# 2023 Guatemala City mayoral election

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. 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 Semilla–Winaq–URNG–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

The table below shows the composition of the political groups in the Municipal Council at the present time.
Current Municipal Council composition :
| Parties ||
| Parties | Parties | Seats |
| | Unionist Party | 8 |
| | Commitment, Renewal and Order | 4 |
| | Movimiento Semilla | 1 |

## Candidates
### Major candidates

| Party | Candidate | Date declared |
| Unionist Valor | Ricardo Quiñónez Mayor of Guatemala City (2018–present) First Councillor of Guatemala City (2008–2018) | 9 December 2022 |
| Semilla Winaq URNG | Ninotchka Matute | 14 January 2023 |
| CREO | Roberto González Minister of Energy and Mines (2004–2005) Fifth Councillor of Guatemala City (2004–2007) | 26 February 2023 |

### Other candidates

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

## Opinion polls

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | S. Arzú Podemos | Coro UNE | Foppa / Matute Semilla–Winaq–URNG | González CREO | Méndez Vamos | Puente Change | Quiñónez Unionist–Valor | Sandoval Todos | Others | No one |
| C&E Research | 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% |
| C&E Research | 9 May 2023 | 1.000 | — | — | — | 37.0% | — | — | 25.0% | — | — | 38.0% |
| Consultora Demoscopia, S.A. | 19–21 Apr 2023 | 713 | — | 6.2% | — | 20.6% | — | — | 43.2% | 1.8% | 7.0% | 20.3% |
| Consultora Demoscopia, S.A. | 19–21 Apr 2023 | 713 | — | — | — | 21.2% | — | — | 41.1% | 1.5% | 14.1% | 22.1% |
| Demoscopia Digital | 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 | Apr 2023 | 600 | 3.4% | 4.7% | 13.0% | 12.3% | 3.0% | 5.4% | 31.0% | 3.2% | 24.0% | — |
| Polianalítica | 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 | 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 | 6 Feb 2023 | 600 | — | 7.1% | 13.8% | 6.1% | 3.9% | — | 25.4% | 3.2% | 6.7% | 33.8% |
| C&E Research | 28 Sep 2022 | 600 | — | — | — | 33.0% | — | — | 39.0% | 6.0% | 22.0% | — |

## Results

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Ricardo Quiñónez | Valor–Unionist | 106,604 | 24.59 |
| | Roberto González | Commitment, Renewal and Order | 106,181 | 24.49 |
| | Ninotchka Matute | Semilla–Winaq–URNG–MAIZ | 77,880 | 17.96 |
| | Antonio Coro | National Unity of Hope | 32,312 | 7.45 |
| | Sebastián Arzú | Podemos | 18,413 | 4.25 |
| | Carlos Sandoval | Todos | 16,388 | 3.78 |
| | Jean Paul Briere | Blue Party | 11,807 | 2.72 |
| | Mario Méndez | Vamos | 9,236 | 2.13 |
| | Roberto Peralta | Vision with Values | 8,064 | 1.86 |
| | Ofelia Rodríguez | Victory | 7,933 | 1.83 |
| | Marlon Puente | Change | 6,122 | 1.41 |
| | Carlos Cerezo | Bienestar Nacional | 5,566 | 1.28 |
| | Erasmo Coronado | Cabal | 4,851 | 1.12 |
| | Alfonso García | Nosotros | 4,375 | 1.01 |
| | Juan C. Eggenberger | National Advancement Party | 3,452 | 0.80 |
| | Vinicio Guerra | My Family | 2,283 | 0.53 |
| | Gilder Guzmán | Movement for the Liberation of Peoples | 2,056 | 0.47 |
| | Armando Soto | Republican Union | 1,737 | 0.40 |
| | Alberto Valladares | Opportunities and Development Party | 1,561 | 0.36 |
| | Mario Rodríguez | National Convergence Front | 1,520 | 0.35 |
| | Luis Fernando Morán | National Integration Party | 1,381 | 0.32 |
| | Noé Solares | Humanist Party of Guatemala | 1,363 | 0.31 |
| | Geovany Noriega | Republican Party | 1,317 | 0.30 |
| | Julio Dougherty | Independent | 1,110 | 0.26 |
| Total | Total | Total | 433,512 | 100.00 |
| Source: TSE |||||