1993 Guatemalan presidential election

Indirect presidential elections were held in Guatemala on 5 June 1993. They were sparked by the 1993 Guatemalan constitutional crisis in which President Jorge Serrano Elías had attempted a self-coup. The result was a victory for Ramiro de León Carpio, who won unopposed in the second round of voting, whilst the army-backed Arturo Herbruger was elected vice-president.[1]

1993 Guatemalan presidential election

5 June 1993
 
Nominee Ramiro de León Carpio Arturo Herbruger
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Home state Guatemala City Guatemala City
Electoral vote 64
116
51
0
Percentage 55.17%
100%
43.96%
0%

President before election

Jorge Serrano Elías
MAS

Acting President

Ramiro de León Carpio
Nonpartisan

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Results

Candidate Party first round second round
Ramiro de León Carpio PAN-MAS-FRG-MLN 64 106
Arturo Herbruger Asturias DCG-UCN 51 retired
Mario Quiñónez Amézquita PAN retired retired
not vote 1 10
Total 116 116
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References

  1. Torres Rivas, Edelberto. 1996. “Guatemala: democratic governability.” Constructing democratic governance: Latin America and the Caribbean in the 1990s. 1996. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Part IV. Pp. 58.

Bibliography

  • Dosal, Paul J. Power in transition: the rise of Guatemala’s industrial oligarchy, 1871-1994. Westport: Praeger. 1995.
  • Fischer, Edward F. Cultural logics and global economies: Maya identity in thought and practice. Austin: University of Texas Press, Austin. 2001.
  • Keesing’s record of world events June 1993.
  • McCleary, Rachel M. Dictating democracy: Guatemala and the end of violent revolution. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. 1999.
  • Steigenga, Timothy J. The politics of the spirit: the political implications of pentecostalized religion in Costa Rica and Guatemala. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. 2001.
  • Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. Guatemala: FLACSO. 2004.
  • Warren, Kay B. Indigenous movements and their critics: Pan-Maya activism in Guatemala. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1998.
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