1990 Guatemalan general election

General elections were held in Guatemala on 11 November 1990.[1] with a second round of the presidential election held on 6 January 1991. The presidential election resulted in a victory for Jorge Antonio Elías of the Movement of Action in Solidarity, whilst the National Centre Union won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 56.4% in the elections on 11 November 1990 and 45.2% in the elections on 6 January 1991.

1990 Guatemalan general election

11 November 1990
 
Nominee Jorge Serrano Jorge Carpio
Party MAS UCN
Home state Guatemala City Guatemala City
Running mate Gustavo Espina Manuel Ayau
States carried 21 1
Popular vote 936,389 438,990
Percentage 68.1% 31.9%

President before election

Vinicio Cerezo
DCG

President-elect

Jorge Serrano Elías
MAS

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Results

President

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Jorge Carpio NicolleNational Centre Union399,77725.7438,99031.9
Jorge Serrano ElíasMovement of Action in Solidarity375,16524.1936,38968.1
Luis Alfonso Cabrera HidalgoGuatemalan Christian Democracy271,93317.5
Álvaro ArzúNational Advancement Party268,79617.3
Luis Ernesto Sosa ÁvilaMLN-FAN74,8254.8
Rene Armando De León SchlotterPSD-AP555,8193.6
José Ángel Lee DuarteRevolutionary Party of Guatemala33,4292.2
Jose Ramon Fernández GonzálezDemocratic Party of National Cooperation32,3252.1
Manuel Benedicto Lucas GarcíaEmerging Movement of Harmony16,8941.1
Fernando Antonio Leal EstevezNational Renewal Party11,0520.7
Leonel Hernández CardonaUnited Front of the Revolution7,9570.5
Jorge Antonio Reyna CastilloDemocratic Party6,3410.4
Invalid/blank votes254,48874,110
Total1,808,8011001,449,489100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party District PR Total seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
National Centre Union357,52822.2833399,67925.72841
Guatemalan Christian Democracy276,07217.2121271,84217.49627
National Advancement Party233,55914.567268,77617.29512
Movement of Action in Solidarity225,03114.0210375,11924.14818
FRG-PID-FUN201,40112.551212
National Liberation Movement83,7385.2233
PSD-AP564,6334.03055,8043.5911
Revolutionary Party50,5473.15133,4172.1501
Democratic Party of National Cooperation24,7501.54032,2972.0800
National Renewal Party17,3861.08011,0250.7100
United Front of the Revolution16,8081.0507,9500.5100
Democratic Party13,2840.8306,4130.4100
PID-FUR-FRG11,9230.7400
Emerging Movement of Harmony10,7590.67016,9151.0900
MLN-FAN4,3810.27074,9944.8311
Organised Nationalist Union3,4220.2100
Popular Alliance 52,5210.1600
Democratic Social Party2,2040.1400
Guatemalan Republican Front1,8750.1200
National Progress Front1,6840.1000
Progressive Liberating Party5900.0400
FUN-PID4470.0300
PNR-MEC3200.0200
Invalid/blank votes196,733254,487
Total1,801,59656.21871,808,71856.4429116
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References

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

Bibliography

  • Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
  • Political handbook of the world 1990. New York, 1991.
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