Congress of the Republic of Guatemala

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Congress of the Republic of Guatemala
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Basic data
Seat: Government Palace in Guatemala City
Legislative period : 4 years
MPs: 160
Current legislative period
Last choice: Elections on June 16, 2019 ( en)
Website
www.congreso.gob.gt

The Congress of the Republic of Guatemala ( Spanish Congreso de la República de Guatemala ) is the national parliament in Guatemala .

The parliamentary system in Guatemala is the unicameral system .

The deputies are elected to Congress for four years each. Originally there were 158 seats in Congress, and since an electoral reform in 2016 there have been 160 seats.

elections

The last national parliamentary elections took place on June 16, 2019.

Elections 2011

Distribution of seats:
  • Partido Patriota (59)
  • Libertad Democrática Renovada (38)
  • Partido Todos (16)
  • Compromiso, Renovación y Order (9)
  • Gran Alianza Nacional (8)
  • Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (7)
  • Independientes (7)
  • Encuentro por Guatemala (3)
  • Partido Republicano Institucional (2)
  • Partido Unionista (2)
  • Unión del Cambio Nacional (2)
  • Partido de Avanzada Nacional (1)
  • Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (1)
  • Partido Victoria (1)
  • Visión con Valores (1)
  • Partido WINAQ (1)

    • Elections 2015

    Distribution of seats:
  • Renewed Democratic Liberty (44)
  • National Unity of Hope (36)
  • Todos (18)
  • Patriotic Party (17)
  • National Convergence Front (11)
  • Encounter for Guatemala (7)
  • National Change Union (6)
  • CREO - Unionist Party (5)
  • National Advancement Party (3)
  • Winaq - URNG-MAIZ (3)
  •  Convergence (3)
  • VIVA (3)
  • Fuerza (2)

    • Elections 2019

    Distribution of seats:
  • MLP (1)
  • URNG (3)
  • WINAQ (4)
  • SEMILLA (7)
  • UNE (54)
  • UCN (12)
  • CREO (6)
  • PHG (6)
  • BEE (8)
  • PC (3)
  • VAMOS (16)
  • VIVA (7)
  • PODEMOS (1)
  • VALOR (9)
  • VICTORIA (3)
  • PAN (2)
  • PU (3)
  • TODOS (7)
  • FCN (8)

    • Seat in the government palace in Guatemala

    • Government Palace in Guatemala, Portal Republica

    • Government Palace in Guatemala, Portal Congreso

    • Plenary Chamber, 2012

    The Congress of the Republic of Guatemala has its seat in Guatemala City . The parliament building was built in neo-classical style from 1926 to 1934 after a previous building had to be demolished after an earthquake in 1917.

    Web links

    Commons : Congreso de Guatemala  - collection of images, videos and audio files

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ a b GUATEMALA (Congreso de la República), General information . In: Interparliamentary Union IPU PARLINE database . Retrieved January 17, 2016.
    2. ↑ a b Este año se elegirán a dos diputados más, 160 en total. In: publinews.gt . January 18, 2019, accessed August 15, 2019 (Spanish).
    3. ↑ Result of the election: TSE ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (98.85% of votes counted), distribution of seats: elPeriodico ( Memento from September 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / resultados2015.tse.org.gt
    4. ^ Guatemala - A Wiki on National Parliament Buildings Worldwide . Retrieved January 17, 2016.

    Coordinates: 14 ° 38 ′ 20.7 ″  N , 90 ° 30 ′ 40.6 ″  W.