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

Electoral system

President

The President of Guatemala is elected using the two-round system.

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.
DistrictSeats
Alta Verapaz9
Baja Verapaz2
Chimaltenango5
Chiquimula3
El Progreso2
Escuintla6
Guatemala19
Guatemala City11
Huehuetenango10
Izabal3
Jalapa3
Jutiapa4
National List32
Petén4
Quetzaltenango7
Quiché8
Retalhuleu3
Sacatepéquez3
San Marcos9
Santa Rosa3
Sololá3
Suchitepéquez5
Totonicapán4
Zacapa2
Total160

Potential presidential candidates