Congress of the Republic of Guatemala Congreso de la República de Guatemala
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1945
Leadership
President	Shirley Rivera, Vamos since 14 January 2022
1st Vice President	Boris España, Todos since 14 January 2023
2nd Vice President	Sergio Arana, Vamos since 14 January 2023
3rd Vice President	Hérber Melgar Padilla, FCN since 14 January 2023
1st Secretary	Mynor Mejía Popol, Vamos since 14 January 2022
Structure
Seats	160 members
Political groups	WINAQ: 1 seat   VOS: 4 seats   SEMILLA: 24 seats   UNE: 27 seats   ELEFANTE: 1 seat   Cambio: 1 seat   CREO: 3 seats   BIEN: 4 seats   CABAL: 18 seats   AZUL: 1 seat   VAMOS: 40 seats   PPN: 5 seats   VICTORIA: 3 seats   VIVA: 9 seats   TODOS: 6 seats   VALOR: 13 seats
Elections
Voting system	Closed-list proportional representation
Last election	25 June 2023
Next election	2027
Meeting place
Guatemala City
Website
www.congreso.gob.gt

Politics of Guatemala
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Executive President Alejandro Giammattei Vice President Guillermo Castillo
Legislature Congress President: Shirley Rivera
Judiciary Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala President: Silvia Valdés
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Recent elections General: 2015 2019 2023
Political parties Vamos Valor Semilla Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity Guatemalan Republican Front National Advancement Party National Unity of Hope ALL Commitment, Renewal and Order Vision with Values Unionist Party Winaq We can
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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.

Deputies by Department

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.

Building

The Congress of the Republic Guatemala is located in the Legislative Palace in Guatemala city.^[2]

During the protests against the budget for 2021 on 21 November 2020, protestors entered the building and set parts of it on fire.^[3][4][5]

Latest election

Party		National			District			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	National Unity of Hope	717,204	17.81	7	731,015	17.43	47	54	+26
	Vamos	320,939	7.97	3	331,810	7.91	13	16	New
	National Change Union	218,914	5.44	2	243,757	5.81	10	12	+6
	Semilla	211,691	5.26	2	215,669	5.14	5	7	New
	National Convergence Front	210,307	5.22	2	227,144	5.42	6	8	–27
	Bienestar Nacional	194,067	4.82	2	209,206	4.99	6	8	+8
	Vision with Values	189,467	4.70	2	181,588	4.33	5	7	+3
	Humanist Party of Guatemala	188,234	4.67	2	186,776	4.45	4	6	New
	Valor	183,814	4.56	1	215,338	5.14	8	9	New
	Commitment, Renewal and Order	177,681	4.41	1	189,654	4.52	5	6	+1
	Todos	177,182	4.40	1	205,144	4.89	6	7	–9
	Winaq	141,252	3.51	1	144,314	3.44	3	4	+3
	Citizen Prosperity	131,694	3.27	1	152,540	3.64	2	3	New
	Movement for the Liberation of Peoples	121,743	3.02	1	123,084	2.94	0	1	New
	Unionist Party	118,337	2.94	1	109,736	2.62	2	3	+2
	Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity	112,037	2.78	1	116,943	2.79	2	3	+2
	National Advancement Party	110,016	2.73	1	104,900	2.50	1	2	–1
	Victory	101,418	2.52	1	71,630	1.71	2	3	+3
	Fuerza	77,862	1.93	0	99,090	2.36	0	0	–1
	Encuentro por Guatemala	71,668	1.78	0	66,250	1.58	0	0	–6
	Podemos	67,610	1.68	0	77,756	1.85	1	1	–11
	Convergence	49,284	1.22	0	51,024	1.22	0	0	–3
	Libre	48,267	1.20	0	51,518	1.23	0	0	New
	Avanza	31,750	0.79	0	24,735	0.59	0	0	New
	Productivity and Work Party	29,729	0.74	0	30,656	0.73	0	0	New
	Unidos	25,258	0.63	0	32,111	0.77	0	0	New
Total		4,027,425	100.00	32	4,193,388	100.00	128	160	2
Valid votes		4,027,425	79.72
Invalid/blank votes		1,024,405	20.28
Total votes		5,051,830	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,150,221	61.98
Source: TSE, TSE, IPU