Grand National Alliance (Guatemala)

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Grand National Alliance
Gran Alianza Nacional
Founded30 August 2002 (as a political alliance)
26 June 2005 (as a political party)
Dissolved28 September 2018 [1]
Headquarters6ª. Avenida 3-44 Zona 9, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Ideology Conservatism [2]
Familism [2]
Central American integration [2]
Political position Centre-right to right-wing [2]
Colors   Blue and red

The Grand National Alliance (Spanish : Gran Alianza Nacional, GANA) was a right-wing [3] conservative [4] [5] political party in Guatemala. The acronym "GANA" also spells out the word gana, from the verb ganar, "to win".

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Formation and 2003 election

GANA was created as an electoral alliance to fight the 2003 general election. In that election, held on 9 November 2003, the Grand National Alliance, won 24.3% of the vote, and 47 out of 158 seats in Congress. The presidential candidate of the alliance, Óscar Berger Perdomo, won 34.3% at the presidential elections of the same day. He won 54.1% at the second round on 28 December 2003 and was elected president.

The alliance was made up of the following parties:

Evolution and 2007 election

The Patriotic Party broke with the alliance in the early months of Óscar Berger's administration. In November 2005, the National Solidarity Party ceded its electoral registration to GANA, with which the Grand National Alliance ceased to be an alliance and became a political party. In August 2006, the Reform Movement withdrew its support from GANA.

GANA's candidate in the 2007 presidential election was former director of the national prison service Alejandro Giammattei. He came in third place in the election, with 17% of the vote. Despite the splits in the party, it did relatively well in the congressional elections, receiving 37 seats and becoming the second largest party in Congress.

In 2017 the party was renamed Crecer (Grow) and its colours were changed to yellow and green. It was dissolved in September 2018. [1]

Election results

Congress of the Republic

ElectionVotes %Seats+/–Status
2003 620,12124.30 (#1) [lower-alpha 1]
47 / 158
Increase2.svg 47Government
2007 521,60016.54 (#2) [lower-alpha 2]
37 / 158
Decrease2.svg 10External support
2011 985,61022.47 (#2) [lower-alpha 3]
39 / 158
Increase2.svg 2Opposition

President of the Republic of Guatemala

ElectionCandidatesFirst roundSecond roundStatus
PresidentVice PresidentVotes %Votes %
2003 Óscar Berger Eduardo Stein 921,23334.33 (#1) [lower-alpha 1] 1,235,30354.13 (#1)Won
2007 Alejandro Giammattei Alfredo Vila Girón 565,01717.23 (#3) [lower-alpha 2] --Lost
2011 Sandra Torres [lower-alpha 3] Roberto Díaz-Durán————Disqualified

Notes

  1. 1 2 As a political alliance containing PP, MR and PSN.
  2. 1 2 As a political party continuing the PSN.
  3. 1 2 In alliance with UNE.


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References

  1. 1 2 TSE empieza proceso de cancelación del partido Gana Prensa Libre
  2. 1 2 3 4 Casalprim, Eva (July 2015). "Guatemala: Political parties" (PDF). European Parliament. European Parliamentary Research Service. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. ↑ González, Pablo (2014), "Guatemala", Handbook of Central American Governance, Routledge, p. 406
  4. ↑ Carmack, Robert M. (2008), "Perspectives on the Politics of Human Rights in Guatemala", Human Rights in the Maya Region: Global Politics, Cultural Contentions, and Moral Engagements, Duke University Press, p. 61
  5. ↑ Isaacs, Anita (2006), "Guatemala", Countries at the Crossroads: A Survey of Democratic Governance 2006, Rowman & Littlefields, p. 146


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