List of political parties in Guatemala

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.

Political culture[]

Political parties in Guatemala are generally numerous and unstable. No party has won the presidency more than once. In every election period, the majority of the parties are small and newly formed.

Parties[]

Party			Ideology	Political position	2019 result
Party			Ideology	Political position	Votes (%)	Seats
	UNE	National Unity of Hope Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza	Social democracy Christian left	Centre-left	17.92%	54 / 160
	VAMOS	Vamos por una Guatemala Diferente Vamos por una Guatemala Diferente	Conservatism	Centre-right^[1] to right-wing	7.96%	17 / 160
	UCN	National Change Union† Unión del Cambio Nacional	Conservatism	Centre-right	5.46%	12 / 160
	VALOR	Valor Valor	Conservatism	Right-wing	4.55%	9 / 160
	FCN	National Convergence Front Frente de Convergencia Nacional	Nationalism	Right-wing	5.23%	8 / 160
	BIEN	Bienestar Nacional Bienestar Nacional	Conservative liberalism^{[citation needed]}	Centre-right^{[citation needed]}	4.79%	8 / 160
	SEMILLA	Movimiento Semilla Movimiento Semilla	Social democracy	Centre-left	5.24%	7 / 160
	VIVA	Vision with Values Visión con Valores	Conservatism	Right-wing^{[citation needed]}	4.70%	7 / 160
	TODOS	Todos Todos	-	Centre^[2]	4.39%	7 / 160
	PHG	Humanist Party of Guatemala Partido Humanista de Guatemala	Humanism	Centre-right^{[citation needed]}	4.66%	6 / 160
	CREO	Commitment, Renewal and Order Compromiso, Renovación y Orden	Neoliberalism^{[citation needed]}	Centre-right^{[citation needed]}	4.40%	6 / 160
	WINAQ	Winaq Winaq	Progressivism Indigenismo	Left-wing	3.50%	4 / 160
	VICTORIA	Victory Victoria	Conservatism	Right-wing	2.51%	4 / 160
	PC	Citizen Prosperity Prosperidad Ciudadana	Humanism	Centre-right	3.29%	3 / 160
	PU	Unionist Party Partido Unionista	Conservatism	Right-wing	2.93%	3 / 160
	URNG	Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	2.78%	3 / 160
	PAN	National Advancement Party Partido de Avanzada Nacional	Conservatism	Right-wing	2.72%	2 / 160
	MLP	Movement for the Liberation of Peoples Movimiento para la Liberación de los Pueblos	Socialism	Left-wing	2.98%	1 / 160
	PODEMOS	Podemos Podemos	Conservatism	Centre-right^[3]	1.68%	1 / 160

Political parties in formation[]

		Ideology	Political position	Leader
NC	New Citizenship‡ Nueva Ciudadanía
UR	Unión Republicana
PPG	Partido Popular Guatemalteco	Populism	Centre-right
PR	Partido Republicano
FG	Guatemala Force Fuerza Guatemala
CAMBIO	Change Cambio
CE	Elephant Community Comunidad Elefante
PODER	Opportunities and Development Party Partido de Oportunidades y Desarrollo
AZUL	Blue Azul
MF	My Family Mi Familia
PPN	Nosotros Partido Político Nosotros			Sandra Torres
PT	Workers' Party Partido de los Trabajadores
CABAL	Cabal	Humanism	Centre-right	Edmond Mulet
SUMA	Suma Suma
GP	Guatemala Possible Guatemala Posible
SG	Somos Guatemala Somos Guatemala
AxJ	Alliance for Justice Alianza por la Justicia
PJ	Jaguar Jaguar
PVG	Guatemalan Green Party Partido Verde Guatemalteco
UxG	United for Guatemala Unidos por Guatemala
UNO	Organized National Union Unión Nacional Organizada
JUNTOS	Together Juntos
AGUA	Amo a Guatemala Amo a Guatemala
APV	Political Openness with Values Apertura Política con Valores
ARENA	Allies for the Republic and the Nation Aliados por la República y la Nación
PIN	National Integration Party Partido de Integración Nacional
VEN	Voices of New Hope Voces de Esperanza Nueva			Sandra Torres
PCC	Citizen Change Party Partido Cambio Ciudadano
ACTUA	Actúa Actúa
CDG	Guatemalan Democratic Center Centro Democrático Guatemalteco

Parties that did not contest the 2007 election[]

Reform Movement (Movimiento Reformador)

Former parties[]

Deregistered or ceased to function before 2003:
- Socialist Workers Unification
Deregistered in 2003:
- Social Participative Democracy (Democracia Social Participativa)
- Transparency (Transparencia)
Deregistered in 2007:
- Authentic Integral Development (Desarollo Integral Auténtico)
- Front for Democracy (Frente por la Democracia)
- Guatemalan Christian Democracy (Democracia Cristiana Guatemalteca)
- New Nation Alliance (Alianza Nueva Nación)
Deregistered in 2015:
- Partido Patriota (Partido Patriota)
Institutional Republican Party (Partido Republicano Institucional (PRI)) - formerly Guatemalan Republican Front (Frente Republicano Guatemalteco)
Renewed Democratic Liberty (Libertad Democrática Renovada (LIDER))
Movimiento Nueva República (MNR) (Movimiento Nueva República (MNR))
Social Action Centre (Centro de Acción Social (CASA))
New Heart Nation - (Corazon Nueva Nacion (CNN))
Became the Grand National Alliance:
- National Solidarity Party (Partido Solidaridad Nacional)

References[]

^ https://porquienvoto.org.gt/descargas/informe_partidos_politicos.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
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^ https://porquienvoto.org.gt/descargas/informe_partidos_politicos.pdf Page 53

External links[]

Guatemalan Electoral and Political Parties law

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v t Political parties in Guatemala
Parties in Congress	National Unity of Hope† Vamos Valor Bienestar Nacional Semilla Todos Vision with Values† National Convergence Front† Humanist Commitment, Renewal and Order† Winaq Victory Citizen Prosperity Unionist Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity National Advancement Party† Podemos Movement for the Liberation of Peoples
Extra-parliamentary	New Citizenship* * * * * * * * * *
Defunct parties	Liberal Party Conservative Party Unionist Party (1920) National Renovation Party Progressive Liberal Party United Front of Arevalist Parties Popular Liberation Front Revolutionary Action Party National Integrity Party Socialist Party National Democratic Reconciliation Party Anti-Communist Unification Party People's Party Guatemalan Party of Labour National Anti-Communist Front Independent Anti-Communist Party of the West National Renewal Party Revolutionary Party Solidarity Action Movement National Centre Union National Liberation Movement Guatemalan Christian Democracy Authentic Integral Development New Nation Alternative Institutional Republican Party Social Action Centre Front for Democracy Democratic Union Patriotic Party Renewed Democratic Liberty Social Democratic Party Grand National Alliance Organized Revolution Party* Active Citizens of Electoral Formation Avanza United Productivity and Work Party Libre Fuerza Convergence Encounter for Guatemala Mi Pais Liberal Party National Change Union
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