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General elections will be held in Guatemala in June 2027 to elect the president and vice president, all 160 seats in Congress, all 20 members of the Central American Parliament, and mayors and councils for all the country's 340 municipalities, with a second round of the presidential elections to be held in August if no candidate wins a majority in the first round. Incumbent President Bernardo Arévalo is constitutionally prohibited from running for a second four-year term. [1] [2]
It is expected that the ruling party's legislative coalition will seek to reform the Electoral Law. [3]
The President of Guatemala is elected using the two-round system. [4]
The 160 members of Congress are elected by two methods; 130 are elected from 22 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with the remaining 31 elected from a single nationwide constituency. Seats are elected using closed list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method. [4]
District | Seats |
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Alta Verapaz | 9 |
Baja Verapaz | 2 |
Chimaltenango | 5 |
Chiquimula | 3 |
El Progreso | 2 |
Escuintla | 6 |
Guatemala | 19 |
Guatemala City | 11 |
Huehuetenango | 10 |
Izabal | 3 |
Jalapa | 3 |
Jutiapa | 4 |
National List | 32 |
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 |
Party | Current legislative leader | 2023 result | |||
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Image | Name | Votes (%) | Seats | ||
Vamos | ![]() | Allan Rodríguez | 15.06% | 39 / 160 | |
National Unity of Hope | ![]() | Adim Maldonado | 12.90% | 28 / 160 | |
Movimiento Semilla | ![]() | Samuel Pérez | 11.72% | 23 / 160 | |
Cabal | ![]() | Julio Héctor Estrada | 8.90% | 18 / 160 | |
Vision with Values | ![]() | Jorge Romeo Castro | 6.92% | 11 / 160 | |
Valor | ![]() | Sandra Jovel | 5.51% | 10 / 160 | |
Unionist Party | ![]() | Álvaro Arzú Escobar | 2 / 160 | ||
Todos | ![]() | Felipe Alejos | 4.05% | 6 / 160 | |
Will, Opportunity and Solidarity | ![]() | Orlando Blanco | 4.47% | 4 / 160 | |
Bienestar Nacional | ![]() | Fidel Reyes Lee | 2.70% | 4 / 160 | |
Nosotros | ![]() | Nadia de León Torres | 3.15% | 3 / 160 | |
Victory | ![]() | Juan Carlos Rivera | 3.00% | 3 / 160 | |
Commitment, Renewal and Order | ![]() | Cristian Álvarez | 2.03% | 3 / 160 | |
Blue Party | ![]() | Jorge Mario Villagrán | 2.36% | 2 / 160 | |
Elephant Community | ![]() | Rodrigo Pellecer | 2.29% | 2 / 160 | |
Winaq | Sonia Gutiérrez | 3.21% | 1 / 160 | ||
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity | |||||
Change | ![]() | Esduin Javier | 1.26% | 1 / 160 | |
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