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	2023 result
Party			Ideology	Political position	Votes (%)	Seats
	VAMOS	Vamos por una Guatemala Diferente Vamos por una Guatemala Diferente	Conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	15.06%	39 / 160
	UNE	National Unity of Hope Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza	Populism	Centre	12.90%	28 / 160
	SEMILLA	Movimiento Semilla Movimiento Semilla	Social democracy Social liberalism	Centre-left	11.72%	23 / 160
	CABAL	Cabal Cabal	Liberalism	Centre-right	8.90%	18 / 160
	VALOR	Valor Valor	Conservatism	Right-wing to far-right	5.51%	12 / 160
	PU	Unionist Party Partido Unionista	Social conservatism Economic liberalism	Far-right	5.51%	12 / 160
	VIVA	Vision with Values Visión con Valores	Christian right Rhine capitalism	Right-wing	6.92%	11 / 160
	TODOS	Todos Todos	Christian right	Right-wing	4.05%	6 / 160
	VOS	Will, Opportunity and Solidarity Voluntad, Oportunidad y Solidaridad	Social democracy	Centre-left	4.47%	4 / 160
	BIEN	Bienestar Nacional Bienestar Nacional	Populism	Right-wing[1]	2.70%	4 / 160
	NOSOTROS	Nosotros Nosotros	Populism	Right-wing	3.15%	3 / 160
	VICTORIA	Victory Victoria	-	Right-wing[1]	3.00%	3 / 160
	CREO	Commitment, Renewal and Order Compromiso, Renovación y Orden	Social conservatism Familism	Centre-right	2.03%	3 / 160
	AZUL	Blue Party Partido Azul	Conservatism	Right-wing	2.36%	2 / 160
	CE	Elephant Community Comunidad Elefante	Developmentalism	Right-wing	2.29%	2 / 160
	WINAQ	Winaq Winaq	Progressivism Indigenismo Left-wing nationalism	Left-wing	3.21%	1 / 160
	URNG	Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca	Socialism Left-wing nationalism	Left-wing to far-left	3.21%	1 / 160
	CAMBIO	Change Cambio	Populism	Right-wing	1.26%	1 / 160

Extra-parliamentary parties

		Ideology	Political position	Leader
PPG	Guatemalan People's Party Partido Popular Guatemalteco	Municipalism	Centre-right	Neto Bran
PHG	Humanist Party of Guatemala Partido Humanista de Guatemala	Humanism	Right-wing[1]	Rudio Lecsan Mérida
MLP	Movement for the Liberation of Peoples Movimiento para la Liberación de los Pueblos	Indigenismo Left-wing populism	Left-wing to far-left	Thelma Cabrera
MF	My Family Mi Familia	Conservatism	Right-wing[1]	Julio Rivera
PAN	National Advancement Party Partido de Avanzada Nacional	Conservatism	Far-right	Manuel Conde Orellana
FCN	National Convergence Front Frente de Convergencia Nacional	Nationalism	Right-wing far-right	Jimmy Morales
PIN	National Integration Party Partido de Integración Nacional	Conservatism	Right-wing[1]	Luis Lam Padilla
PODER	Opportunities and Development Party Partido de Oportunidades y Desarrollo	Conservatism	Right-wing	Walfre Oswaldo Lara
PODEMOS	Podemos Podemos	Conservatism	Centre-right[2]	Roberto Arzú
PR	Republican Party Partido Republicano	Conservatism	Right-wing[1]	Rafael Espada
UR	Republican Union Unión Republicana	Conservatism	Right-wing[1]	Giulio Talamonti

Political parties in formation

		Ideology	Political position	Leader
NC	New Citizenship‡ Nueva Ciudadanía
FG	Guatemala Force Fuerza Guatemala
PT	Workers' Party Partido de los Trabajadores
SUMA	Suma Suma
GP	Guatemala Possible Guatemala Posible
SG	Somos Guatemala Somos Guatemala		Left-wing
AxJ	Alliance for Justice Alianza por la Justicia	Progressivism	Left-wing
PJ	Jaguar Jaguar
PVG	Guatemalan Green Party Partido Verde Guatemalteco	Green politics
UxG	United for Guatemala Unidos por Guatemala
UNO	Organized National Union Unión Nacional Organizada
JUNTOS	Together Juntos	Conservatism	Right-wing	Juan Carlos Eggenberger
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
VEN	Voices of New Hope Voces de Esperanza Nueva
PCC	Citizen Change Party Partido Cambio Ciudadano
ACTUA	Actúa Actúa
CDG	Guatemalan Democratic Center Centro Democrático Guatemalteco
PF	Fusionist Party Partido Fusionista
AP	People's Alliance Alianza Popular
ML	Freedom Movement Movimiento Libertad	Conservatism	Centre-right
RL	Free Republic República Libre
PPU	United Fatherland Party Partido Patria Unida
NI	New Ideas Nuevas Ideas	Bukelism
BUS	United Brigades in Social Democracy Brigadas Unidas en Socialdemocracia	Social democracy	Centre-left
AP	Political Action Acción Política
NT	New Times Nuevos Tiempos
CC	Celestial Citizenship Ciudadanía Celeste

Parties that did not contest the 2007 election

Reform Movement (Movimiento Reformador)
Social Democrat Party

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)
Citizen Prosperity (Prosperidad Ciudadana (PC))
Advance (Avanza)
Deregistered in 2020:
- Productivity and Work Party (Partido Productividad y Trabajo (PPT))
- Encounter for Guatemala (Encuentro por Guatemala (EG))
- Convergence (Convergencia)
- United (Unidos)
- Free (Libre)
- Force (Fuerza)
National Change Union (Unión del Cambio Nacional (UCN))

References

"Elecciones en Guatemala: el sistema se resiste pese al ascenso del voto de castigo y anti-élite" (in Spanish). Elcano Royal Institute. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
https://porquienvoto.org.gt/descargas/informe_partidos_politicos.pdf Page 53

External links

Guatemalan Electoral and Political Parties law

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[:1-1] "Elecciones en Guatemala: el sistema se resiste pese al ascenso del voto de castigo y anti-élite" (in Spanish). Elcano Royal Institute. Retrieved 2023-06-14.

[2] ttps://porquienvoto.org.gt/descargas/informe_partidos_politicos.pdf Page 53

Political parties in Guatemala
Parties in Congress	Vamos National Unity of Hope Semilla Cabal Vision with Values Valor Todos Will, Opportunity and Solidarity Bienestar Nacional Nosotros Victory Commitment, Renewal and Order Blue Elephant Community Unionist Winaq Change Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
Defunct parties	Liberal Party Conservative Party Unionist Party (1920) National Renovation Party Progressive Liberal Party Popular Liberation United Front of Arevalist Parties Popular Liberation Front Revolutionary Action Party National Integrity Party Socialist Party National Democratic Reconciliation Party Anti-Communist Unification Party Democratic Unity Party People's Party Guatemalan Social Harmony Party Authentic Revolutionary Front of Socialist Orientation Popular Union 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 Central Aranista Organization 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 National Convergence Front Humanist Citizen Prosperity National Advancement Party Podemos Movement for the Liberation of Peoples Republican Union Guatemalan People's Party Republican Party National Integration Party My Family Opportunities and Development Party
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