General elections will be held in Guatemala in June 2027 to elect the president and vice president, all 160 seats in Congress, all 20 Guatemalan 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]
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It is expected that the ruling party's legislative coalition will seek to reform the Electoral Law.[3]
Electoral system
editPresident
editThe President of Guatemala is elected using the two-round system.[4]
Congress
editThe 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 |
|---|---|
| Alta Verapaz | 9 |
| Baja Verapaz | 2 |
| Chimaltenango | 5 |
| Chiquimula | 3 |
| El Progreso | 2 |
| Escuintla | 6 |
| Guatemala | 19 |
| Guatemala City | 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
edit- 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
edit| Party | Current legislative leader | 2023 result | |||
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Allan Rodríguez | 15.06% | 39 / 160
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Adim Maldonado | 12.90% | 28 / 160
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Samuel Pérez | 11.72% | 23 / 160
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| Cabal | 
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Luis Aguirre | 8.90% | 18 / 160
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| Vision with Values |
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Jorge Romeo Castro | 6.92% | 11 / 160
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| Valor |
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Elmer Palencia | 5.51% | 10 / 160
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Álvaro Arzú Escobar | 2 / 160
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Felipe Alejos | 4.05% | 6 / 160
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| Will, Opportunity and Solidarity | .jpg)
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Orlando Blanco | 4.47% | 4 / 160
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| Bienestar Nacional | .jpg)
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Fidel Reyes Lee | 2.70% | 4 / 160
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Nadia de León Torres | 3.15% | 3 / 160
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Juan Carlos Rivera | 3.00% | 3 / 160
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| Commitment, Renewal and Order |
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Cristian Álvarez | 2.03% | 3 / 160
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| Blue Party |
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Jorge Mario Villagrán | 2.36% | 2 / 160
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| Elephant Community |
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Rodrigo Pellecer | 2.29% | 2 / 160
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| Winaq | |
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Sonia Gutiérrez | 3.21% | 1 / 160
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| Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity | |||||
| Change |
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Esduin Javier | 1.26% | 1 / 160
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References
edit- ^ 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.