Congress of Guatemala
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| Congress of the Republic of Guatemala Congreso de la República de Guatemala |
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| Leadership | |
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President of the Congress
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Luis Rabbé, Independent
Since 2012 |
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1st Vice president of the Congress
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Arístides Crespo, FRG
Since 2012 |
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2nd Vice president of the Congress
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Julio López Villatoro, UNE
Since 2012 |
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3rd Vice president of the Congress
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Selvin García Boanerges, CREO
Since 2012 |
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| Seats | 158 members |
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Congress political groups
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| Elections | |
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Congress voting system
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Closed-list proportional representation |
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Congress last election
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Guatemalan general election, 2015 |
| Meeting place | |
| Guatemala City | |
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| www |
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| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Guatemala |
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Executive
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| Legislative |
| Judiciary |
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| Foreign relations |
The Congress of the Republic (Spanish: Congreso de la República) is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Guatemala.
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Constituencies[edit]
The Guatemalan Congress is made up of 158 deputies who are elected by direct universal suffrage to serve four-year terms. Twenty-nine of these are elected from nationwide lists, with the rest on a district list basis.
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).
| Department | Deputies |
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| Listado Nacional | 31 |
| Distrito Central | 19 |
| Alta Verapaz | 9 |
| Baja Verapaz | 2 |
| Chimaltenango | 5 |
| Chiquimula | 3 |
| El Progreso | 1 |
| Escuintla | 6 |
| Guatemala (Distrito) | 11 |
| Huehuetenango | 10 |
| Izabal | 3 |
| Jalapa | 3 |
| Jutiapa | 4 |
| 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 | 158 |
Political culture[edit]
It is not uncommon that Congress Members change parties during the legislature term, as well as Congress Members seceding from a party to create a new party or congressional block.
Latest election[edit]
| Parties and alliances | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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| Patriotic Party (Partido Patriota, PP) | 1,171,337 | 26.62% | +10.71 | 56 | +26 | |
| National Unity of Hope (Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza, UNE) Grand National Alliance (Gran Alianza Nacional, GANA) |
993,198 | 22.57% | –16.571 | 48 | –372 | |
| National Change Union (Union del Cambio Nacional, UCN) | 417,935 | 9.50% | +5.44 | 14 | +10 | |
| Renewed Democratic Liberty (Libertad Democrática Renovada, LIDER) | 390,319 | 8.87% | +8.87 | 14 | +14 | |
| Commitment, Renewal and Order (Compromiso, Renovación y Orden, CREO) | 381,652 | 8.67% | +8.67 | 12 | +12 | |
| Vision with Values (Visión con Valores, VIVA) Encounter for Guatemala (Encuentro por Guatemala, EG) |
346,557 | 7.87% | +1.703 | 6 | +23 | |
| Winaq Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity — Broad Left Movement (Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca — Movimiento Amplio de Izquierda, URNG–MAIZ) Alternative New Nation (Alternativa Nueva Nación, ANN) |
141,938 | 3.23% | –1.394 | 3 | +15 | |
| National Advancement Party (Partido de Avanzada Nacional, PAN) | 137,390 | 3.12% | –1.46 | 2 | –2 | |
| Guatemalan Republican Front (Frente Republicano Guatemalteco, FRG) | 120,455 | 2.74% | –7.06 | 1 | –14 | |
| Unionist Party (Partido Unionista, PU) | 118,788 | 2.70% | –3.40 | 1 | –7 | |
| style="text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" Victory (VICTORIA) | 71,501 | 1.62% | +1.62 | 1 | +1 | |
| Social Action Centre (Centro de Acción Social, CASA) | 47,390 | 1.08% | –3.81 | – | –5 | |
| National Development Action (Acción de Desarrollo Nacional, ADN) | 39,251 | 0.89% | +0.89 | – | ±0 | |
| National Convergence Front (Frente de Convergencia Nacional, FCN) | 23,272 | 0.53% | +0.53 | – | ±0 | |
| Valid votes | 4,400,983 | 100.00 | — | 158 | — | |
| Blank votes | 351,659 | |||||
| Invalid votes | 337,388 | |||||
| Total votes (turnout 69.34%) | 5,090,030 | |||||
| Source: Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala (TSE) 2 2007: UNE – 48 seats; GANA – 37 seats. 3 2007: only Encounter for Guatemala. 4 2007: URNG-MAIZ and ANN as two separate parties. 5 2007: only URNG-MAIZ. |
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Guatemala also returns deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament.
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