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June 25, 2023 Held

Guatemala
Republic of Guatemala
Election for Congreso de la Republica (Guatemalan Congress of the Republic)

Results

Voter Participation


Cast Votes:5,543,923
Valid Votes:4,171,353
Invalid Votes:59,082
Voter
Turnout*

Vote Share by Party:

Party Seats Won Seats Change Votes

Vamos (Vamos por una Guatemala Diferente) 39 - 628,126

11.33%

National Unity of Hope 28 - 538,018

9.70%

Semilla (Movimiento Semilla) 23 - 488,692

8.81%

Cabal (Cabal) 18 - 371,215

6.70%

Vision with Values (Vision con Valores (VIVA)) 11 - 288,546

5.20%

Valor - Unionist (Valor - Unionist) 7 - 229,861

4.14%

Todos (Todos) 6 - 169,101

3.05%

Valor (Valour) 5

Bienestar Nacional (Bienestar Nacional) 4 - 112,742

2.03%

Will, Opportunity, Solidarity (VOS) (Voluntad, Oportunidad, Solidaridad) 4 - 186,438

3.36%

Us (Nosotros) 3 - 131,217

2.37%

Commitment, Renewal, and Order Party (Compromiso Renovacion y Orden (CREO)) 3 - 84,667

1.53%

Victory (Victoria) 3 - - 124,946

2.25%

Blue Party (Partido Azul) 2 - 98,487

1.78%

Elephant Community (Comunidad Elefante) 2 - 95,435

1.72%

Change (Cambio) 1 - 52,745

0.95%

Winaq (Winaq) 1 - 133,694

2.41%
Election Results Modified: Oct 03, 2023

General Information

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 

  • 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 

  • Leader: Bernardo ARÉVALO de Léon 

  • Seats won in last election: 7 out of 160 

  • 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: 

Gender Data: 

Disability Data: 

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 

Election Modified: Jul 11, 2023

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