What type of government does Guatemala have?

Guatemala is a representative democracy.

What are the major political parties in Guatemala?

Active Citizens of Electoral Formation, Authentic Integral Development, Avanza, Bienestar Nacional, Blue Party (Guatemala), plus 74 more on file. Election results plus coalition math decide who actually governs.

When is the next election in Guatemala?

1 election tracked, including Guatemala 2023 Presidential Election.

North AmericaGuatemala CityUpdated Apr 2026

Guatemala

Updated Apr 15, 20262 sourcesBy NorthMethodology

Guatemala's last tracked vote was the Guatemala 2023 Presidential Election in 2023.

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79 parties compete for just 1 tracked governing office.

Capital: Guatemala City
Government: representative democracy
Population: 17.3 million

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Guatemala — representative democracy, in North America, ~17.3 million people — is a sovereign state run from Guatemala City.

Guatemala's political landscape includes 1 election, 79 political parties, and 1 office.

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Guatemala 2023 Presidential Election

Guatemalan presidential election held June–August 2023. Anti-corruption candidate Bernardo Arévalo won a surprise runoff victory amid judicial attempts to disqualify his candidacy.

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Conservative Party

Convergence

Democratic Union

Elephant Community

Encuentro por Guatemala

Front for Democracy

Fuerza

Grow Party

Guatemalan Christian Democracy

Guatemalan Democratic Vanguard

Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity

Guatemalan Party of Labour – Alamos

Guatemalan Party of Labour – Communist Party

Guatemalan People's Party

Guatemalan Revolutionary Workers Party

Guatemalan Social Democratic Party

Guerrilla Army of the Poor

Humanist Party of Guatemala

Independent Anti-Communist Party of the West

Institutional Democratic Party

Institutional Republican Party

Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Guatemala

Libre

Mi Pais (political party)

Movement for the Liberation of Peoples

Movimiento de Acción Solidaria

Movimiento Nueva República

National Advancement Party

National Centre Union

National Change Union

National Convergence Front

National Democratic Reconciliation Party

National Directive Nucleus of the Guatemalan Party of Labour

National Integrity Party

National Liberation Movement

National Renewal Party

National Renovation Party

National Solidarity Party

National Unity of Hope

New Nation Alternative

Nosotros

Organized Revolution Party

Partido Liberal Progresista

Partido Revolucionario (Guatemala)

Partido Unionista (1920)

Partido Victoria

Party of Anticommunist Unification

Party of the Guatemalan Revolution

Patriotic Party