National Advancement Party

The National Advancement Party (Spanish: Partido de Avanzada Nacional) is a conservative political party in Guatemala. It was founded in 1989.

For the Canadian political party, see National Advancement Party of Canada.
National Advancement Party
Partido de Avanzada Nacional
LeaderManuel Conde Orellana
FounderÁlvaro Arzú
Founded1989
IdeologyConservatism[1]
Political positionRight-wing[2] to far-right[3]
ColorsYellow
Seats in Congress
0 / 160
Website
www.pan-gt.com

In the 1990 and 1995 elections its presidential candidate was Álvaro Arzú who won in 1995, becoming Guatemala's 32nd president (1996–2000). Óscar Berger ran as the party's presidential candidate in the 1999 Guatemalan General Election becoming the runner-up in 1999. After winning PAN’s presidential candidacy in late 2002, he was going to run as the party's presidential candidate in the 2003 Guatemalan General Election. However, internal divisions plagued the party and Óscar Berger decided to leave PAN and enter the second round of the 2003 presidential elections as the candidate for the Gran Alianza Nacional (GANA), an alliance of 3 parties including Partido Patriota (PP), Movimiento Reformador (MR) and Partido Solidaridad Nacional (PSN).

2003 election
Main article: 2003 Guatemalan general election

At the 2003 elections, held on 9 November 2003, the party won 8.4% of the popular vote and 17 out of 158 seats in Congress. The party's presidential candidate, Leonel López Rodas, won 8.4% in the presidential elections held on the same day; duly eliminated, he did not compete in the second round.

2007 election
Main article: 2007 Guatemalan general election

At the 2007 elections, the party was badly defeated, but still received representation in Congress with 4.58% of the vote and three seats. Its presidential candidate, Óscar Casteñeda, received 2.56% of the vote.

2011 election
Main article: 2011 Guatemalan general election

In the 2011 Election, the party chose Juan Guillermo Gutiérrez as its presidential candidate. He came in seventh place with 2.76% of the vote. In the Legislative Election, the party won 1.27% of the vote and 2 seats in Congress.

2015 election
Main article: 2015 Guatemalan general election

In the 2015 Election, the party again chose Juan Guillermo Gutiérrez as its presidential candidate. He came in tenth place with 3.10% of the vote. In the Legislative Election, the party won 1.90% of the vote and 3 seats in Congress.

2019 election
Main article: 2019 Guatemalan general election

In the 2019 Election, the party chose Roberto Arzú as its presidential candidate. He came in fifth place with 6.10% of the vote. In the Legislative Election, the party won 1.25% of the vote and 2 seats in Congress.

After the elections, the party generally supported the government faction in Congress, voting in favor of the government proposed slate for the directorate of Congress in January 2020 and October 2021.[4][5]

Electoral history

Presidential elections
Election Candidates First round Second round Status
President Vice President Votes  % Votes  %
1990-91 Álvaro Arzú Fraterno Vila Betoret 268,796 17.29 (#4) — — Lost
1995-96 Álvaro Arzú Luis Alberto Flores Asturias 565,393 36.50 (#1) 671,354 51.22 (#1) Won
1999 Óscar Berger Arabella Castro Quiñónez 664,417 30.32 (#2) 549,408 31.68 (#2) Lost
2003 Leonel Eliseo López Rodas Rubén Alfonso Ramírez 224,127 8.35 (#4) — — Lost
2007 Óscar Castañeda Roger Valenzuela 83,369 2.54 (#9) — — Lost
2011 Juan Guillermo Gutiérrez Carlos Zúñiga 122,800 2.76 (#7) — — Lost
2015 Juan Guillermo Gutiérrez Manuel Alfredo Marroquín Pineda 149,925 3.12 (#10) — — Lost
2019 Roberto Arzú José Antonio Farias 267,049 6.10 (#5) [lower-alpha 1] — — Lost
2023 None None — — — — Did not participate
  1. In alliance with Podemos.

Legislative elections
Election Votes  % Seats +/– Status
1990-91 268,776 17.29 (#4)
12 / 116
 New Opposition
1994 162,189 25.25 (#2)
23 / 80
 Increase 11 Opposition
1995-96 645,446 37.76 (#1)
43 / 80
 Increase 20 Government
1999 570,108 26.92 (#2)
37 / 113
 Decrease 6 Opposition
2003 278,393 10.91 (#4)
16 / 158
 Decrease 21 Opposition
2007 143,268 4.54 (#8)
3 / 158
 Decrease 13 Opposition
2011 136,247 3.11 (#8)
2 / 158
 Decrease 1 External support
2015 158,309 3.47 (#12)
3 / 158
 Increase 1 External support
2019 110,016 2.73 (#17)
2 / 160
 Decrease 1 External support
2023 45,940 1.10 (#20)
0 / 160
 Decrease 2 Extra-parliamentary

References
  1. Carmack, Robert M. (2008), "Perspectives on the Politics of Human Rights in Guatemala", Human Rights in the Maya Region: Global Politics, Cultural Contentions, and Moral Engagements, Duke University Press, p. 61
  2. "La historia se repite: 28 partidos políticos en el horizonte". Soy502. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  3. "En desafío a las sentencias judiciales, los líderes del Congreso guatemaltecos impulsan un proyecto de ley de amnistía". Washington Office on Latin America (in Spanish). October 2, 2019.
  4. "Cambio de gobierno: Allan Rodríguez es elegido presidente del Congreso". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 14 January 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  5. "Oficialismo seguirá al frente del Congreso con Shirley Rivera como presidenta de la Junta Directiva 2022". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 18 October 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2023.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.