Country Profile:
Upcoming Elections
- Legislative
August 2011 - Presidential
August 2011
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Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Alvaro COLOM
- Head of Government: President Alvaro COLOM
- Assembly: Guatemala has a unicameral Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la Republica) with 158 seats.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 4-year term.
- In the Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la Republica) 158 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***
*** Of the 158 members, 127 are departmental-level representatives selected through departmental lists; 31 are national-level representatives selected through national party lists. All members are elected to four-year terms.
Population:
- Population: 12,728,111 (July 2007 est.)
Future elections
- Legislative - August 2011
- Presidential - August 2011
Past elections
- Presidential
Second Round - November 4, 2007 - Presidential - September 9, 2007
- Legislative - September 9, 2007
- Presidential
Second Round - December 28, 2003 - Presidential
First Round - November 9, 2003 - Legislative - November 9, 2003
- Presidential - November 7, 1999
- Legislative - November 7, 1999
- Referendum - May 16, 1999
Last Updated on 02/04/2010
