2027 Guatemalan general election

General elections will be held in Guatemala in June 2027 to elect the president and vice president, all 160 seats in Congress, all 20 Guatemalan members of the Central American Parliament, and mayors and councils for all the country's 340 municipalities, with a second round of the presidential elections to be held in August if no candidate wins a majority in the first round. Incumbent President Bernardo Arévalo is constitutionally prohibited from running for a second four-year term.^[1][2]

2027 Guatemalan general election

← 2023 June and August 2027 (presumptive) 2031 →

Incumbent President Bernardo Arévalo Semilla

Legislative election

All 160 seats in Congress 81 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Current seats Vamos Allan Rodríguez 39 UNE Adim Maldonado 28 Semilla Samuel Pérez 23 Cabal Luis Aguirre 18 VIVA Jorge Romeo Castro 11 Valor Elmer Palencia 10 Todos Felipe Alejos 6 VOS Orlando Blanco 4 BIEN Fidel Reyes Lee 4 PPN Nadia de León Torres 3 Victoria Juan Carlos Rivera 3 CREO Cristian Álvarez 3 Blue Jorge Villagrán 2 Elephant Rodrigo Pellecer 2 Unionist Álvaro Arzú Escobar 2 Winaq Sonia Gutiérrez 1 Change Esduin Javier Javier 1 Incumbent President of the Congress Nery Ramos Blue

It is expected that the ruling party's legislative coalition will seek to reform the Electoral Law.^[3]

Electoral system

President

The President of Guatemala is elected using the two-round system.^[4]

Congress

The 160 members of Congress are elected by two methods; 130 are elected from 22 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with the remaining 31 elected from a single nationwide constituency. Seats are elected using closed list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method.^[4]

District	Seats
Alta Verapaz	9
Baja Verapaz	2
Chimaltenango	5
Chiquimula	3
El Progreso	2
Escuintla	6
Guatemala	19
Guatemala City	11
Huehuetenango	10
Izabal	3
Jalapa	3
Jutiapa	4
National List	32
Petén	4
Quetzaltenango	7
Quiché	8
Retalhuleu	3
Sacatepéquez	3
San Marcos	9
Santa Rosa	3
Sololá	3
Suchitepéquez	5
Totonicapán	4
Zacapa	2
Total	160

Potential presidential candidates

• Roberto Arzú, businessman^[5]
• Armando Castillo, former member of Congress^[5]
• Carlos Pineda, businessman and internet personality^[6][5]
• Abelardo Pinto, current minister of Social Development^[7]
• Nery Ramos, current president of Congress^[5]
• Carlos Ruiz, former professional footballer^[8]
• Martín Toc, former president of 48 cantones de Totonicapán^[9]
• Sandra Torres, former First Lady of Guatemala^[10]

Congress

Party		Current legislative leader		2023 result
		Image	Name	Votes (%)	Seats
	Vamos		Allan Rodríguez	15.06%	39 / 160
	National Unity of Hope		Adim Maldonado	12.90%	28 / 160
	Movimiento Semilla		Samuel Pérez	11.72%	23 / 160
	Cabal		Luis Aguirre	8.90%	18 / 160
	Vision with Values		Jorge Romeo Castro	6.92%	11 / 160
	Valor		Elmer Palencia	5.51%	10 / 160
	Unionist Party		Álvaro Arzú Escobar		2 / 160
	Todos		Felipe Alejos	4.05%	6 / 160
	Will, Opportunity and Solidarity		Orlando Blanco	4.47%	4 / 160
	Bienestar Nacional		Fidel Reyes Lee	2.70%	4 / 160
	Nosotros		Nadia de León Torres	3.15%	3 / 160
	Victory		Juan Carlos Rivera	3.00%	3 / 160
	Commitment, Renewal and Order		Cristian Álvarez	2.03%	3 / 160
	Blue Party		Jorge Mario Villagrán	2.36%	2 / 160
	Elephant Community		Rodrigo Pellecer	2.29%	2 / 160
	Winaq	|	Sonia Gutiérrez	3.21%	1 / 160
	Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
	Change		Esduin Javier	1.26%	1 / 160