Elections in Guatemala
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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 elects deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament.
Schedule
Election
| Position | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Presidential (September) National Congress (September) Gubernatorial (September) | None | Presidential (September) National Congress (September) Gubernatorial (September) | ||
| President and vice president |
President and vice president | None | President and vice president | ||
| National Congress | All seats | None | All seats | ||
| Provinces, cities and municipalities | All positions | None | All positions | ||
Inauguration
| Position | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Presidential (January) National Congress (January) Gubernatorial (January) | None | Presidential (January) National Congress (January) Gubernatorial (January) | ||
| President and vice president |
14 January | None | 14 January | ||
| National Congress | 14 January | None | 14 January | ||
| Provinces, cities and municipalities | 14 January | None | 14 January | ||
Last elections
Main article: Guatemalan general election, 2011
| Candidates — Parties | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Otto Pérez Molina — Patriotic Party (PP) | 1,611,493 | 36.01% | 2,300,979 | 53.74% |
| Manuel Baldizón — Renewed Democratic Liberty (LIDER) | 1,038,287 | 23.20% | 1,981,003 | 46.26% |
| Eduardo Suger — Commitment, Renovation and Order (CREO) | 732,842 | 16.38% | ||
| Mario Estrada — Nationalist Change Union (UCN) | 383,643 | 8.57% | ||
| Harold Caballeros — Vision with Values (VIVA) & Encounter for Guatemala (EG) | 275,475 | 6.16% | ||
| Rigoberta Menchú — Broad Left Front— Winaq, Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG-MAIZ) & New Nation Alternative (ANN) |
146,353 | 3.27% | ||
| Juan Gutiérrez — National Advancement Party (PAN) | 123,648 | 2.76% | ||
| Patricia de Arzú — Unionist Party (PU) | 97,381 | 2.18% | ||
| Alejandro Giammattei — Social Action Centre (CASA) | 46,395 | 1.04% | ||
| Adela Camacho de Torrebiarte — Action of National Development (ADN) | 19,038 | 0.43% | ||
| Valid votes | 4,474,555 | 100.00% | 4,281,982 | 100.00% |
| Blank votes | 398,962 | 58,202 | ||
| Invalid votes | 219,713 | 124,934 | ||
| Total votes (voter turnout: 69.38% / 60.83%) | 5,093,230 | 4,465,118 | ||
| Source: Tribunal Supremo Electoral[1] Second round[2] | ||||
| Parties and alliances | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Nationalist Change Union (Union del Cambio Nacionalista, 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 | |
| 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) and El Periodico 1 2007: as two separate parties. 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. | ||||||
2007 general election
Main article: Guatemalan general election, 2007
| 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% | ||
| 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 | 50,601 | ||
| Invalid votes | 208,260 | 101,214 | ||
| Total votes | 3,621,852 | 2,895,613 | ||
| Source: Tribunal Supremo Electoral | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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. | |||||
2003 general election
Main article: Guatemalan general election, 2003
2003 Presidential election
| 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 | ||
| 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 | 2,190,873 | ||
| Blank votes | 114,004 | 24,192 | ||
| Void/Spoilt/invalid | 139,384 | 67,106 | ||
| Source: Tribunal Supremo Electoral | ||||
2003 Parliamentary election
| Parties and alliances | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
Grand National Alliance (Gran Alianza Nacional)
|
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 | ||
| Registered voters | 5,073,282 | ||
| Source: Supreme Electoral Tribunal | |||
Past elections
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See also
- Electoral calendar
- Electoral system
References
- ↑ Tribunal Supremo Electoral (27-09-2011) Acuerdo No. 1319-2011 - Resultados oficiales. Consulted: 2011-09-29.
- ↑ Tribunal Supremo Electoral. (01/12/2011) Segunda Elección Presidencial. Resultados preliminares. Consulted: 2011-12-01
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