1995 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]
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Results
President
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Álvaro Arzú | National Advancement Party | 565,393 | 36.5 | 671,354 | 51.2 |
| Alfonso Portillo Cabrera | Guatemalan Republican Front | 341,364 | 22.0 | 639,404 | 48.8 |
| Fernando Andrade Díaz-Duran | UCN-DCG-PSD | 200,393 | 12.9 | ||
| Jorge Luis González Del Valle | Democratic Front New Guatemala | 119,305 | 7.7 | ||
| Acisclo Valladares Molina | Progressive Liberating Party | 80,761 | 5.6 | ||
| José Luis Chea Urruela | Democratic Union | 56,191 | 3.6 | ||
| Luis Rolando Torres Casanova | Authentic Integral Development | 39,425 | 2.6 | ||
| Héctor Mario López Fuentes | National Liberation Movement | 35,675 | 2.3 | ||
| José Fernandez | Progressive Party | 25,219 | 1.63 | ||
| Hector Alejandro Gramajo Morales | FUN-PID | 18,060 | 1.17 | ||
| Miguel Angel Montepeque Contreras | Guatemalan Reformist Party | 17,471 | 1.13 | ||
| Monchis Godoy Gomez | National Historic Change | 11,344 | 0.73 | ||
| Juan Jose Rodil Peralta | People's Party | 8,140 | 0.53 | ||
| Ángel Aníbal Guevara | Guatemalan Democratic Party | 6,714 | 0.43 | ||
| Carlos Agusto Morales Villatoro | Popular Alliance 5 | 6,193 | 0.40 | ||
| Lionel Sisniega Otero Barrios | Nationalist Authentic Centre | 6,079 | 0.39 | ||
| Flor De Maria Alvarado Suarez De Solis | Popular Democratic Force | 5,885 | 0.38 | ||
| Mario Francisco Castejon Garcia Prendes | Destitute People's Movement | 3,119 | 0.20 | ||
| Carlos Alfonso Gonzalez Quezada | PCN-MPL | 2,133 | 0.14 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 188,169 | – | 58,070 | – | |
| Total | 1,737,033 | 100 | 1,368,828 | 100 | |
Congress
| Party | District | PR | Total seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
| National Advancement Party | 477,232 | 32.80 | 36 | 645,446 | 37.76 | 7 | 43 |
| Guatemalan Republican Front | 284,936 | 19.59 | 17 | 335,195 | 19.61 | 4 | 21 |
| Democratic Front New Guatemala | 120,368 | 8.27 | 4 | 163,600 | 9.57 | 2 | 6 |
| Guatemalan Christian Democracy | 78,932 | 5.43 | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| National Centre Union | 86,882 | 5.97 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Democratic Union | 61,979 | 4.26 | 1 | 68,663 | 4.02 | 1 | 2 |
| UCN-DCG-PSD | 30,415 | 2.09 | 0 | 188,488 | 11.03 | 2 | 2 |
| National Liberation Movement | 46,346 | 3.19 | 1 | 51,315 | 3.00 | 0 | 1 |
| Guatemalan Reformist Party | 26,741 | 1.84 | 0 | 25,366 | 1.48 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic Social Party | 6,579 | 0.45 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| Nationalist Authentic Centre | 4,937 | 0.34 | 0 | 10,028 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 |
| Progressive Party | 15,170 | 1.04 | 0 | 25,200 | 1.47 | 0 | 0 |
| Popular Democratic Front | 1,822 | 0.13 | 0 | 5,092 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 |
| Popular Alliance 5 | 6,914 | 0.48 | 0 | 9,647 | 0.56 | 0 | 0 |
| Destitute People's Movement | 2,510 | 0.17 | 0 | 3,737 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 |
| Progressive Liberating Party | 54,651 | 3.76 | 0 | 70,565 | 4.13 | 0 | 0 |
| FUN-PID | 12,368 | 0.85 | 0 | 11,798 | 0.69 | 0 | 0 |
| Authentic Integral Development | 48,703 | 3.35 | 0 | 48,778 | 2.85 | 0 | 0 |
| National Historic Change | 14,119 | 0.97 | 0 | 16,732 | 0.98 | 0 | 0 |
| Guatemalan Democratic Party | 14,074 | 0.97 | 0 | 11,458 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 |
| DCG-PSD | 20,548 | 1.41 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| People's Party | 8,461 | 0.58 | 0 | 11,672 | 0.68 | 0 | 0 |
| DCG-UCN | 14,254 | 0.98 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| Social Reformist Union | 3,635 | 0.25 | 0 | 3,402 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 |
| PCN-MPL | 1,897 | 0.13 | 0 | 2,102 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 |
| UD-PSD | 2,904 | 0.20 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| Guatemalan Labor Party | 1,744 | 0.12 | 0 | 896 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 |
| Patriotic Movement Liberty | 2,574 | 0.18 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| UCN-PSD | 2,281 | 0.16 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| Party of National Reconciliation | 860 | 0.06 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 211,492 | – | – | 261,212 | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,666,328 | 100 | 64 | 1,970,392 | 100 | 16 | 80 |
References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- 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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