Guatemala
Congress of the Republic
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Nery Abilio
Ramos y Ramos
(Male)
Year of birth
1979
Additional information
Elected on 18 Jan. 2024.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Marvin Adolfo
Alvarado Andres
(Male)
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Napoleón Castillo Santos (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
70
Oldest member
Adela Ana María del Rosario Camacho Sinibaldi de Torrebiarte (Female)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
93
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
21-30
31-40
41-45
46-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
1
81-90
0
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals per age interval | 1 | 10 | 36 | 20 | 24 | 47 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Total <= 45: 67 | Total >= 46: 93 | ||||||||||
Male | 1 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 41 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 |
Female | 0 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Voluntary political party quotas.
Elections > Election results
Candidates
Total number of candidates
Total number of people who registered as candidates for election. Does not include people who stood as candidates to become "substitute members".
3,157
Notes
There were 2,683 candidates (2,147 men and 536 women) for 128 seats elected under the majority system, and 474 candidates (292 men and 182 women) for 32 seats elected using the proportional representation system.
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
718
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
22.74%
Number of candidates, by sex
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
718
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
22.74%
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
128
Number of women elected
32
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
20%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
32
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
128
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
32
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Nery Abilio
Ramos y Ramos
(Male)
Political party
Blue Party
Date of election
18.01.2024
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1946
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Restricted
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
According to the Electoral Law of 1946, suffrage was optional and secret for women, but obligatory for men. The 1956 Constitution made the vote obligatory for all literate women but maintained discrimination against illiterate women in that they could not stand for election. The 1965 Constitution extended the right to be elected to all citizens, yet the vote was still not compulsory for illiterate women.
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1985
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
The Constitution of 1985 extended the right to vote to all citizens and established equality between the sexes.
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1946
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Restricted
Detail of restrictions
Stand for Election: Restrictions detail
Women must be literate in order to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1965
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
According to the Electoral Law of 1946, suffrage was optional and secret for women, but obligatory for men. The 1956 Constitution made the vote obligatory for all literate women but maintained discrimination against illiterate women in that they could not stand for election. The 1965 Constitution extended the right to be elected to all citizens, yet the vote was still not compulsory for illiterate women.
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1954
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
1991
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Women's Parliamentary Forum
(January 2016)Contact information for the Committee
Phone
+502-22978800
E-mail