*Note: A second-round runoff will be held 25 October 2015. 

At stake in this election:      

• The office of President of Guatemala

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Otto PÉREZ Molina
• Head of Government: President Otto PÉREZ Molina
• Assembly: Guatemala has a unicameral Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la Republica) with 158 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term.
• In the Congress of the Republic (Congreso de la Republica) 158 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

*** Of the 158 members, 127 are departmental-level representatives selected through 22 departmental lists; 31 are national-level representatives selected in one, nationwide district. Votes are tabulated using the D'Hondt method.

Main Candidates in the Presidential race[1]:

• Candidate: Manuel BALDIZÓN
  • Party: Renewed Democratic Liberty Party / Libertad Democratica Renovada (LIDER)
• Candidate: Sandra Julieta TORRES Casanova
  • Party: National Unity of Hope / Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE)
• Candidate: Mario ESTRADA Orellana
  • Party: National Union for Change / Union del Cambio Nacional (UCN)
• Candidate: Roberto GONZALEZ
  • Party: Commitment, Renovation, and Order/Compromiso, Renovacion y Orden
• Candidate: Juan GUTIERREZ
  • Party: National Advancement Party/Partido de Avanzada Nacional
• Candidate: Zury RIOS
  • Party: Vision with Values Party/Vision con Valores
• Candidate: Roberto ALEJO Cámbara
  • Party: Everyone Together for Guatemala / Todos (TODOS)

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 14,647,083 (2014 est.)[2]
• Registered Voters: 7,740,249[3]

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 7,423,314 (2014 est.)[4]
• Is Guatemala a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (8 June 1981)
• Has Guatemala ratified CEDAW: Yes (12 August 1982)[5]
• Gender Quota: No[6]
• Female Candidates in this election: Yes
• Number of Female Legislators: 21 (13%) of 158 seats in the Congress of the Republic[7]
• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 125[8]
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Medium[9]

Disability Data:

• Is Guatemala a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)
• Has Guatemala ratified CRPD: Yes (7 April 2009)[10]
• Population with a disability: 2,156,021[11]