoTodos3,0490.70
Hugo BollatNational Convergence Front2,0580.47
Flor de María AlvaradoVictory1,9810.45
Rokael CardonaConvergence1,6710.38
Arturo HerreraCitizen Prosperity1,5830.36
Rubén GarcíaNational Welfare1,5090.34
Total438,541100.00
Source: TSE

References

  1. 1 2 "Las nueve personas que se interesan para ser alcalde de la capital". Prensa Libre. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. "Los candidatos a alcalde de la ciudad ¿Los conoces a todos?". Soy502. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  3. Segunda Encuesta Electoral (junio de 2019)
  4. Ricardo Quiñónez y Roberto González encabezan la intención de voto para alcalde de la capital
  5. Quiñónez y González, lideran intención de voto, según encuesta
  6. Torres, Arzú, Giammattei y Mulet lideran intención de votos, según estudio.
  7. 1 2 Encuesta: González y Quiñónez se disputan la alcaldía capitalina
  8. Las elección de la alcaldía capitalina está entre dos candidatos
  9. 1 2 3 Roberto González aventaja a Ricardo Quiñónez en carrera por la Alcaldía
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