Congress of Guatemala
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| Congress of the Republic of Guatemala Congreso de la República de Guatemala |
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President of the Congress
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Luis Rabbé, Independent
Since 2015 |
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1st Vice president of the Congress
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2nd Vice president of the Congress
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3rd Vice president of the Congress
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Selvin García Boanerges, CREO
Since 2015 |
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| Seats | 158 members |
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Congress political groups
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Congress voting system
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Closed-list proportional representation |
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Congress last election
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Guatemalan general election, 2015 |
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| Guatemala City | |
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Congress of the Republic (Spanish: Congreso de la República) is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Guatemala.
Contents
Constituencies
The Guatemalan Congress is made up of 158 deputies who are elected by direct universal suffrage to serve four-year terms. Twenty-nine of these are elected from nationwide lists, with the rest on a district list basis.
Each of Guatemalas'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).
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| Listado Nacional | 31 |
| Distrito Central | 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 | 158 |
Political culture
It is not uncommon that Congress Members change parties during the legislature term, as well as Congress Members seceding from a party to create a new party or congressional block.
Latest election
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| Parties and alliances | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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| Patriotic Party (Partido Patriota, PP) | 1,171,337 | 26.62% | +10.71 | 56 | +26 | |
| National Unity of Hope (Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza, UNE) Grand National Alliance (Gran Alianza Nacional, GANA) |
993,198 | 22.57% | –16.571 | 48 | –372 | |
| National Change Union (Union del Cambio Nacional, UCN) | 417,935 | 9.50% | +5.44 | 14 | +10 | |
| Renewed Democratic Liberty (Libertad Democrática Renovada, LIDER) | 390,319 | 8.87% | +8.87 | 14 | +14 | |
| Commitment, Renewal and Order (Compromiso, Renovación y Orden, CREO) | 381,652 | 8.67% | +8.67 | 12 | +12 | |
| Vision with Values (Visión con Valores, VIVA) Encounter for Guatemala (Encuentro por Guatemala, EG) |
346,557 | 7.87% | +1.703 | 6 | +23 | |
| Winaq Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity — Broad Left Movement (Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca — Movimiento Amplio de Izquierda, URNG–MAIZ) Alternative New Nation (Alternativa Nueva Nación, ANN) |
141,938 | 3.23% | –1.394 | 3 | +15 | |
| National Advancement Party (Partido de Avanzada Nacional, PAN) | 137,390 | 3.12% | –1.46 | 2 | –2 | |
| Guatemalan Republican Front (Frente Republicano Guatemalteco, FRG) | 120,455 | 2.74% | –7.06 | 1 | –14 | |
| Unionist Party (Partido Unionista, PU) | 118,788 | 2.70% | –3.40 | 1 | –7 | |
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" Victory (VICTORIA) | 71,501 | 1.62% | +1.62 | 1 | +1 | |
| Social Action Centre (Centro de Acción Social, CASA) | 47,390 | 1.08% | –3.81 | – | –5 | |
| National Development Action (Acción de Desarrollo Nacional, ADN) | 39,251 | 0.89% | +0.89 | – | ±0 | |
| National Convergence Front (Frente de Convergencia Nacional, FCN) | 23,272 | 0.53% | +0.53 | – | ±0 | |
| Valid votes | 4,400,983 | 100.00 | — | 158 | — | |
| Blank votes | 351,659 | |||||
| Invalid votes | 337,388 | |||||
| Total votes (turnout 69.34%) | 5,090,030 | |||||
| Source: Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala (TSE) 2 2007: UNE – 48 seats; GANA – 37 seats. 3 2007: only Encounter for Guatemala. 4 2007: URNG-MAIZ and ANN as two separate parties. 5 2007: only URNG-MAIZ. |
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Guatemala also returns deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament.
See also
References
External links
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