1985 Guatemalan general election
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]
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Results
President
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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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 | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | 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
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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