Guatemalan general election, 1990
General elections were held in Guatemala on 16 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 Serrano 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 16 November and 45.2% in the elections in January.
Results
President
| Candidate |
Party |
First round |
Second round |
| Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
| Jorge Carpio Nicolle |
National Centre Union |
399,777 |
25.7 |
438,990 |
31.9 |
| Jorge Antonio 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 Dávila |
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 |
| Source: Nohlen |
Congress
| Party |
District |
PR |
Total seats |
| 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 9780199283576
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.