Guatemalan general election, 1985

Guatemalan general election, 1985
3 November 1985

 
Nominee Vinicio Cerezo Jorge Carpio
Party DCG UCN
Home state Guatemala City Guatemala City
Running mate Roberto Carpio Ramiro de León Carpio
States carried 21 1
Popular vote 1,133,517 542,306
Percentage 68.37% 31.63%
President before election

Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores

 President-elect

Vinicio Cerezo
DCG

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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]

Results

President

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Vinicio CerezoGuatemalan Christian Democracy648,80338.651,133,51768.37
Jorge Carpio NicolleNational Centre Union339,69520.23542,30631.63
Jorge Antonio Serrano ElíasPCDN-PRG231,42313,79
Mario Sandoval AlarcónMLN-PID210,96612,56
Mario David GarcíaNationalist Authentic Centre105,54006,28
Mario Solórzano MartínezDemocratic Social Party57,36803,42
Alejandro Maldonado AguirreNational Renewal Party52,94903,15
Lionel Sisniega Otero BarriosPUA-MEC-FUN32,25601,91
Invalid/blank votes228,771--
Total1,907,7711001,657,823100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party PR District Total seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Guatemalan Christian Democracy648,80338.611575,78534.64051
National Centre Union339,69520.25342,74220.61722
PDCN-PRG231,42313.84225,24613.5711
MLN-PID210,96612.63254,27615.3912
Nationalist Authentic Centre105,5406.31104,3746.301
Democratic Social Party57,3683.4160,9463.712
National Renewal Party52,9493.2070,5144.211
PUA-MEC-FUN32,2561.9027,2341.600
Democratic Civic Front3,6310.20---0
Invalid/blank votes228,771--239,488---
Total1,907,771100251,904,23610075100
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ↑ Rockwell, Rick and Janus, Noreene (2001), "Stifling Dissent: the fallout from a Mexican media invasion of Central America, Journalism Studies, 2: 4, 497 — 512
  3. ↑ 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 1978. New York, 1979.
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