1985 Guatemalan general election

1985 Guatemalan general election
	3 November 1985
	3 November 1985
President before election; Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores;	President-elect ; Vinicio Cerezo; DCG

General elections were held in Guatemala on 3 November 1985,[1] with a second round of the presidential elections taking place on 8 December. The presidential election resulted in a victory for Vinicio Cerezo, who had received $650,000 towards his campaign from media owner Remigio Ángel González.[2] The Congressional elections resulted in a victory for Cerezo's Guatemalan Christian Democracy, which won 51 of the 100 seats. Voter turnout was 69.3%.[3]

Results

President


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Vinicio Cerezo	Guatemalan Christian Democracy	648,803	38.64	1,133,517	68.37
	Jorge Carpio Nicolle	National Centre Union	339,695	20.23	524,306	31.63
	Jorge Serrano Elías	PRG–PCDN	231,423	13.78
	Mario Sandoval Alarcón	MLN–PID	210,966	12.56
	Mario David García	Nationalist Authentic Centre	105,540	6.29
	Mario Solórzano Martínez	Democratic Social Party	57,368	3.42
	Alejandro Maldonado	National Renewal Party	52,949	3.15
	Lionel Sisniega Otero Barrios	PUA–MEC–FUN	32,256	1.92
Total			1,679,000	100.00	1,657,823	100.00

Valid votes			1,679,000	88.01	1,657,823	92.08
Invalid/blank votes			228,771	11.99	142,501	7.92
Total votes			1,907,771	100.00	1,800,324	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,753,572	69.28	2,753,572	65.38
Source: Nohlen, Rosón

Congress

Party	PR			District			Total seats
Party	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
Guatemalan Christian Democracy	648,803	38.6	11	575,785	34.6	40	51
National Centre Union	339,695	20.2	5	342,742	20.6	17	22
PDCN-PRG	231,423	13.8	4	225,246	13.5	7	11
MLN-PID	210,966	12.6	3	254,276	15.3	9	12
Nationalist Authentic Centre	105,540	6.3	1	104,374	6.3	0	1
Democratic Social Party	57,368	3.4	1	60,946	3.7	1	2
National Renewal Party	52,949	3.2	0	70,514	4.2	1	1
PUA-MEC-FUN	32,256	1.9	0	27,234	1.6	0	0
Democratic Civic Front	3,631	0.2	0	-	-	-	0
Invalid/blank votes	228,771	-	-	239,488	-	-	-
Total	1,907,771	100	25	1,904,236	100	75	100
Registered voters/turnout	2,753,272	69.2	–	2,753,272	69.2	–	–
Source: Nohlen

References

Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
Rockwell, Rick and Janus, Noreene (2001), "Stifling Dissent: the fallout from a Mexican media invasion of Central America, Journalism Studies, 2: 4, 497 — 512
Nohlen, p324

Bibliography

Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
Political handbook of the world 1978. New York, 1979.

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[N1-1] Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

[Rockwell-2] Rockwell, Rick and Janus, Noreene (2001), "Stifling Dissent: the fallout from a Mexican media invasion of Central America, Journalism Studies, 2: 4, 497 — 512

[3] Nohlen, p324

Elections and referendums in Guatemala
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Parliamentary elections	1873 1880 1923 1925 1926 1927 1929 1931 1935 1944 (Nov) 1944 (Dec) 1947 1948 1950 1953 1954 1955 1957 1958 1959 1961 1964 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1984 1985 1990 1994 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Local elections	1985 1990 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Referendums	1935 1994 1999 2018
See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America