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.
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Results
President
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Jorge Carpio Nicolle | National Centre Union | 399,777 | 25.7 | 438,990 | 31.9 |
| Jorge Serrano Elías | Movement of Action in Solidarity | 375,165 | 24.1 | 936,389 | 68.1 |
| Luis Alfonso Cabrera Hidalgo | Guatemalan Christian Democracy | 271,933 | 17.5 | ||
| Álvaro Arzú | National Advancement Party | 268,796 | 17.3 | ||
| Luis Ernesto Sosa Ávila | MLN-FAN | 74,825 | 4.8 | ||
| Rene Armando De León Schlotter | PSD-AP5 | 55,819 | 3.6 | ||
| José Ángel Lee Duarte | Revolutionary Party of Guatemala | 33,429 | 2.2 | ||
| Jose Ramon Fernández González | Democratic Party of National Cooperation | 32,325 | 2.1 | ||
| Manuel Benedicto Lucas García | Emerging Movement of Harmony | 16,894 | 1.1 | ||
| Fernando Antonio Leal Estevez | National Renewal Party | 11,052 | 0.7 | ||
| Leonel Hernández Cardona | United Front of the Revolution | 7,957 | 0.5 | ||
| Jorge Antonio Reyna Castillo | Democratic Party | 6,341 | 0.4 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 254,488 | – | 74,110 | – | |
| Total | 1,808,801 | 100 | 1,449,489 | 100 | |
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Congress
| Party | District | PR | Total seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
| National Centre Union | 357,528 | 22.28 | 33 | 399,679 | 25.72 | 8 | 41 |
| Guatemalan Christian Democracy | 276,072 | 17.21 | 21 | 271,842 | 17.49 | 6 | 27 |
| National Advancement Party | 233,559 | 14.56 | 7 | 268,776 | 17.29 | 5 | 12 |
| Movement of Action in Solidarity | 225,031 | 14.02 | 10 | 375,119 | 24.14 | 8 | 18 |
| FRG-PID-FUN | 201,401 | 12.55 | 12 | – | – | – | 12 |
| National Liberation Movement | 83,738 | 5.22 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| PSD-AP5 | 64,633 | 4.03 | 0 | 55,804 | 3.59 | 1 | 1 |
| Revolutionary Party | 50,547 | 3.15 | 1 | 33,417 | 2.15 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic Party of National Cooperation | 24,750 | 1.54 | 0 | 32,297 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 |
| National Renewal Party | 17,386 | 1.08 | 0 | 11,025 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 |
| United Front of the Revolution | 16,808 | 1.05 | 0 | 7,950 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic Party | 13,284 | 0.83 | 0 | 6,413 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 |
| PID-FUR-FRG | 11,923 | 0.74 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| Emerging Movement of Harmony | 10,759 | 0.67 | 0 | 16,915 | 1.09 | 0 | 0 |
| MLN-FAN | 4,381 | 0.27 | 0 | 74,994 | 4.83 | 1 | 1 |
| Organised Nationalist Union | 3,422 | 0.21 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| Popular Alliance 5 | 2,521 | 0.16 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| Democratic Social Party | 2,204 | 0.14 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| Guatemalan Republican Front | 1,875 | 0.12 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| National Progress Front | 1,684 | 0.10 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| Progressive Liberating Party | 590 | 0.04 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| FUN-PID | 447 | 0.03 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| PNR-MEC | 320 | 0.02 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 196,733 | – | – | 254,487 | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,801,596 | 56.21 | 87 | 1,808,718 | 56.44 | 29 | 116 |
References
- 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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