2027 Guatemalan general election

2027 Guatemalan general election
Incumbent President; Bernardo Arévalo; Semilla	; ;
	Legislative election
	All 160 seats in Congress; 81 seats needed for a majority
Nery Ramos; Blue

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]

Electoral system[edit]

President[edit]

The President of Guatemala is elected using the two-round system.^[4]

Congress[edit]

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
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

Potential presidential candidates[edit]

Carlos Pineda, businessman and internet personality^[5]
Nery Ramos, current president of Congress
Martín Toc, former president of 48 cantones de Totonicapán^[6]
Sandra Torres, former First Lady of Guatemala^[7]

Congress[edit]

Party		Current legislative leader		2023 result
Party		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	5.51%	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		Sonia Gutiérrez	3.21%	1 / 160
	Change		Esduin Javier	1.26%	1 / 160

References[edit]

^ Oliva, William (7 March 2018). "Jimmy Morales dice que le gustaría gobernar otro período" [Jimmy Morales says he would like to govern another term]. Prensa Libre (Guatemala) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ González, Marcos (23 June 2023). "Por qué en Guatemala ningún partido ha repetido en la presidencia en sus casi 40 años de democracia" [Why in Guatemala no party has repeated the presidency in its almost 40 years of democracy]. BBC News (in Spanish).
^ Cuevas, Douglas (17 January 2024). "Semilla habría pactado 10 reformas legales para llegar a la presidencia del Congreso" [Semilla would have agreed on 10 legal reforms to become president of Congress]. Prensa Libre (in Spanish).
^ ^a ^b Congress of the Republic Archived 18 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine IFES
^ Gramajo, Jessica (14 June 2023). "El futuro de Carlos Pineda tras quedar fuera de las Elecciones Generales 2023" [The future of Carlos Pineda after being left out of the 2023 General Elections]. Soy502 (in Spanish).
^ "Toc: tras dejar Los 48 Cantones, publica que en 2027 buscará la Presidencia" [Toc: after leaving Los 48 Cantones, he publishes that in 2027 he will seek the Presidency]. La Hora (in Spanish). 17 January 2023.
^ "🔵 A pesar de la tercera derrota, Sandra Torres no tiraría la toalla política" [🔵 Despite the third defeat, Sandra Torres would not throw in the political towel]. República (in Spanish). 21 August 2023.

External links[edit]

Tribunal Supremo Electoral

[1] Oliva, William (7 March 2018). "Jimmy Morales dice que le gustaría gobernar otro período" [Jimmy Morales says he would like to govern another term]. Prensa Libre (Guatemala) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[2] González, Marcos (23 June 2023). "Por qué en Guatemala ningún partido ha repetido en la presidencia en sus casi 40 años de democracia" [Why in Guatemala no party has repeated the presidency in its almost 40 years of democracy]. BBC News (in Spanish).

[3] Cuevas, Douglas (17 January 2024). "Semilla habría pactado 10 reformas legales para llegar a la presidencia del Congreso" [Semilla would have agreed on 10 legal reforms to become president of Congress]. Prensa Libre (in Spanish).

[EG-4] Congress of the Republic Archived 18 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine IFES

[5] Gramajo, Jessica (14 June 2023). "El futuro de Carlos Pineda tras quedar fuera de las Elecciones Generales 2023" [The future of Carlos Pineda after being left out of the 2023 General Elections]. Soy502 (in Spanish).

[6] "Toc: tras dejar Los 48 Cantones, publica que en 2027 buscará la Presidencia" [Toc: after leaving Los 48 Cantones, he publishes that in 2027 he will seek the Presidency]. La Hora (in Spanish). 17 January 2023.

[7] "🔵 A pesar de la tercera derrota, Sandra Torres no tiraría la toalla política" [🔵 Despite the third defeat, Sandra Torres would not throw in the political towel]. República (in Spanish). 21 August 2023.

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