{"iso":"GT","name":"Guatemala","flag":"\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf9","vote":"Congress national list \u00b7 seat projection","model":"seat","updated":"2023-06-25","source":"2023 election result, official count","credit":"Congress national list results as published by the Tribunal Supremo Electoral, official count","shares":{"VAMOS":15.1,"UNE":12.9,"SEM":11.7,"CABAL":8.9,"VIVA":6.9,"VU":5.5,"VOS":4.5,"TODOS":4.1},"polls":[],"parties":{"VAMOS":{"name":"Vamos","color":"#34478E"},"UNE":{"name":"Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza","color":"#50A700","name_en":"National Unity of Hope"},"SEM":{"name":"Movimiento Semilla","color":"#00CCC9","name_en":"Semilla"},"CABAL":{"name":"Cabal","color":"#1642fd"},"VIVA":{"name":"Vision con Valores (VIVA)","color":"#00A3E6","name_en":"Vision with Values"},"VU":{"name":"Valor-Unionista","color":"#1f6592","name_en":"Valor and Unionist alliance"},"VOS":{"name":"Voluntad, Oportunidad y Solidaridad (VOS)","color":"#d0147e","name_en":"Will, Opportunity and Solidarity"},"TODOS":{"name":"Todos","color":"#662D91"}},"seats":{"VAMOS":35,"UNE":30,"SEM":27,"CABAL":21,"VIVA":16,"VU":12,"VOS":10,"TODOS":9},"seat_meta":{"total":160,"majority":81,"method":"dhondt","threshold":0.0,"chamber":"Congress of the Republic","note":"Real system is closed-list D'Hondt PR mostly in departmental districts plus 31 national-list seats (no legal threshold); approximated as one national D'Hondt pool, which understates the large-district advantage to big parties.","largest":"VAMOS"},"primer":{"system":"Unitary presidential republic","head_of_state":"President Bernardo Ar\u00e9valo, who is also head of government","legislature":"Congress of the Republic, 160 seats, elected for four-year terms","electoral_system":"Closed-list proportional representation, with most deputies elected by department and 31 from a national list.","government_now":"President Ar\u00e9valo's Semilla movement holds only about 25 of 160 seats, leaving the government to negotiate with a fragmented Congress.","context":"Ar\u00e9valo took office after the 2023 elections while his party remained a small minority in Congress, where Vamos and UNE are the largest blocs. The next general election is due in 2027.","sources":"Open encyclopedic records of officeholders and Congress \u00b7 checked 2 Jul 2026"},"parties_info":{"VAMOS":["Vamos","","Centre-right/conservative party of former president Alejandro Giammattei; the largest bloc in Congress and a pillar of the opposition to President Arevalo."],"UNE":["Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza","National Unity of Hope","Originally social-democratic, now a clientelist party drifted rightward under perennial candidate Sandra Torres; a major opposition bloc."],"SEM":["Movimiento Semilla","Seed Movement","Progressive anti-corruption party of President Bernardo Arevalo; won the presidency in 2023 but holds only a small minority in Congress."],"CABAL":["Cabal","","Centre-right, business-friendly party founded by Edmond Mulet; a new force that entered Congress in 2023."],"VIVA":["Vision con Valores (VIVA)","Vision with Values","Right-wing, socially conservative and religiously grounded party."],"VU":["Valor-Unionista","Valor-Unionist alliance","Right-wing alliance of Valor (founded by Zury Rios) and the Unionist Party."],"VOS":["Voluntad, Oportunidad y Solidaridad (VOS)","Will, Opportunity and Solidarity","Centre-left party built partly from former UNE dissidents."],"TODOS":["Todos","","Centre-right party formed by ex-UNE legislators."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"Congress of the Republic","as_of":"2023 election","total":160,"seats":{"VAMOS":39,"UNE":28,"SEM":23,"CABAL":18,"VU":12,"VIVA":11,"TODOS":6,"VOS":4}},"region_winners":{"Guatemala":"SEM","Sacatep\u00e9quez":"SEM","Chimaltenango":"SEM","Quetzaltenango":"SEM","Jutiapa":"UNE","Chiquimula":"UNE","Pet\u00e9n":"UNE","San Marcos":"UNE","Huehuetenango":"UNE","Quich\u00e9":"UNE","Alta Verapaz":"UNE","Izabal":"UNE","Zacapa":"UNE","Retalhuleu":"UNE","Suchitep\u00e9quez":"UNE","Escuintla":"UNE","Santa Rosa":"UNE","Jalapa":"UNE","El Progreso":"UNE","Baja Verapaz":"UNE","Totonicap\u00e1n":"UNE","Solol\u00e1":"VAMOS"},"region_meta":{"election":"2023 Guatemalan general election, presidential first round by department (25 June 2023)","source":"TSE (Tribunal Supremo Electoral) official results","note":"Each department shaded by the presidential candidate's party with the most first round votes: Sandra Torres (UNE) led 17 of 22 departments, Bernardo Arevalo (Semilla) led Guatemala, Sacatepequez, Chimaltenango and Quetzaltenango, and Manuel Conde (Vamos) led Solola. Arevalo went on to win the August runoff with 61 percent."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2027-06","title":"Guatemalan general election","chamber":"Congress of the Republic","type":"expected"}}