List of political parties in Guatemala
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Template:Short description Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists 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
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Extra-parliamentary parties
| Name | Ideology | Political position | Leader | |||
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| style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;"| | PPG | Guatemalan People's Party Partido Popular Guatemalteco |
Municipalism | Centre-right | Neto Bran | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;"| | PHG | Humanist Party of Guatemala Partido Humanista de Guatemala |
Humanism | Right-wing<ref name=":1" /> | Rudio Lecsan Mérida | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;"| | 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 | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;"| | MF | My Family Mi Familia |
Conservatism | Right-wing<ref name=":1" /> | Julio Rivera | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;"| | PAN | National Advancement Party Partido de Avanzada Nacional |
Conservatism | Far-right | Manuel Conde Orellana | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;"| | FCN | National Convergence Front Frente de Convergencia Nacional |
Nationalism | Right-wing far-right |
Jimmy Morales | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;"| | PIN | National Integration Party Partido de Integración Nacional |
Conservatism | Right-wing<ref name=":1" /> | Luis Lam Padilla | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;"| | PODER | Opportunities and Development Party Partido de Oportunidades y Desarrollo |
Conservatism | Right-wing | Walfre Oswaldo Lara | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;"| | PODEMOS | Podemos Podemos |
Conservatism | Centre-right<ref>https://porquienvoto.org.gt/descargas/informe_partidos_politicos.pdf Page 53</ref> | Roberto Arzú | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;"| | PR | Republican Party Partido Republicano |
Conservatism | Right-wing<ref name=":1" /> | Rafael Espada | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;"| | UR | Republican Union Unión Republicana |
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Giulio Talamonti |
Political parties in formation
| Name | Ideology | Political position | Leader | |||
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| NC | New Citizenship‡ Nueva Ciudadanía |
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| FG | Guatemala Force Fuerza Guatemala |
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| PT | Workers' Party Partido de los Trabajadores |
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| SUMA | Suma Suma |
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| GP | Guatemala Possible Guatemala Posible |
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| SG | Somos Guatemala Somos Guatemala |
Left-wing | ||||
| AxJ | Alliance for Justice Alianza por la Justicia |
Progressivism | Left-wing | |||
| PJ | Jaguar Jaguar |
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| PVG | Guatemalan Green Party Partido Verde Guatemalteco |
Green politics | ||||
| UxG | United for Guatemala Unidos por Guatemala |
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| UNO | Organized National Union Unión Nacional Organizada |
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| JUNTOS | Together Juntos |
Conservatism | Right-wing | Juan Carlos Eggenberger | ||
| AGUA | Amo a Guatemala Amo a Guatemala |
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| APV | Political Openness with Values Apertura Política con Valores |
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| ARENA | Allies for the Republic and the Nation Aliados por la República y la Nación |
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| VEN | Voices of New Hope Voces de Esperanza Nueva |
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| PCC | Citizen Change Party Partido Cambio Ciudadano |
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| ACTUA | Actúa Actúa |
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| CDG | Guatemalan Democratic Center Centro Democrático Guatemalteco |
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| PF | Fusionist Party Partido Fusionista |
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| AP | People's Alliance Alianza Popular |
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| ML | Freedom Movement Movimiento Libertad |
Conservatism | Centre-right | |||
| RL | Free Republic República Libre |
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| PPU | United Fatherland Party Partido Patria Unida |
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| style="background:Template:Party color; width:2px;"| | NI | New Ideas Nuevas Ideas |
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| BUS | United Brigades in Social Democracy Brigadas Unidas en Socialdemocracia |
Social democracy | Centre-left | |||
| AP | Political Action Acción Política |
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| NT | New Times Nuevos Tiempos |
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| CC | Celestial Citizenship Ciudadanía Celeste |
Liberalism | Centre-right | Marielos Chang | ||
Parties that did not contest the 2007 election
- Reform Movement (Movimiento Reformador)
- Social Democrat Party
Former parties
- Deregistered or ceased to function before 2003:
- 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))
See also
References
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