At Stake in this Election: 

• All 160 seats of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala 

Government Structure:  

• Chief of State: President Alejandro GIAMMATTEI (since 14 January 2020) 

• Head of Government: President Alejandro GIAMMATTEI (since 14 January 2020) 

• Assembly: unicameral Congress (Congreso de la República) with 160 seats 

Electoral System:  

• The President is directly elected by absolute majority vote in up to two rounds. The President serves a single 4-year term and is not eligible for reelection. 

• The President and Vice President are elected together, as a slate. 

• Within the Congress, 128 members are elected from multi-seat departmental constituencies and 32 additional members are elected in a single, nationwide constituency by closed party-list proportional representation vote. All 160 members are directly elected and serve 4-year terms. 

Last Election: 

In 2019, no single party won a congressional majority.  The UNE won 54 seats, followed by Vamos (16), UCN (12), and 16 other parties.  Voter turnout was 61%. 

Key Deadlines: 

• Candidate filing deadline: 26 March 2023 

• Voter registration deadline: 25 March 2023 

Main Parties in this Election: 

• National Unity of Hope / Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE) 

• Leader: Sandra TORRES Casanova 

• Seats won in last election: 54 out of 160 

• Vamos / Vamos por una Guatemala Diferente (Vamos) 

• Leader: Alejandro GIAMMATTEI 

• Seats won in last election: 16 out of 160 

• Valor / Valor 

• Leader: Zury RÍOS Sosa 

• Seats won in last election: 9 out of 160 

• National Convergence Front / Frente de Convergencia Nacional (FCN) 

• Leader: Jimmy MORALES 

• Seats won in last election: 8 out of 160 

• National Wellbeing / Bienestar Nacional 

• Seats won in last election: 8 out of 160 

• Seed Movement / Movimiento Semilla 

• Leader: Bernardo ARÉVALO de Léon 

• Seats won in last election: 7 out of 160 

• Todos / Todos 

• Leader: Byron RODRÍGUEZ Palacios 

• Seats won in last election: 7 out of 160 

• Vision with Values / Visión con Valores (ViVa) 

• Leader: Armando CASTILLO 

• Seats won in last election: 7 out of 160 

• Guatemala Humanist Party / Partido Humanista de Guatemala (PHG) 

• Leader: Rudio LECSAN Mérida 

• Seats won in last election: 6 out of 160 

• Commitment, Renewal, and Order Party / Compromiso, Renovación y Orden (CREO) 

• Seats won in last election: 6 out of 160 

• Winaq 

• Leader: Sonia GUTIÉRREZ Raguay 

• Seats won in last election: 4 out of 160 

• Unionist Party / Partido Unionista (PU) 

• Leader: Alvaro ARZÚ Escobar 

• Seats won in last election: 3 out of 160 

• Victory / Victoria 

• Seats won in last election: 3 out of 160 

• Citizen Prosperity / Prosperidad Ciudadana (PC) 

• Seats won in last election: 3 out of 160 

• Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity / Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemaleca (URNG) 

• Seats won in last election: 3 out of 160 

• National Advancement Party / Partido de Avanzada Nacional (PAN) 

• Seats won in last election: 2 out of 160 

• We Can / Podemos 

• Seats won in last election: 1 out of 160 

• Movement for the Liberation of Peoples / Movimiento para la Liberación de los Pueblos (MLP) 

• Seats won in last election: 1 out of 160 

Population and Registered Voters: 

• Population: 17,980,803 (2023 est.) 

• Registered Voters: 9,361,068 (2023) 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 9,081,214 (2023 est.) 

• CEDAW Status: Signed 8 June 1981, Ratified 12 August 1982 

• Gender Quota:  No 

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 31 out of 160 in the Congress (19.4%)  

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.627, Medium, Rank 135 (2021) 

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 26.5 (2023) 

Disability Data: 

• CRPD Status: Signed 30 March 2007, Ratified 7 April 2009 

• Projected population with a disability: 2,697,120 (2023 est.) 

IFES Resources: 

• Does IFES have a presence in Guatemala: Yes, country office   

• Election Access: Yes 

• Election Judgements: Yes, 2 judgments and 11 resources 

• Election FAQs: Yes