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In Extraordinary Elections, Today They Elect Mayor in Pantelhó

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San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chis., The National Electoral Institute reported that 28 cells will be installed for extraordinary municipal votes in Pantelhó. In eight sections, 15,256 citizens will be able to cast their vote, according to the nominal list used in the 2024 ordinary process, suspended because of the violence.

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San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chis., The National Electoral Institute reported that 28 cells will be installed for extraordinary municipal votes in Pantelhó. In eight sections, 15,256 citizens will be able to cast their vote, according to the nominal list used in the 2024 ordinary process, suspended because of the violence.

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Click to see the slide pass. Pantehló’s villagers managed to get the Chiapas government to accept the ruling of the Federal Electoral Tribunal so that in the municipality their right to choose their authorities could be guaranteed; this after two failed electoral processes. This day the process was carried out without setbacks. The crisis in governance in Pantehó, a municipality inhabited by Tostsiles and Tseltals of the Altos of Chiapas, broke …

Security tables and electoral supervisors guaranteed an orderly day without incidents CARLOS RUIZ/PORTAVOZ PHOTO: ALEJANDRO LÓPEZ In Pantelhó, Chiapas, the polls were reopened this Sunday in a climate of expectation and uncertainty. After four years without local elected authorities, the population participated in extraordinary elections that sought to end a period marked by violence and institutional paralysis.With a budget of more than seven m…

+ The boxes will be open from 08:00 until 18:00 hours TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chiapas; August 31, 2025.- This Sunday at the point of 08:00 hours began the Extraordinary Election Day in the municipality of Pantelhó, Chiapas, with 28 approved boxes, distributed in 8 electoral sections, as determined by the National Electoral Institute (INE), in coordination with the Institute of Elections and Citizen Participation of the State of Chiapas (IEPC). In this…

In the midst of a strong security mechanism, on Sunday the municipality of Pantelhó in Chiapas conducted the election of the members of its city council after four years of not holding elections due to the violence.According to the authorities, the election day was held under an atmosphere of civility and peace, which was guarded by elements of the National Guard, the local police and elements of the Army. It was also indicated that the 28 polli…

Residents of Pantelhó, Chiapas, went to the polls on Sunday, August 31, 2025 to elect their local authorities, after almost four years without municipal elections. Election day began at 8 a.m. in the 28 cells installed in the municipality. Elections are held after last May 21, the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judiciary of the Federation (TEPJF) declared the need to hold extraordinary elections in Pantelhó, after the citizens…

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La Jornada broke the news in Mexico on Sunday, August 31, 2025.
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