| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Congreso de la República / Congress of the Republic |
| Structure of parliament |
Unicameral |
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
27 December 1985
|
| Mode of designation |
directly elected 158 |
| Constituencies |
- 22 multi-member constituencies corresponding to the country's departments
- 1 multi-member (31 seats) national constituency |
| Voting system |
Mixed:
Mixed system, with closed party lists:
- majority vote for 127 departmental seats
- proportional representation (d'Hondt method) from a national list for 31 seats
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled by substitutes elected at the same time as titular members.
Voting is not compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- age: 18 years
- Guatemalan citizenship
- full possession of civil and political rights
- disqualifications: membership of the armed and police forces, imprisonment |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
Qualified electors
- literacy
- ineligibility: close relatives of the President and Vice-President of the Republic, conviction for crime |
| Incompatibilities |
- civil servants
- holders of certain public functions
- members of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal or Audit Office
- government contractors
|
| Candidacy requirements |
- nomination by a legally registered party; in order to secure their legal status, nominating parties must obtain at least 4% of the popular vote |
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