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Upcoming Elections

  • Referendum
    October 6, 2013
  • Legislative
    September 2015
  • Presidential
    First Round
    September 2015

Guatemala
  • Guatemala
  • Republic of Guatemala
  • Region: Americas

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Otto PEREZ Molina
  • Head of Government: President otto PEREZ Molina
  • 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 absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term.
  • In the Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la Republica) 158 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

*** Of the 158 members, 127 are departmental-level representatives selected through 22 departmental lists; 31 are national-level representatives selected in one, nationwide district. Votes are tabulated using the D'Hondt method.

Population:

  • Population: 13,824,463 (July 2011 est.)

Future elections

  • Presidential
    First Round - September 2015
  • Legislative - September 2015
  • Referendum - October 6, 2013

Past elections

Last Updated on 01/10/2013

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