1995–96 Guatemalan general election

1995–96 Guatemalan presidential election
	12 November 1995 (first round); 7 January 1996 (second round)
	12 November 1995 (first round); 7 January 1996 (second round)
President before election; Ramiro de León Carpio; Independent	President-elect ; Álvaro Arzú; PAN

General elections were held in Guatemala on 12 November 1995, with a second round of the presidential elections held on 7 January 1996.[1] Álvaro Arzú of the National Advancement Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 46.8% on 12 November and 36.9% on 7 January.[2]

Results

President


Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Álvaro Arzú	Luis Alberto Flores Asturias	National Advancement Party	565,393	36.50	671,354	51.22
	Alfonso Portillo	Carlos Aníbal Méndez Cabrera	Guatemalan Republican Front	341,364	22.04	639,404	48.78
	Fernando Andrade Díaz-Durán	Lizardo Arturo Sosa López	UCN–DCG–PSD	200,393	12.94
	Jorge Luis González del Valle	Juan León Alvarado	Democratic Front New Guatemala	119,305	7.70
	Acisclo Valladares Molina	Daniel Agustín González Estrada	Progressive Liberating Party	80,761	5.21
	José Luis Chea Urruela	Oscar Rolando Chaclán Sapón	Democratic Union	56,191	3.63
	Luis Rolando Torres Casanova	Oscar Lionel Figueredo Ara	Authentic Integral Development	39,425	2.55
	Héctor Mario López Fuentes	Ulysses Charles Dent Weissenberg	National Liberation Movement	35,675	2.30
	José "Pepe" Fernández	Arturo Eduardo Meyer Maldonado	Progressive Party	25,219	1.63
	Héctor Gramajo	Marco Antonio Rojas de Yapan	PID–FUN	18,060	1.17
	Miguel Ángel Montepeque Contreras	Oscar Rafael Prem Sáenz	Guatemalan Reformist Party	17,471	1.13
	Monchis Godoy Gómez	Arturo Leopoldo Soto Echeverría	National Historic Change	11,344	0.73
	Juan José Rodil Peralta	José Guillermo Echeverría Vielman	People's Party	8,140	0.53
	Ángel Aníbal Guevara	José Arturo López Malumbre	Guatemalan Democratic Party	6,714	0.43
	Carlos Augusto Morales Villatoro	Marco Antonio Villamar Contreras	Popular Alliance 5	6,193	0.40
	Lionel Sisniega Otero Barrios	Héctor Miguel Montenegro Camblor	Nationalist Authentic Centre	6,079	0.39
	Flor de María Alvarado Suárez de Solís	Erik de Jesús Maldonado Arreaga	Popular Democratic Force	5,885	0.38
	Mario Francisco Castejón García Prendes	Oscar Grotewold Solares	Destitute People's Movement	3,119	0.20
	Carlos Alfonso González Quezada	Oscar Emilio Gordillo Díaz	PCN–MPL	2,133	0.14
Total				1,548,864	100.00	1,310,758	100.00

Valid votes				1,548,864	89.17	1,310,758	95.76
Invalid/blank votes				188,169	10.83	58,070	4.24
Total votes				1,737,033	100.00	1,368,828	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				3,711,589	46.80	3,711,589	36.88
Source: Nohlen, Rosón, TSE

Congress

Party	District			PR			Total seats
Party	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
National Advancement Party	477,232	32.80	36	645,446	37.76	7	43
Guatemalan Republican Front	284,936	19.59	17	335,195	19.61	4	21
Democratic Front New Guatemala	120,368	8.27	4	163,600	9.57	2	6
Guatemalan Christian Democracy	78,932	5.43	3	–	–	–	3
National Centre Union	86,882	5.97	2	–	–	–	2
Democratic Union	61,979	4.26	1	68,663	4.02	1	2
UCN-DCG-PSD	30,415	2.09	0	188,488	11.03	2	2
National Liberation Movement	46,346	3.19	1	51,315	3.00	0	1
Guatemalan Reformist Party	26,741	1.84	0	25,366	1.48	0	0
Democratic Social Party	6,579	0.45	0	–	–	–	0
Nationalist Authentic Centre	4,937	0.34	0	10,028	0.59	0	0
Progressive Party	15,170	1.04	0	25,200	1.47	0	0
Popular Democratic Front	1,822	0.13	0	5,092	0.30	0	0
Popular Alliance 5	6,914	0.48	0	9,647	0.56	0	0
Destitute People's Movement	2,510	0.17	0	3,737	0.22	0	0
Progressive Liberating Party	54,651	3.76	0	70,565	4.13	0	0
FUN-PID	12,368	0.85	0	11,798	0.69	0	0
Authentic Integral Development	48,703	3.35	0	48,778	2.85	0	0
National Historic Change	14,119	0.97	0	16,732	0.98	0	0
Guatemalan Democratic Party	14,074	0.97	0	11,458	0.67	0	0
DCG-PSD	20,548	1.41	0	–	–	–	0
People's Party	8,461	0.58	0	11,672	0.68	0	0
DCG-UCN	14,254	0.98	0	–	–	–	0
Social Reformist Union	3,635	0.25	0	3,402	0.20	0	0
PCN-MPL	1,897	0.13	0	2,102	0.12	0	0
UD-PSD	2,904	0.20	0	–	–	–	0
Guatemalan Labor Party	1,744	0.12	0	896	0.05	0	0
Patriotic Movement Liberty	2,574	0.18	0	–	–	–	0
UCN-PSD	2,281	0.16	0	–	–	–	0
Party of National Reconciliation	860	0.06	0	–	–	–	0
Invalid/blank votes	211,492	–	–	261,212	–	–	–
Total	1,666,328	100	64	1,970,392	100	16	80

References

Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
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 1995. New York, 1996.

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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

[2] Nohlen, p324

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See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America