Congress of the Republic of Guatemala
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Congress of the Republic of Guatemala Congreso de la República | ||
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| X Legislature | ||
President | ||
1st Vice President | Darwin Lucas Paiz, UNE since 19 January 2024 | |
2nd Vice President | César Amézquita, VIVA since 14 January 2024 | |
3rd Vice President | Nery Rodas, Cabal since 14 January 2024 | |
1st Secretary | Karina Paz, VOS since 19 January 2024 | |
| Structure | ||
| Seats | 160 members | |
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Political groups | Government (25)
Others (135) | |
| Elections | ||
| Closed-list proportional representation | ||
Last election | 25 June 2023 | |
Next election | 2027 | |
| Motto | ||
| God, Union, Liberty | ||
| Meeting place | ||
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| Zone 1,Guatemala City | ||
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The Congress of the Republic (Spanish: Congreso de la República) is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Guatemala. The Guatemalan Congress is made up of 160 deputies who are elected by direct universal suffrage to serve four-year terms. The electoral system is closed party list proportional representation. 31 of the deputies are elected on a nationwide list, whilst the remaining 127 deputies are elected in 22 multi-member constituencies. Each of Guatemala's 22 departments serves as a district, with the exception of the department of Guatemala containing the capital, which on account of its size is divided into two (distrito central and distrito Guatemala). Departments are allocated seats based on their population size and they are shown in the table below.
Deputies by Department
| Department | Deputies |
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| Listado Nacional | 31 |
Distrito Central
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19 |
| Alta Verapaz | 9 |
| Baja Verapaz | 2 |
| Chimaltenango | 5 |
| Chiquimula | 3 |
| El Progreso | 1 |
| Escuintla | 6 |
| Guatemala (Distrito) | 11 |
| Huehuetenango | 10 |
| Izabal | 3 |
| Jalapa | 3 |
| Jutiapa | 4 |
| 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 |
History
Guatemala had a bicameral legislature in the 1845 constitution. It was replaced with the unicameral Chamber of Representatives (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes), which was in turn reformulated as the National Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional) in 1879, then the Congress of the Republic in 1945.[1]
Political culture
It is not uncommon for deputies to change parties during the legislature's term or to secede from a party and create a new party or congressional block.
Building
The Congress of the Republic Guatemala is located in the Legislative Palace in Guatemala city.[2]
During the protests against the budget for 2021 on 21 November 2020, protestors entered the building and set parts of it on fire.[3][4][5]
Latest election
National Integration Party 13,927 | 0.33 | 0 | 12,416 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | New | | |||||||||||
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| Total | 4,171,345 | 100.00 | 32 | 4,480,917 | 100.00 | 128 | 160 | – | |||||||||||
| Source: TSE (99.13% counted, national votes) TSE | |||||||||||||||||||
Central American Parliament
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Republican Party | 20,666 | 0.56 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 3,695,126 | 100.00 | 20 | – | |
| Valid votes | 3,695,126 | 65.83 | |||
| Invalid votes | 1,272,521 | 22.67 | |||
| Blank votes | 645,511 | 11.50 | |||
| Total votes | 5,613,158 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: TSE (99.10% percent counted) | |||||
See also
Notes
References
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- ^ "Palacio Legislativo". Congreso de la República. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ Wirtz, Nic; Kitroeff, Natalie (21 November 2021). "Protesters in Guatemala Set Fire to Congress Building Over Spending Cuts". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ Pérez D., Sonia (21 November 2020). "Protesters burn part of Guatemala's Congress building". ABC News. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Protesters set fire to Guatemalan Congress". MSN.com. AFP. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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