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Elections in Guatemala include, on the national level, a head of state – the president – and a unicameral legislature. Guatemala's president and vice-president are elected on one ballot for a four year term by the people. The Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República) has 158 members, elected for a four-year term, partially in departmental constituencies and partially by proportional representation. Guatemala has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful.
Guatemala also returns deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament.
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Summary of the 9 September and 4 November 2007 Guatemalan presidential election results
| Candidates — Parties |
1st round |
2nd round |
| Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
| Álvaro Colom — National Unity of Hope (UNE) |
926,244 |
28.23% |
1,449,153 |
52.82 |
| Otto Pérez Molina — Patriotic Party (PP) |
771,175 |
23.51% |
1,294,645 |
47.18 |
| Alejandro Giammattei — Grand National Alliance (GANA) |
565,270 |
17.23% |
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| Eduardo Suger — Social Action Centre (CASA) |
244,448 |
7.45% |
| Luis Rabbé — Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG) |
239,208 |
7.29% |
| Mario Estrada — Nationalist Change Union (UCN) |
103,603 |
3.16% |
| Rigoberta Menchú — Encounter for Guatemala (EG) |
101,316 |
3.09% |
| Fritz García-Gallont — Unionist Party (PU) |
95,743 |
2.92% |
| Óscar Castañeda — National Advancement Party (PAN) |
83,826 |
2.56% |
| Miguel Ángel Sandoval — Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity–MAIZE (URNG–MAIZ) |
70,080 |
2.14% |
| Manuel Conde Orellana — Democratic Union (UD) |
24,971 |
0.76% |
| Pablo Monsanto — New Nation Alliance (ANN) |
19,377 |
0.59% |
| Héctor Rosales — Authentic Integral Development (DIA) |
18,819 |
0.57% |
| Vinicio Cerezo Blandón — Guatemalan Christian Democracy (DCG) |
16,529 |
0.50% |
| Valid votes (turnout 60.5%/48.3%) |
3,280,609 |
100.0 |
2,743,798 |
100.0 |
| Blank votes |
132,983 |
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50,601 |
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| Invalid votes |
208,260 |
101,214 |
| Total votes |
3,621,852 |
2,895,613 |
| Source: Tribunal Supremo Electoral |
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Summary of the 9 September 2007 Congress of the Republic of Guatemala election results
| Parties and alliances |
Votes |
% |
+/– |
Seats |
+/– |
| National Unity of Hope (Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza, UNE) |
