Democratic Union (Guatemala)

The Democratic Union (Unión Democrática) is a political party in Guatemala. At the legislative elections, 9 November 2003, the party won 2.2% of the popular vote and 2 out of 158 seats. In the legislative elections held on 9 September 2007, the party secured 1.41% of the votes in the race for national-list deputies and, save for defections, will have only one seat in the 2008-12 Congress. In the presidential election of the same day, its candidate Manuel Conde Orellana won 0.76% of the popular vote.

Political parties in Guatemala

Parties	Democratic Union Encounter for Guatemala Front for Democracy Grand National Alliance Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity Guatemalan Republican Front National Advancement Party National Unity of Hope Nationalist Change Union New Nation Alternative Patriotic Party Reform Movement Renewed Democratic Liberty Social Action Centre Unionist Party Winaq

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