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1990â91 Guatemalan general election
Presidential 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 Serrano ElĂas of the
Solidarity Action Movement , 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.
Results
President
Candidate Running mate Party First round Second round Votes % Votes %
Jorge Carpio Nicolle
Manuel Francisco Ayau CordĂłn
National Centre Union 399,777 25.72 438,990 31.92
Jorge Serrano ElĂas
Gustavo Espina
Solidarity Action Movement 375,165 24.14 936,389 68.08 Luis Alfonso Cabrera Hidalgo Marco Antonio Villamar Contreras
Guatemalan Christian Democracy 271,933 17.50
Ălvaro ArzĂș Fraterno Vila Betoret
National Advancement Party 268,796 17.29 Luis Ernesto Sosa Ăvila Luis David Arturo Eskenasy Cruz
MLN â
FAN 74,825 4.81 René Armando de León Schlotter Aracely Mercedes Conde Aguilar de Paiz
PSD â
AP5 55,819 3.59 JosĂ© Ăngel Lee Duarte Carlos Francisco Gallardo Flores
Revolutionary Party 33,429 2.15 JosĂ© RamĂłn FernĂĄndez GonzĂĄlez JosĂ© Adolfo Putzeys Pacheco Democratic Party of National Cooperation 32,325 2.08 Manuel Benedicto Lucas GarcĂa HĂ©ctor Antonio Guerra Pedroza Emerging Movement of Harmony 16,894 1.09 Fernando Antonio Leal EstĂ©vez Kurt MartĂn Meyer Rodas
National Renewal Party 11,052 0.71 Leonel HernĂĄndez Cardona RaĂșl Horacio Montenegro Castellanos United Front of the Revolution 7,957 0.51 Jorge Antonio Reyna Castillo Carlos Antonio Torres Herrera Democratic Party 6,341 0.41 Total 1,554,313 100.00 1,375,379 100.00 Valid votes 1,554,313 85.93 1,375,379 94.89 Invalid/blank votes 254,488 14.07 74,110 5.11 Total votes 1,808,801 100.00 1,449,489 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 3,204,955 56.44 3,204,955 45.23 Source: Nohlen,
RosĂłn
Congress
Party National District Total seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
National Centre Union 399,679 25.72 8 357,528 22.28 33 41
Solidarity Action Movement 375,119 24.14 8 225,031 14.02 10 18
Guatemalan Christian Democracy 271,842 17.49 6 276,072 17.20 21 27
National Advancement Party 268,776 17.29 5 233,559 14.55 7 12
MLN â
FAN 74,994 4.83 1 4,381 0.27 0 1
PSD â
AP5 55,804 3.59 1 64,633 4.03 0 1
Revolutionary Party 33,417 2.15 0 50,547 3.15 1 1 Democratic Party of National Cooperation 32,297 2.08 0 24,750 1.54 0 0 Emerging Movement of Harmony 16,915 1.09 0 10,759 0.67 0 0
National Renewal Party 11,025 0.71 0 17,386 1.08 0 0 United Front of the Revolution 7,950 0.51 0 16,808 1.05 0 0 Democratic Party 6,413 0.41 0 13,284 0.83 0 0
FRG â
PID â
FUN 201,401 12.55 12 12
National Liberation Movement 83,738 5.22 3 3
PID â
FUR â
FRG 11,923 0.74 0 0 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 â
PID 447 0.03 0 0 PNRâMEC 320 0.02 0 0 Total 1,554,231 100.00 29 1,604,863 100.00 87 116 Valid votes 1,554,231 85.93 1,604,863 89.08 Invalid/blank votes 254,487 14.07 196,733 10.92 Total votes 1,808,718 100.00 1,801,596 100.00
References
Bibliography
VillagrĂĄn Kramer, Francisco. BiografĂa polĂtica de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
Political handbook of the world 1990. New York, 1991.