1995–96 Guatemalan general election

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]

1995–96 Guatemalan presidential election

12 November 1995 (first round)
7 January 1996 (second round)
 
Nominee Álvaro Arzú Alfonso Portillo
Party PAN FRG
Home state Guatemala City Zacapa
Running mate Alberto Flores Asturias Carlos Méndez
States carried 4 18
Popular vote 671,354 639,404
Percentage 51.2% 48.8%

President before election

Ramiro de León Carpio
Independent

President-elect

Álvaro Arzú
PAN

Results

President

CandidateRunning matePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Álvaro ArzúLuis Alberto Flores AsturiasNational Advancement Party565,39336.50671,35451.22
Alfonso PortilloCarlos Aníbal Méndez CabreraGuatemalan Republican Front341,36422.04639,40448.78
Fernando Andrade Díaz-DuránLizardo Arturo Sosa LópezUCNDCGPSD200,39312.94
Jorge Luis González del ValleJuan León AlvaradoDemocratic Front New Guatemala119,3057.70
Acisclo Valladares MolinaDaniel Agustín González EstradaProgressive Liberating Party80,7615.21
José Luis Chea UrruelaOscar Rolando Chaclán SapónDemocratic Union56,1913.63
Luis Rolando Torres CasanovaOscar Lionel Figueredo AraAuthentic Integral Development39,4252.55
Héctor Mario López FuentesUlysses Charles Dent WeissenbergNational Liberation Movement35,6752.30
José "Pepe" FernándezArturo Eduardo Meyer MaldonadoProgressive Party25,2191.63
Héctor GramajoMarco Antonio Rojas de YapanPIDFUN18,0601.17
Miguel Ángel Montepeque ContrerasOscar Rafael Prem SáenzGuatemalan Reformist Party17,4711.13
Monchis Godoy GómezArturo Leopoldo Soto EcheverríaNational Historic Change11,3440.73
Juan José Rodil PeraltaJosé Guillermo Echeverría VielmanPeople's Party8,1400.53
Ángel Aníbal GuevaraJosé Arturo López MalumbreGuatemalan Democratic Party6,7140.43
Carlos Augusto Morales VillatoroMarco Antonio Villamar ContrerasPopular Alliance 56,1930.40
Lionel Sisniega Otero BarriosHéctor Miguel Montenegro CamblorNationalist Authentic Centre6,0790.39
Flor de María Alvarado Suárez de SolísErik de Jesús Maldonado ArreagaPopular Democratic Force5,8850.38
Mario Francisco Castejón García PrendesOscar Grotewold SolaresDestitute People's Movement3,1190.20
Carlos Alfonso González QuezadaOscar Emilio Gordillo DíazPCNMPL2,1330.14
Total1,548,864100.001,310,758100.00
Valid votes1,548,86489.171,310,75895.76
Invalid/blank votes188,16910.8358,0704.24
Total votes1,737,033100.001,368,828100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,711,58946.803,711,58936.88
Source: Nohlen, Rosón, TSE

Congress

Party District PR Total seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
National Advancement Party477,23232.8036645,44637.76743
Guatemalan Republican Front284,93619.5917335,19519.61421
Democratic Front New Guatemala120,3688.274163,6009.5726
Guatemalan Christian Democracy78,9325.4333
National Centre Union86,8825.9722
Democratic Union61,9794.26168,6634.0212
UCN-DCG-PSD30,4152.090188,48811.0322
National Liberation Movement46,3463.19151,3153.0001
Guatemalan Reformist Party26,7411.84025,3661.4800
Democratic Social Party6,5790.4500
Nationalist Authentic Centre4,9370.34010,0280.5900
Progressive Party15,1701.04025,2001.4700
Popular Democratic Front1,8220.1305,0920.3000
Popular Alliance 56,9140.4809,6470.5600
Destitute People's Movement2,5100.1703,7370.2200
Progressive Liberating Party54,6513.76070,5654.1300
FUN-PID12,3680.85011,7980.6900
Authentic Integral Development48,7033.35048,7782.8500
National Historic Change14,1190.97016,7320.9800
Guatemalan Democratic Party14,0740.97011,4580.6700
DCG-PSD20,5481.4100
People's Party8,4610.58011,6720.6800
DCG-UCN14,2540.9800
Social Reformist Union3,6350.2503,4020.2000
PCN-MPL1,8970.1302,1020.1200
UD-PSD2,9040.2000
Guatemalan Labor Party1,7440.1208960.0500
Patriotic Movement Liberty2,5740.1800
UCN-PSD2,2810.1600
Party of National Reconciliation8600.0600
Invalid/blank votes211,492261,212
Total1,666,328100641,970,3921001680

References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. 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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