Blue Party Partido Azul | |
---|---|
Leader | Isaac Farchi |
Secretary-General | Jorge Mario Villagrán [1] |
Founded | 2020 [1] |
Legalised | 25 April 2022 [2] |
Split from | Vision with Values |
Ideology | Conservatism [3] |
Political position | Centre-right to right-wing [3] |
Colors | Blue |
Seats in Congress | 2 / 160 |
Website | |
partidoazul | |
Blue Party (Spanish : Partido Azul) is a political party in Guatemala.
Blue Party was established in 2020, the leader and founder is Isaac Farchi, a Guatemalan businessman of Jewish ancestry who was a presidential candidate for Vision with Values in the 2019 general election. On 25 April 2022, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal legalized the political party. [2]
In December 2022, Blue Party nominated Isaac Farchi and Mauricio Zaldaña as presidential ticket. [4] According to Farchi, the political party does not have any candidate for re-election. [5]
In the 2023 general election, Farchi obtained 1.46% and 12th place. The party obtained two deputies: one for the National List and the other for Jutiapa Department. [6] The Blue Party won the mayoralty of Chahal, Alta Verapaz and Jalpatagua, Jutiapa. [7]
Election | Candidates | First round | Second round | Status | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
President | Vice President | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
2023 | Isaac Farchi | Mauricio Zaldaña | 61,472 | 1.46 (#12) | — | — | Lost |
Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | 98,487 | 2.36 (#13) | 2 / 160 | New | External support |
The Unionist Party is a conservative political party in Guatemala, who advocates the re-creation of a Central American union.
Winaq is a left-wing political party in Guatemala whose most notable member is Rigoberta Menchú, who is ethnically Kʼicheʼ. Its name comes from the Kʼicheʼean word for "people" or "humanity", "winaq". It is a party whose roots are in the indigenous communities of Guatemala.
Vision with Values is a political party in Guatemala.
Todos is a political party in Guatemala.
Movimiento Semilla is a centre-left, progressivist, social-democratic political party in Guatemala. As of January 14, 2024, it became Guatemala's current government party.
General elections were held in Guatemala on 25 June 2023 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. Incumbent president Alejandro Giammattei was constitutionally prohibited from running for a second four-year term. However, as no presidential candidate obtained over 50 percent of the vote in the first round on 25 June 2023, a second round was held between the top two finishers on 20 August 2023: Congressman Bernardo Arévalo of the Movimiento Semilla and Sandra Torres, a former first lady representing the National Unity of Hope (UNE) party. Arévalo defeated Torres in the second round with nearly 61 percent of the vote in what was seen as a landslide. The ruling Vamos party won the largest number of seats in Congress.
Nuestro Tiempo is a Salvadoran political party. The party was founded in 2019 and it is currently led by Andy Failer.
César Bernardo Arévalo de León is a Guatemalan diplomat, sociologist, writer, and politician who is the 52nd and current president of Guatemala. A member and co-founder of the Semilla party, he previously served as a deputy in the Congress of Guatemala from 2020 to 2024, as Ambassador to Spain from 1995 to 1996 and as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1995.
Manuel Eduardo Conde Orellana is a Guatemalan attorney and politician who served as a member of the Congress of Guatemala from 2016 to 2024. Previously, he ran as presidential candidate in the 2003 election and 2007 election.
General elections were held in Panama on 5 May 2024 to elect a new President of Panama, members of the National Assembly and local governments. Due to constitutional term limits, incumbent president Laurentino Cortizo was ineligible for a second consecutive term. The winners of the general election, including the new president of Panama, will be inaugurated on 1 July.
The 2023 Guatemala City mayoral election was held on 25 June 2023, to elect the mayor of Guatemala City, Department of Guatemala and thirteen members of the Municipal Council. Incumbent Ricardo Quiñónez Lemus was eligible for another term. Quiñónez of the Unionist Party ran for re-election with the support of Valor.
Cabal is a political party in Guatemala led by Edmond Mulet. In English, the party's name can be translated literally as "thorough", or colloquially as "exact" or "spot on".
Guatemalan People's Party was a political party in Guatemala led by Neto Bran.
Nosotros is a political party in Guatemala.
Change is a political party in Guatemala.
The following lists events in the year 2023 in Guatemala.
Will, Opportunity and Solidarity is a political party in Guatemala.
In the run up to the Guatemalan general election scheduled to take place on 25 June 2023, various organisations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention in Guatemala. Results of such polls are displayed in this article.
Elephant Community is a political party in Guatemala.
Bernardo Arévalo, the president-elect of Guatemala, completed his transition to the presidency upon being sworn in on the 15th of January 2024. He became the candidate of Semilla in January 2020. Vice-president-elect Karin Herrera led Arévalo's transition team.