Ajijic voters favored Jesús “Chuni” Medeles Córdova as the candidate of choice in the June 5 referendum for the position of town administrator (delegado). Medeles racked up 635 votes among the 1,344 valid ballots cast in Sunday’s election. He defeated his closest rival, Cristina Gómez Padilla, by 114 votes. Alejandro Martínez Velázquez placed a distant third with 188 votes.
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San Antonio Tlayacapan, acting delegado Miguel Angel Espinoza Corona - “Quito” - won by a landsl
ide, garnering 758 votes, compared to 183 for opponent Moisés Rodríguez Amézquita.
The closest race of the day was in San Nicolás de Ibarra where Ana Luisa Raygoza Ibarra slid in for her fourth consecutive term as delegada with 284 votes, edging out José Alfredo Ortega Contreras with 270, a razor thin 14-vote difference.
Acting delegada Ema Sandoval López was ratified by the people of Santa Cruz de la Soledad, crushing opponent Delfina García Robles in a 426 to 189 vote split.
Basilio Hernández Alarcón - “Chilo” - will take charge of Delegación Atotonilquillo after defeating Javier Serratos Navarro by a difference of 584 to 321 ballots.