National Change Union

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National Change Union Unión del Cambio Nacional

Leader	Mario Estrada
Secretary-General	Mario Estrada
Founded	20 November 2006
Dissolved	16 December 2021^[1]^[2]
Ideology	National liberalism^{[citation needed]}
Political position	Centre-right to Right-wing^[3]^[4]
Regional affiliation	Center-Democratic Integration Group
Politics of Guatemala Political parties Elections

The National Change Union (Template:Lang-es) was a national liberal^{[citation needed]} political party in Guatemala.

History

In the legislative elections held on 9 September 2007, the party secured 4.06% of the votes in the race for national-list deputies and held four seats in the 2008-12 Congressional Term. In the presidential election of the same day, its candidate Mario Estrada won 3.16% of the popular vote.

Election results

Congress of the Republic

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Status
2007	128,109	4.06 (#9)	5 / 158	5	Opposition
2011	418,175	9.54 (#3)	14 / 158	9	Opposition
2015	403,086	8.84 (#9)	11 / 158	3	Opposition
2019	218,914	5.44 (#3)	12 / 160	1	Opposition

President of the Republic of Guatemala

Election	Candidates		First round		Second round		Status
Election	President	Vice President	Votes	%	Votes	%	Status
2007	Mario Estrada	Mario Torres Marroquín	103,695	3.16 (#6)	-	-	Lost
2011	Mario Estrada	Mauricio Urruela	387,001	8.69 (#4)	-	-	Lost
2015	Jimmy Morales	Jafeth Cabrera	1,152,394	23.99 (#1)	2,751,058	67.44 (#1)	Won
2019	Mario Estrada^[a]^[5]	-	-	-	-	-	Did not participate

Notes

^ Candidature revoked by the Constitutional Court of Guatemala, as he was accused of drug-trafficking and conspriring with the Sinaloa cartel.

References

^ "TSE ratifica la cancelación de la UCN y notifica al partido". El Periódico (in Spanish). 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
^ "TSE notifica cancelación del cuestionado partido UCN". La Hora (in Spanish). 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
^ https://porquienvoto.org.gt/descargas/informe_partidos_politicos.pdf Page 70
^ Casalprim, Eva (July 2015). "Guatemala: Political parties" (PDF). European Parliament. European Parliamentary Research Service. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ Beltrán, Adriana; Hite, Adeline (12 June 2019). "Corruption in the Guatemalan Political System and the 2019 Elections". Washington Office on Latin America. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

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