2019 Guatemala City mayoral election

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.

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

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.

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.