The 160 seats in the Congress of the Republic 

Chief of State: President Jimmy Ernesto MORALES 

Head of Government: President Jimmy Ernesto MORALES 

Assembly: Guatemala has a unicameral Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República) with 160 seats. 

In the Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la República) 160 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve four-year terms. 

Of the 160 members, 128 are departmental-level representatives selected through 23 departmental lists; 32 are national-level representatives selected in one, nationwide district. Votes are tabulated using the D'Hondt method. 

Party: Everyone Together for Guatemala / Todos 

• Leader: Bryan RODRÍGUEZ  

• Seats won in last election: 18 

Party: National Unity of Hope / Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE) 

• Leader: Sandra Julieta TORRES Casanova 

• Seats won in last election: 36 

Party: Commitment, Renewal, and Order Party / Compromiso Renovacion y Orden (CREO) 

• Leader: José Rodolfo NEUTZE Aguirre 

• Seats won in last election: 5 

Party: Union for National Change / Union del Cambio Nacional (UCN) 

• Leader: Jorge Enrique PASARELLI Urrutía 

• Seats won in last election: 14 

Party: National Convergence Front / Frente de Convergencia Nacional (FCN-NACIÓN) 

• Leader: Javier Alfonso HERNANDEZ Franco 

• Seats won in last election: 11 

Party: Encounter for Guatemala / Encuentro por Guatemala 

• Leader: Nineth MONTENEGRO 

• Seats won in last election: 7 

Party: Union for National Change / Union de Cambio Nacional 

• Leader: Mario ESTRADA 

• Seats won in last election: 6 

Party: Seed Movement / Movimiento Semilla 

• Leader: Samuel PÉREZ Álvarez 

• Seats won in last election: N/A 

Party: Let’s go for a Different Guatemala / Vamos por una Guatemala Diferente (Vamos) 

• Leader: Alejandro Eduardo GIAMMATTEI Falla 

• Seats won in last election: N/A 

Party: Citizen’s Prosperity/ Prosperidad Cuidadana (PC) 

• Leader: Dami Anita Elizabeth KRISTENSSON Sales 

• Seats won in last election: N/A 

Party: National Advancement Party / Partido de Avanzada Nacional (PAN) 

• Leader: Manuel Eduardo CONDE Orellana 

• Seats won in last election: 3 

Party: Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity / Unidad Revolucionaria Nacioal Guatemalteca (URNG MAIZ) 

• Leader: Gregorio CHAY Laynez 

• Seats won in last election: 3 

Party: Convergence / Convergencia 

• Leader: Pablo MONSANTO 

• Seats won in last election: 3 

Party: Vision with Values / Visión con Valores (Viva) 

• Leader: Armando Damian CASTILLO Alvarado 

• Seats won in last election: 3 

Party: Force / Fuerza 

• Leader:  Jose Mauricio RADFORD Hernández 

• Seats won in last election: 2 

Population: 17,577,842 (2019 est.)  

Registered Voters: 8,149,793 (as of March 2019)

Female Population: 8,922,811 (2019 est.)  

Is Guatemala a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (8 June 1981) 

Has Guatemala ratified CEDAW: Yes (12 August 1982)  

Gender Quota: No 

Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

Number of Female Legislators: 21 (13%) of 158 seats in the Congress of the Republic 

Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 127 (2018) 

Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2019) 

Is Guatemala a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007) 

Has Guatemala ratified CRPD: Yes (7 April 2009)  

Population with a disability: 2,237,850 (est.)