2027 Guatemalan general election
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General elections will be held in
Congress, all 20 members of the Central American Parliament, and mayors and councils for all the country's 340 municipalities, with a second round of the presidential elections to be held in August if no candidate wins a majority in the first round. Incumbent President Bernardo Arévalo is constitutionally prohibited from running for a second four-year term.[1][2]
It is expected that the ruling party's legislative coalition will seek to reform the Electoral Law.[3]
Electoral system
President
The President of Guatemala is elected using the two-round system.[4]
Congress
The 160 members of Congress are elected by two methods; 130 are elected from 22 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with the remaining 31 elected from a single nationwide constituency. Seats are elected using closed list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method.[4]
District | Seats |
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Alta Verapaz | 9 |
Baja Verapaz | 2 |
Chimaltenango | 5 |
Chiquimula | 3 |
El Progreso | 2 |
Escuintla | 6 |
Guatemala | 19 |
Guatemala City
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11 |
Huehuetenango | 10 |
Izabal | 3 |
Jalapa | 3 |
Jutiapa | 4 |
National List | 32 |
Petén | 4 |
Quetzaltenango | 7 |
Quiché | 8 |
Retalhuleu | 3 |
Sacatepéquez | 3 |
San Marcos | 9 |
Santa Rosa | 3 |
Sololá | 3 |
Suchitepéquez | 5 |
Totonicapán | 4 |
Zacapa | 2 |
Total | 160 |
Potential presidential candidates
- Carlos Pineda, businessman and internet personality[5]
- Nery Ramos, current president of Congress
- Martín Toc, former president of 48 cantones de Totonicapán[6]
- Sandra Torres, former First Lady of Guatemala[7]
Congress
Party | Current legislative leader | 2023 result | |||
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Image | Name | Votes (%) | Seats
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Vamos | Allan Rodríguez | 15.06% | 39 / 160
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National Unity of Hope | Adim Maldonado | 12.90% | 28 / 160
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Movimiento Semilla | Samuel Pérez | 11.72% | 23 / 160
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Cabal | Julio Héctor Estrada | 8.90% | 18 / 160
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Vision with Values | Jorge Romeo Castro | 6.92% | 11 / 160
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Valor | Sandra Jovel | 5.51% | 10 / 160
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Unionist Party | Álvaro Arzú Escobar | 2 / 160
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Todos
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Felipe Alejos | 4.05% | 6 / 160
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Will, Opportunity and Solidarity | Orlando Blanco | 4.47% | 4 / 160
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Bienestar Nacional
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Fidel Reyes Lee | 2.70% | 4 / 160
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Nosotros | Nadia de León Torres | 3.15% | 3 / 160
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Victory | Juan Carlos Rivera | 3.00% | 3 / 160
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Commitment, Renewal and Order | Cristian Álvarez | 2.03% | 3 / 160
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Blue Party | Jorge Mario Villagrán | 2.36% | 2 / 160
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Elephant Community | Rodrigo Pellecer | 2.29% | 2 / 160
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Winaq | Sonia Gutiérrez | 3.21% | 1 / 160
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Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity | |||||
Change | Esduin Javier | 1.26% | 1 / 160
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References
- ^ Oliva, William (7 March 2018). "Jimmy Morales dice que le gustaría gobernar otro período" [Jimmy Morales says he would like to govern another term]. Prensa Libre (Guatemala) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ González, Marcos (23 June 2023). "Por qué en Guatemala ningún partido ha repetido en la presidencia en sus casi 40 años de democracia" [Why in Guatemala no party has repeated the presidency in its almost 40 years of democracy]. BBC News (in Spanish).
- ^ Cuevas, Douglas (17 January 2024). "Semilla habría pactado 10 reformas legales para llegar a la presidencia del Congreso" [Semilla would have agreed on 10 legal reforms to become president of Congress]. Prensa Libre (in Spanish).
- ^ a b Congress of the Republic Archived 18 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine IFES
- ^ Gramajo, Jessica (14 June 2023). "El futuro de Carlos Pineda tras quedar fuera de las Elecciones Generales 2023" [The future of Carlos Pineda after being left out of the 2023 General Elections]. Soy502 (in Spanish).
- ^ "Toc: tras dejar Los 48 Cantones, publica que en 2027 buscará la Presidencia" [Toc: after leaving Los 48 Cantones, he publishes that in 2027 he will seek the Presidency]. La Hora (in Spanish). 17 January 2023.
- ^ "🔵 A pesar de la tercera derrota, Sandra Torres no tiraría la toalla política" [🔵 Despite the third defeat, Sandra Torres would not throw in the political towel]. República (in Spanish). 21 August 2023.