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Grand National Alliance Gran Alianza Nacional
Founded	30 August 2002 (as a political alliance) 26 June 2005 (as a political party)
Dissolved	28 September 2018
Headquarters	6ª. Avenida 3-44 Zona 9, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Ideology	Conservatism Familism Central American integration
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
Colors	Blue and red
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The Grand National Alliance (Spanish: Gran Alianza Nacional, GANA) was a right-wing conservative political party in Guatemala. The acronym "GANA" also spells out the word gana, from the verb ganar, "to win".

Formation and 2003 election

GANA was created as an electoral alliance to fight the 2003 general election. In that election, held on 9 November 2003, the Grand National Alliance, won 24.3% of the vote, and 47 out of 158 seats in Congress. The presidential candidate of the alliance, Óscar Berger Perdomo, won 34.3% at the presidential elections of the same day. He won 54.1% at the second round on 28 December 2003 and was elected president.

The alliance was made up of the following parties:

• Patriotic Party (Partido Patriota) (PP)
• Reform Movement (Movimiento Reformador) (MR)
• National Solidarity Party (Partido Solidaridad Nacional) (PSN)

Evolution and 2007 election

The Patriotic Party broke with the alliance in the early months of Óscar Berger's administration. In November 2005, the National Solidarity Party ceded its electoral registration to GANA, with which the Grand National Alliance ceased to be an alliance and became a political party. In August 2006, the Reform Movement withdrew its support from GANA.

GANA's candidate in the 2007 presidential election was former director of the national prison service Alejandro Giammattei. He came in third place in the election, with 17% of the vote. Despite the splits in the party, it did relatively well in the congressional elections, receiving 37 seats and becoming the second largest party in Congress.

In 2017 the party was renamed Crecer (Grow) and its colours were changed to yellow and green. It was dissolved in September 2018.

Election results

Congress of the Republic

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Status
2003	620,121	24.30 (#1)	47 / 158	47	Government
2007	521,600	16.54 (#2)	37 / 158	10	External support
2011	985,610	22.47 (#2)	39 / 158	2	External support

President of the Republic of Guatemala

Notes

1. ^ As a political alliance containing PP, MR and PSN.
2. ^ As a political party continuing the PSN.
3. ^ In alliance with UNE.

References

1. ^ TSE empieza proceso de cancelación del partido Gana Prensa Libre
2. ^ Casalprim, Eva (July 2015). "Guatemala: Political parties" (PDF). European Parliament. European Parliamentary Research Service. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
3. González, Pablo (2014), "Guatemala", Handbook of Central American Governance, Routledge, p. 406
4. Carmack, Robert M. (2008), "Perspectives on the Politics of Human Rights in Guatemala", Human Rights in the Maya Region: Global Politics, Cultural Contentions, and Moral Engagements, Duke University Press, p. 61
5. Isaacs, Anita (2006), "Guatemala", Countries at the Crossroads: A Survey of Democratic Governance 2006, Rowman & Littlefields, p. 146

External links

• GANA web site

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