List of political parties in Guatemala
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This article lists political parties in Guatemala.
Guatemala
has a multi-party system
, with two or three strong political parties
and other parties that are electorally successful. According to law if a party fails to get 4% of the vote or at least one deputy in congress, the party is canceled.
Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
has a multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...
, with two or three strong political parties
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
and other parties that are electorally successful. According to law if a party fails to get 4% of the vote or at least one deputy in congress, the party is canceled.
Parties
- Democratic UnionDemocratic Union (Guatemala)The Democratic Union is a political party in Guatemala.At the legislative elections, 9 November 2003, the party won 2.2% of the popular vote and 2 out of 158 seats...
(Unión Democrática) - Encounter for Guatemala (Encuentro por Guatemala)
- Grand National AllianceGrand National AllianceThe Grand National Alliance is a right-wing political party in Guatemala. The acronym "GANA" also spells out the word gana, from the verb ganar, "to win".-Formation and 2003 election:...
(Gran Alianza Nacional) - Guatemalan National Revolutionary UnityGuatemalan National Revolutionary UnityThe Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity is a Guatemalan political party that started as a guerrilla movement but laid down its arms in 1996 and became a legal political party in 1998 after the peace process after the Guatemalan Civil War.-Formation:Since the CIA-backed...
(Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca) - Guatemalan Republican FrontGuatemalan Republican FrontThe Guatemalan Republican Front is a right-wing political party in Guatemala.It was created in 1989 by former president and dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, and formally registered in 1990...
(Frente Republicano Guatemalteco) - National Advancement PartyNational Advancement PartyThe National Advancement Party is a political party in Guatemala. It was founded in 1989.In the 1990 and 1995 elections its presidential candidate was Álvaro Arzú who won in 1995, becoming Guatemala's 32nd president ....
(Partido de Avanzada Nacional) - National Unity of HopeNational Unity of HopeThe National Unity of Hope is a political party in Guatemala. It was founded in 2002 and defines itself as a social-democratic and social-Christian party....
(Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza) - Nationalist Change UnionNationalist Change UnionThe Union National Change is a political party in Guatemala. In the legislative elections held on 9 September 2007, the party secured 4.06% of the votes in the race for national-list deputies and, save for defections, will have four seats in the 2008-12 Congress...
(Unión del Cambio Nacionalista) - Patriotic PartyPatriotic Party (Guatemala)The Patriotic Party is a right wing political party in Guatemala.It was founded on 24 February 2001 by retired Army General Otto Pérez Molina.-2003 election:...
(Partido Patriota) - Social Action CentreSocial Action CentreThe Social Action Centre is a political party in Guatemala. In the legislative elections held on 9 September 2007, the party secured 4.89 % of the votes in the race for national-list deputies and, will have five seats in the 2008-12 Congress. In the presidential election of the same day, its...
(Centro de Acción Social) - Unionist PartyUnionist Party (Guatemala)The Unionist Party is a conservative political party in Guatemala, who advocates the re-creation of a Central American union....
(Partido Unionista) - Victoria (some strength in Solola)
Parties which did not contest the 2007 election
- Reform MovementReform Movement (Guatemala)The Reform Movement is a political party in Guatemala. It is led by Jorge Briz Abularach.-2003 election:At the 2003 general election held on 9 November 2003, the party was part of the Grand National Alliance. In the legislative election, the Alliance won 24.3% of the vote, and 47 out of 158 seats...
(Movimiento Reformador) - Social Democrat Party
Former parties
- Deregistered in 2003:
- Social Participative DemocracySocial Participative DemocracyThe Social Participative Democracy was a political party in Guatemala.At the last legislative elections, held on 9 November 2003, the party won 1.1 % of the popular vote but no seats in Congress...
(Democracia Social Participativa) - TransparencyTransparency (Guatemala)Transparency is a political party in Guatemala.At the last legislative elections, 9 November 2003, the party won 1.1% of the popular vote but no seats....
(Transparencia)
- Social Participative Democracy
- Deregistered in 2007:
- Authentic Integral DevelopmentAuthentic Integral DevelopmentAuthentic Integral Development was a political party in Guatemala.At the last legislative elections, held on 9 November 2003, the party won 3.0% of the popular vote and 1 out of 158 seats in Congress....
(Desarollo Integral Auténtico) - Front for DemocracyFront for DemocracyThe Front for Democracy is a political party in Guatemala. In the legislative elections held on 9 September 2007, the party secured 0.91 % of the votes in the race for national-list deputies and, save for defections, will have only no seats in the 2008-12 Congress....
(Frente por la Democracia) - Guatemalan Christian DemocracyGuatemalan Christian DemocracyThe Guatemalan Christian Democracy , founded 24 August 1955, was a political party in Guatemala. It was a moderate reformist party, although also anti-Communist. It first won congressional seats in [Guatemalan parliamentary election, 1955|1955]]. In 1957, it contested presidential elections but...
(Democracia Cristiana Guatemalteca) - New Nation AllianceNew Nation AllianceThe New Nation Alternative was a leftist political party in Guatemala.In the legislative elections of 9 November 2003, the party won 4.9% of the popular vote and 6 out of 158 seats...
(Alianza Nueva Nación)
- Authentic Integral Development
- Became the Grand National AllianceGrand National AllianceThe Grand National Alliance is a right-wing political party in Guatemala. The acronym "GANA" also spells out the word gana, from the verb ganar, "to win".-Formation and 2003 election:...
:- National Solidarity PartyNational Solidarity Party (Guatemala)The National Solidarity Party is a political party in Guatemala.In the general election held on 9 November 2003, the party was part of the Grand National Alliance . In the legislative election, GANA won 24.3% of the vote, and 47 out of 158 seats in Congress...
(Partido Solidaridad Nacional)
- National Solidarity Party
See also
- Politics of GuatemalaPolitics of GuatemalaPolitics of Guatemala takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Guatemala is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both...
- List of political parties by country to browse parties by country
- Guatemalan Electoral and Political Parties law