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Upcoming Elections

  • Legislative
    August 2011
  • Presidential
    August 2011

Guatemala
  • Guatemala
  • Republic of Guatemala
  • Region: Americas

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

Last Updated on 02/04/2010

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