721,988 |
22.81% |
+4.4% |
48 |
+16 |
| Grand National Alliance (Gran Alianza Nacional, GANA) |
522,480 |
16.51% |
–7.8%1 |
37 |
–101 |
| Patriotic Party (Partido Patriota, PP) |
503,442 |
15.91% |
+15.9%1 |
30 |
+301 |
| Guatemalan Republican Front (Frente Republicano Guatemalteco, FRG) |
310,038 |
9.80% |
–9.9% |
15 |
–28 |
| Encounter for Guatemala (Encuentro por Guatemala, EG) |
195,151 |
6.17% |
+6.17% |
4 |
+4 |
| Unionist Party (Partido Unionista, PU) |
192,983 |
6.10% |
+0.7% |
8 |
+1 |
| Social Action Centre (Centro de Acción Social, CASA) |
154,718 |
4.89% |
+4.9% |
5 |
+5 |
| National Advancement Party (Partido de Avanzada Nacional, PAN) |
144,910 |
4.58% |
–6.3% |
4 |
–13 |
| Nationalist Change Union (Union del Cambio Nacionalista, UCN) |
128,593 |
4.06% |
+4.1% |
4 |
+4 |
Guatemalan National Revolucionary Unity–MAIZE
(Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca–MAIZ, URNG–MAIZ) |
103,480 |
3.27% |
–0.9% |
2 |
±0 |
| Authentic Integral Development (Desarrollo Integral Auténtico, DIA) |
45,142 |
1.43% |
–1.6% |
— |
–1 |
| Democratic Union (Unión Democrática, UD) |
44,488 |
1.41% |
–0.8% |
1 |
–1 |
| New National Alliance (Alianza Nueva Nación, ANN) |
42,790 |
1.35% |
–3.5% |
— |
–6 |
| Front for Democracy (Frente por la Democracia, EL FRENTE) |
28,798 |
0.91% |
+0.9% |
— |
±0 |
| Guatemalan Christian Democracy (Democracia Cristiana Guatemalteca, DCG) |
26,190 |
0.83% |
–2.4% |
— |
–1 |
| Valid votes (turnout 60.5%) |
3,165,191 |
100.0 |
— |
158 |
— |
| Blank votes |
212,615 |
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| Invalid votes |
244,082 |
| Total votes |
3,621,888 |
Source: Tribunal Supremo Electoral and Prensa Libre
1 In the 2003 election, the Patriotic Party was part of the Grand National Alliance, which has since become a party.
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Summary of the 9 November and 28 December 2003 Guatemala presidential election results
| Candidates — Parties |
1st round |
2nd round |
| Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
| Óscar Berger Perdomo - Grand National Alliance |
921,233 |
34.3 |
1,235,303 |
54.1 |
| Álvaro Colom Caballeros - National Unity of Hope |
707,578 |
26.4 |
1,046,868 |
45.9 |
| Efraín Ríos Montt - Guatemalan Republican Front |
518,328 |
19.3 |
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| Leonel López Rodas - National Advancement Party |
224,127 |
8.4 |
| Fritz García-Gallont Bischof - Unionist Party |
80,943 |
3.0 |
| Rodrigo Asturias - Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity |
69,297 |
2.6 |
| Eduardo Suger - Authentic Integral Development |
59,774 |
2.2 |
| Jacobo Arbenz Vilanova - Guatemalan Christian Democracy |
42,186 |
1.6 |
| José Angel Lee - Social Participative Democracy |
37,505 |
1.4 |
| Fransisco Arredondo Mendoza - National Union |
11,979 |
0.4 |
| Manuel Conde Orellana - Social and Political Movement National Change |
10,829 |
0.4 |
| Total (turnout 45.8 %) |
2,937,169 |
100.0 |
2,282,171 |
100.0 |
| Valid votes |
2,683,779 |
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2,190,873 |
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| Blank votes |
114,004 |
24,192 |
| Void/Spoilt/invalid |
139,384 |
67,106 |
| Source: Tribunal Supremo Electoral |
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Summary of the 9 November 2003 Congress of the Republic of Guatemala election results
| Parties and alliances |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| Grand National Alliance (Gran Alianza Nacional)
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620,121 |
24.3 |
47 |
| Guatemalan Republican Front (Frente Republicano Guatemalteco) |
502,470 |
19.7 |
43 |
| National Unity of Hope (Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza) |
457,308 |
18.4 |
32 |
| National Advancement Party (Partido de Avanzada Nacional) |
278,393 |
10.9 |
17 |
| Unionist Party (Partido Unionista) |
138,713 |
5.4 |
7 |
| New National Alliance (Alianza Nueva Nación) |
123,853 |
4.9 |
6 |
| Guatemalan National Revolucionary Unity (Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca) |
107,276 |
4.2 |
2 |
| Guatemalan Christian Democracy (Democracia Cristiana Guatemalteca) |
82,324 |
3.2 |
1 |
| Authentic Integral Development (Desarrollo Integral Auténtico) |
75,295 |
3.0 |
1 |
| Democratic Union (Unión Democrática) |
55,793 |
2.2 |
2 |
| Social Participative Democracy (Democracia Social Participativa) |
28,425 |
1.1 |
- |
| Transparency (Transparencia) |
27,740 |
1.1 |
- |
| Total (turnout 57.8 %) |
2,552,374 |
100.0 |
158 |
| Invalid and blank votes |
446,491 |
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| Registered voters |
5,073,282 |
| Source: Supreme Electoral Tribunal |
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