Guatemalan general election, 1995
General elections were held in Guatemala on 12 November 1995, with a second round of the presidentail 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]
Results
President
| Candidate |
Party |
First round |
Second round |
| 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 |
| 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 9780199283576
- ^ 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.