Elections in Guatemala

Elections in Guatemala include, on the national level, a head of state – the president – and a unicameral legislature. Guatemala's president and vice-president are elected on one ballot for a four-year term by the people.

The Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República) has 158 members, elected for a four-year term, partially in multi-member departmental constituencies and partially by proportional representation both using the D'Hondt method.

Guatemala also elects deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament.

Latest election

President

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Sandra Torres	Romeo Guerra	National Unity of Hope	888,924	21.10	1,567,664	39.09
	Bernardo Arévalo	Karin Herrera	Semilla (Guatemala)	653,486	15.51	2,442,718	60.91
	Manuel Conde Orellana	Luis Antonio Suárez	Vamos (Guatemala)	436,918	10.37
	Armando Castillo (politician)	Édgar Grisolia	Vision with Values	397,469	9.44
	Edmond Mulet	Máximo Santa Cruz	Cabal (political party)	369,903	8.78
	Zury Ríos	Héctor Cifuentes	Valor (political party)	366,574	8.70
	Manuel Villacorta	Jorge Mario García España	Will, Opportunity and Solidarity	236,886	5.62
	Giovanni Reyes	Óscar Figueroa	Bienestar Nacional	142,129	3.37
	Amílcar Rivera	Fernando Mazariegos	Victory (political party)	137,793	3.27
	Amílcar Pop	Mónica Enríquez	Winaq–Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity	88,211	2.09
	Ricardo Sagastume	Guillermo González	Todos (political party)	78,503	1.86
	Rudy Guzmán	Diego González	Nosotros (political party)	66,962	1.59
	Isaac Farchi	Mauricio Zaldaña	Blue Party (Guatemala)	61,544	1.46
	Julio Rivera	José Urrutia	My Family	46,365	1.10
	Francisco Arredondo	Francisco Bermúdez	Commitment, Renewal and Order	43,786	1.04
	Giulio Talamonti	Óscar Barrientos	Republican Union (Guatemala)	40,363	0.96
	Hugo Peña	Hugo Johnson	Elephant Community	39,658	0.94
	Rudio Lecsan Mérida	Rubén Darío Rosales	Humanist Party of Guatemala	35,423	0.84
	Rafael Espada	Arturo Herrador	Republican Party (Guatemala)	32,497	0.77
	Sammy Morales	Miguel Ángel Moir	National Convergence Front	22,816	0.54
	Álvaro Trujillo	Miguel Ángel Ibarra	Cambio (political party)	18,306	0.43
	Luis Lam Padilla	Otto Marroquín	National Integration Party (Guatemala)	7,944	0.19
Total				4,212,460	100.00	4,010,382	100.00

Congress

Party or alliance				National			District			Total seats
				Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Vamos (Guatemala)			628,126	15.06	6	696,325	15.54	33	39
	National Unity of Hope			538,010	12.90	5	571,867	12.76	23	28
	Semilla (Guatemala)			488,692	11.72	5	430,297	9.60	18	23
	Cabal (political party)			371,215	8.90	3	401,035	8.95	15	18
	Vision with Values			288,546	6.92	3	258,605	5.77	8	11
	Valor (political party)		Valor–Unionist	229,861	5.51	2	124,133	2.77	3	5
			Valor (political party)			0	197,538	4.41	7	7
			Unionist Party (Guatemala)			0	22,363	0.50	0	0
	Will, Opportunity and Solidarity			186,438	4.47	1	178,750	3.99	3	4
	Todos (political party)			169,101	4.05	1	198,893	4.44	5	6
	Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity		URNG–MAIZ–Winaq	133,694	3.21	1	25,013	0.56	0	1
			Winaq			0	76,137	1.70	0	0
			Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity			0	87,687	1.96	0	0
	Nosotros (political party)			131,217	3.15	1	138,742	3.10	2	3
	Victory (political party)			124,946	3.00	1	126,830	2.83	2	3
	Bienestar Nacional			112,742	2.70	1	121,488	2.71	3	4
	Blue Party (Guatemala)			98,487	2.36	1	109,802	2.45	1	2
	Elephant Community			95,435	2.29	1	90,040	2.01	1	2
	Podemos (Guatemala)			86,475	2.07	0	87,011	1.94	0	0
	Commitment, Renewal and Order			84,667	2.03	0	102,421	2.29	3	3
	Movement for the Liberation of Peoples			74,802	1.79	0	81,142	1.81	0	0
	Humanist Party of Guatemala			61,564	1.48	0	72,059	1.61	0	0
	Cambio (political party)			52,754	1.26	0	87,821	1.96	1	1
	National Advancement Party			45,940	1.10	0	41,594	0.93	0	0
	My Family			45,402	1.09	0	44,576	0.99	0	0
	Republican Union (Guatemala)			34,982	0.84	0	34,159	0.76	0	0
	National Convergence Front			28,827	0.69	0	29,386	0.66	0	0
	Guatemalan People's Party			23,837	0.57	0	12,672	0.28	0	0
	Republican Party (Guatemala)			21,658	0.52	0	20,115	0.45	0	0
	National Integration Party (Guatemala)			13,927	0.33	0	12,416	0.28	0	0
Total				4,171,345	100.00	32	4,480,917	100.00	128	160

Central American Parliament

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Vamos (Guatemala)	655,906	17.75	5
	National Unity of Hope	594,918	16.10	4
	Semilla (Guatemala)	425,629	11.52	3
	Vision with Values	274,193	7.42	2
	Valor (political party)	256,291	6.94	2
	Todos (political party)	166,509	4.51	1
	Will, Opportunity and Solidarity	155,181	4.20	1
	Nosotros (political party)	131,284	3.55	1
	Victory (political party)	120,106	3.25	1
	Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity	118,998	3.22	0
	Bienestar Nacional	108,030	2.92	0
	Elephant Community	100,932	2.73	0
	Blue Party (Guatemala)	95,540	2.59	0
	Podemos (Guatemala)	86,116	2.33	0
	Commitment, Renewal and Order	81,892	2.22	0
	Humanist Party of Guatemala	70,219	1.90	0
	Cambio (political party)	55,276	1.50	0
	My Family	48,948	1.32	0
	National Advancement Party	41,712	1.13	0
	Republican Union (Guatemala)	34,415	0.93	0
	National Convergence Front	28,930	0.78	0
	Guatemalan People's Party	23,435	0.63	0
	Republican Party (Guatemala)	20,666	0.56	0
Total		3,695,126	100.00	20

Political culture

Further information: List of political parties in Guatemala

Political parties in Guatemala are generally numerous and unstable. No party has won the presidency more than once. In every election period the majority of the parties are small and newly formed.

Schedule

Election

Position	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Type	Presidential (September) National Congress (September) Gubernatorial (September)	None			Presidential (June) National Congress (June) Gubernatorial (June)
President and vice president	President and vice president	None			President and vice president
National Congress	All seats	None			All seats
Provinces, cities and municipalities	All positions	None			All positions

Inauguration

Position	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Type	Presidential (January) National Congress (January) Gubernatorial (January)	None			Presidential (January) National Congress (January) Gubernatorial (January)
President and vice president	14 January	None			14 January
National Congress	14 January	None			14 January
Provinces, cities and municipalities	15 January	None			15 January

See also

• Politics of Guatemala

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive