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Congress of the Republic of Guatemala Congreso de la República de Guatemala | |
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| X Legislature | |
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| Type | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 11 March 1945 |
| Leadership | |
1st Vice President | |
2nd Vice President | Elmer Palencia, Valor since 14 January 2026 |
3rd Vice President | |
1st Secretary | Juan Carlos Rivera, VICTORIA since 14 January 2026 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 160 members |
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Political groups | Government (25)
Others (135) |
| Elections | |
| Closed-listproportional representation | |
Last election | 25 June 2023 |
Next election | 2027 |
| Motto | |
| God, Union, Liberty | |
| Meeting place | |
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| Zone 1,Guatemala City | |
| Website | |
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| This article is part ofa series on |
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TheCongress of the Republic (Spanish:Congreso de la República) is theunicamerallegislature of theRepublic of Guatemala. The Guatemalan Congress is made up of 160deputies who are elected bydirect 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 22departments serves as a district, with the exception of thedepartment of Guatemala containing the capital, which on account of its size is divided into two(distrito central anddistrito Guatemala). Departments are allocated seats based on their population size and they are shown in the table below.
Guatemala had a bicameral legislature in the 1845 constitution. It was replaced with the unicameral Chamber of Representatives (Spanish:Cámara de Representantes), which was in turn reformulated as the National Assembly (Spanish:Asamblea Nacional) in 1879, then the Congress of the Republic in 1945.[1]
It is not uncommon for deputies tochange parties during the legislature's term or to secede from a party and create a new party or congressional block.
The Congress of the Republic Guatemala is located in the Legislative Palace in Guatemala city.[2]
During theprotests against the budget for 2021 on 21 November 2020, protestors entered the building and set parts of it on fire.[3][4][5]
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| Party or alliance | National | District | Total seats | +/– | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| 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) | |||||
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