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A mayoral election was held in Quetzaltenango on 16 June 2019. [1]
The elections were held next to the presidential, legislative, municipal and Central American Parliament elections. Twenty candidates were presented. [1] [2]
The previous mayor, Luis Grijalva Minera, did not run for re-election due to possible cases of corruption, as well as ideological discrepancies with the party that postulated him. [3]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando López | Humanist Party of Guatemala | 13,551 | 21.76 | |||||
| Francisco Santos | Fuerza | 5,794 | 9.30 | |||||
| Patrick Gramajo | Valor | 5,785 | 9.29 | |||||
| Hugo Soto | Commitment, Renewal and Order | 4,754 | 7.63 | |||||
| María Teresa Castillo | Winaq | 3,579 | 5.75 | |||||
| Julio Aceituno | Vision with Values | 3,301 | 5.30 | |||||
| Jesús Cifuentes | Vamos | 3,251 | 5.22 | |||||
| Marvin de León | National Change Union | 3,059 | 4.91 | |||||
| Natán Rodas | Citizen Prosperity | 3,054 | 4.90 | |||||
| Donald Urizar | Semilla | 2,836 | 4.55 | |||||
| Miguel de León | National Advancement Party | 2,423 | 3.89 | |||||
| Frank Ríos | Independent | 1,951 | 3.13 | |||||
| Francisco Mérida | Podemos | 1,864 | 2.99 | |||||
| Oswaldo Torres | Libre | 1,065 | 1.71 | |||||
| Soraya Hernández | Bienestar Nacional | 984 | 1.58 | |||||
| Jorge Ixquiac | Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity | 950 | 1.53 | |||||
| Labrenty Cabrera | Avanza | 778 | 1.25 | |||||
| Pedro Luis Chávez | National Unity of Hope | 751 | 1.21 | |||||
| Francisco Lara | Todos | 603 | 0.97 | |||||
| Elvia Barrundia | Unionist Party | 576 | 0.93 | |||||
| Juan de León | Productivity and Work Party | 489 | 0.79 | |||||
| Edwin Castro | Unidos | 257 | 0.51 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,995 | — | ||||||
| Total | 66,265 | — | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 106,443 | 62.25 | ||||||
| Source: Supreme Electoral Tribunal | ||||||||
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