Congress of the Republic of Guatemala
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Congress of the Republic of Guatemala | |
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X Legislature | |
Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Founded | 11 March 1945 |
Leadership | |
1st Vice President | Adim Maldonado, UNE since 14 January 2024 |
2nd Vice President | César Amézquita, VIVA since 14 January 2024 |
3rd Vice President | Nery Rodas, Cabal since 14 January 2024 |
1st Secretary | |
Structure | |
Seats | 160 members |
Political groups | WINAQ: 1 seat VOS: 4 seats SEMILLA (de facto): 24 seats UNE: 27 seats ELEFANTE: 1 seat Cambio: 1 seat CREO: 3 seats BIEN: 4 seats CABAL: 18 seats AZUL: 1 seat VAMOS: 40 seats PPN: 5 seats VICTORIA: 3 seats VIVA: 9 seats TODOS: 6 seats VALOR: 13 seats |
Elections | |
Closed-list proportional representation | |
Last election | 25 June 2023 |
Next election | 2027 |
Motto | |
God, Union, Liberty | |
Meeting place | |
Zone 1,Guatemala City | |
Website | |
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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[edit]
Department | Deputies |
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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 | 160 |
History[edit]
Guatemala had a bicameral legislature in the 1845 constitution. It was replaced with unicameral Chamber of Representatives (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes), which was reformulated as National Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional) in 1879, which was replaced by Congress of the Republic in 1945.[1]
Political culture[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Party or alliance | National | District | Total seats | +/– | |||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||||
Vamos | 628,126 | 15.06 | 6 | 696,325 | 15.54 | 33 | 39 | +23 | |||
National Unity of Hope | 538,010 | 12.90 | 5 | 571,867 | 12.76 | 23 | 28 | –26 | |||
Semilla | 488,692 | 11.72 | 5 | 430,297 | 9.60 | 18 | 23 | +16 | |||
Cabal | 371,215 | 8.90 | 3 | 401,035 | 8.95 | 15 | 18 | New | |||
Vision with Values | 288,546 | 6.92 | 3 | 258,605 | 5.77 | 8 | 11 | +4 | |||
Valor–Unionist | Valor–Unionist | 229,861 | 5.51 | 2 | 124,133 | 2.77 | 3 | 5 | New | ||
Valor | – | 197,538 | 4.41 | 7 | 7 | –2 | |||||
Unionist Party | – | 22,363 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | –3 | |||||
Will, Opportunity and Solidarity | 186,438 | 4.47 | 1 | 178,750 | 3.99 | 3 | 4 | New | |||
Todos | 169,101 | 4.05 | 1 | 198,893 | 4.44 | 5 | 6 | –1 | |||
URNG–MAIZ–Winaq | URNG–MAIZ–Winaq | 133,694 | 3.21 | 1 | 25,013 | 0.56 | 0 | 1 | New | ||
Winaq | – | 76,137 | 1.70 | 0 | 0 | –3 | |||||
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity | – | 87,687 | 1.96 | 0 | 0 | –3 | |||||
Nosotros | 131,217 | 3.15 | 1 | 138,742 | 3.10 | 2 | 3 | New | |||
Victory | 124,946 | 3.00 | 1 | 126,830 | 2.83 | 2 | 3 | – | |||
Bienestar Nacional | 112,742 | 2.70 | 1 | 121,488 | 2.71 | 3 | 4 | –4 | |||
Blue Party | 98,487 | 2.36 | 1 | 109,802 | 2.45 | 1 | 2 | New | |||
Elephant Community | 95,435 | 2.29 | 1 | 90,040 | 2.01 | 1 | 2 | New | |||
Podemos | 86,475 | 2.07 | 0 | 87,011 | 1.94 | 0 | 0 | –1 | |||
Commitment, Renewal and Order | 84,667 | 2.03 | 0 | 102,421 | 2.29 | 3 | 3 | –3 | |||
Movement for the Liberation of Peoples | 74,802 | 1.79 | 0 | 81,142 | 1.81 | 0 | 0 | –1 | |||
Humanist Party of Guatemala | 61,564 | 1.48 | 0 | 72,059 | 1.61 | 0 | 0 | –6 | |||
Change | 52,754 | 1.26 | 0 | 87,821 | 1.96 | 1 | 1 | New | |||
National Advancement Party | 45,940 | 1.10 | 0 | 41,594 | 0.93 | 0 | 0 | –2 | |||
My Family | 45,402 | 1.09 | 0 | 44,576 | 0.99 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
Republican Union | 34,982 | 0.84 | 0 | 34,159 | 0.76 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
National Convergence Front | 28,827 | 0.69 | 0 | 29,386 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 | –8 | |||
Guatemalan People's Party | 23,837 | 0.57 | 0 | 12,672 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
Republican Party | 21,658 | 0.52 | 0 | 20,115 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
National Integration Party | 13,927 | 0.33 | 0 | 12,416 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
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[edit]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Vamos | 655,906 | 17.75 | 5 | +2 | |
National Unity of Hope | 594,918 | 16.10 | 4 | –1 | |
Semilla | 425,629 | 11.52 | 3 | +2 | |
Vision with Values | 274,193 | 7.42 | 2 | +1 | |
Valor–Unionist | 256,291 | 6.94 | 2 | +1 | |
Todos | 166,509 | 4.51 | 1 | – | |
Will, Opportunity and Solidarity | 155,181 | 4.20 | 1 | +1 | |
Nosotros | 131,284 | 3.55 | 1 | +1 | |
Victory | 120,106 | 3.25 | 1 | +1 | |
URNG–MAIZ–Winaq | 118,998 | 3.22 | 0 | –2 | |
Bienestar Nacional | 108,030 | 2.92 | 0 | – | |
Elephant Community | 100,932 | 2.73 | 0 | – | |
Blue Party | 95,540 | 2.59 | 0 | – | |
Podemos | 86,116 | 2.33 | 0 | – | |
Commitment, Renewal and Order | 81,892 | 2.22 | 0 | –1 | |
Humanist Party of Guatemala | 70,219 | 1.90 | 0 | – | |
Change | 55,276 | 1.50 | 0 | – | |
My Family | 48,948 | 1.32 | 0 | – | |
National Advancement Party | 41,712 | 1.13 | 0 | – | |
Republican Union | 34,415 | 0.93 | 0 | – | |
National Convergence Front | 28,930 | 0.78 | 0 | –2 | |
Guatemalan People's Party | 23,435 | 0.63 | 0 | – | |
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[edit]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Guatemala. Latin American series ;no. 30. 1947. hdl:2027/hvd.32044058953571.
- ^ "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". 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.