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ELECTORAL SYSTEM |
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| Chamber: | ||||||
| Congreso de la República | ||||||
| Electoral Law: | ||||||
| 27 December 1985 | ||||||
| Constituencies: | ||||||
| - 22 multi-member constituencies corresponding to the country's departments - 1 multi-member (31 seats) national constituency |
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| Voting System: | ||||||
| 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 compulsory with certain exceptions; abstention is punishable by a fine. |
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| Voter requirements: | ||||||
| - age: 18 years - Guatemalan citizenship - full possession of civil and political rights - disqualifications: membership of the armed and police forces, imprisonment |
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| Eligibility: | ||||||
| Qualified electors - literacy - ineligibility: close relatives of the President and Vice-President of the Republic, conviction for crime |
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| Incompatibilities: | ||||||
| - civil servants - holders of certain public functions - members of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal or Audit Office - government contractors |
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| 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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