Unionist Party (Guatemala)

Unionist Party Partido Unionista

General Secretary	Álvaro Arzú
Founded	2002 (2002)
Preceded by	Conservative Party
Headquarters	1a. Avenida 3-30 Zona 10, Guatemala City
Youth wing	Legión Unionista
Political position	Centre-right
International affiliation	International Democrat Union^[1]
Colours	Black, rainbow
Seats in Congress	2 / 158
Website
www.unionistas.org
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The Unionist Party (Partido Unionista) is a conservative political party in Guatemala, who advocates the re-creation of a Central American union. At the legislative elections, 9 November 2003, the party won 6.2% of the popular vote and 7 out of 158 seats. Its presidential candidate Fritz García Gallont won 3.0% at the presidential elections of the same day. At the 2007 elections, the party again chose Garcia as its presidential candidate. He won 2.92% of the vote. The party won 8 seats in the congressional elections.

The party has been a member of the centre-right International Democrat Union since 2008 and is associated with the Union of Latin American Parties.^[2]

Not to be confused with the party of the same name formed in 1920.

References

External links

Official website

Political parties in Guatemala

Parties in Congress	Renewed Democratic Liberty National Unity of Hope Todos Patriotic Party National Convergence Front National Change Union Commitment, Renewal and Order Vision with Values Encounter for Guatemala Convergence Winaq Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity National Advancement Party Fuerza

Extra-parliamentary	Democratic Union Front for Democracy Grand National Alliance Institutional Republican Party Reform Movement Social Action Centre Unionist Party Victory

Defunct parties	New Nation Alternative

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International Democrat Union

Member parties



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