Congress of the Republic of Guatemala

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 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). Departments are allocated seats based on their population size and they are shown in the table below.

Department Deputies
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
Congress of the Republic of Guatemala

Congreso de la República de Guatemala
Type
Type
History
Founded1945
Leadership
President
Allan Estuardo Rodríguez, Vamos
since January 14, 2020
1st Vice President
Sofía Hernández, UCN
since January 14, 2020
2nd Vice President
Luis Alfonso Rosales, Valor
since January 14, 2020
3rd Vice President
Armando Damián Castillo, Viva
since January 14, 2020
Structure
Seats160 members
Political groups
Government (83)

Opposition (74)

Others (3)

Elections
Closed-list proportional representation
Last election
June 16, 2019
Next election
2023
Meeting place
Guatemala City
Website
www.congreso.gob.gt
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History

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

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.

Latest election

In Congress, Baldizón's LIDER gained 30 seats on their previous election making them the largest party with 44 seats. Torres' UNE retained second position with 36 seats, despite losing 12. Competing in their first election, Todos captured 18 seats. PP suffered the greatest loss, losing 39 seats overall, down to 17. Morales' FCN gained 11 seats.

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Renewed Democratic Liberty885,62019.1044+30
National Unity of Hope687,89014.8336−12
Todos451,7689.7418New
Patriotic Party437,4219.4317−39
National Convergence Front405,9228.7511+11
Encuentro por Guatemala289,5446.247
CREO–Unionist Party264,0595.695−8
National Change Union251,5785.436−8
Winaq–URNG–MAIZ200,0894.323+2
Convergence178,2123.843New
Vision with Values169,8133.663
National Advancement Party158,5613.423+1
Fuerza95,8552.072New
Institutional Republican Party57,9581.250−1
New Republic Movement41,7340.900New
Reform Movement36,7480.790New
Heart New Nation24,2490.520New
Invalid/blank votes738,08213.73––
Total5,375,1031001580
Registered voters/turnout7,556,87371.13––
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See also

References
  1. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044058953571
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