Guatemalan general election, 1985

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General elections were held in Guatemala on 3 November 1985,^[1] with a second round of the presidential elections taking place on 8 December. The presidential election resulted in a victory for Vinicio Cerezo, who had received $650,000 towards his campaign from media owner Remigio Ángel González.^[2] The Congressional elections resulted in a victory for Cerezo's Guatemalan Christian Democracy, which won 51 of the 100 seats. Voter turnout was 69.3%.^[3]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
Vinicio Cerezo	Guatemalan Christian Democracy	648,803	38.65	1,133,517	68.37
Jorge Carpio Nicolle	National Centre Union	339,695	20.23	542,306	31.63
Jorge Antonio Serrano Elías	PCDN-PRG	231,423	13,79
Mario Sandoval Alarcón	MLN-PID	210,966	12,56
Mario David García	Nationalist Authentic Centre	105,540	06,28
Mario Solórzano Martínez	Democratic Social Party	57,368	03,42
Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre	National Renewal Party	52,949	03,15
Lionel Sisniega Otero Barrios	PUA-MEC-FUN	32,256	01,91
Invalid/blank votes		228,771	-		-
Total		1,907,771	100	1,657,823	100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	PR			District			Total seats
Party	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
Guatemalan Christian Democracy	648,803	38.6	11	575,785	34.6	40	51
National Centre Union	339,695	20.2	5	342,742	20.6	17	22
PDCN-PRG	231,423	13.8	4	225,246	13.5	7	11
MLN-PID	210,966	12.6	3	254,276	15.3	9	12
Nationalist Authentic Centre	105,540	6.3	1	104,374	6.3	0	1
Democratic Social Party	57,368	3.4	1	60,946	3.7	1	2
National Renewal Party	52,949	3.2	0	70,514	4.2	1	1
PUA-MEC-FUN	32,256	1.9	0	27,234	1.6	0	0
Democratic Civic Front	3,631	0.2	0	-	-	-	0
Invalid/blank votes	228,771	-	-	239,488	-	-	-
Total	1,907,771	100	25	1,904,236	100	75	100
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Rockwell, Rick and Janus, Noreene (2001), "Stifling Dissent: the fallout from a Mexican media invasion of Central America, Journalism Studies, 2: 4, 497 — 512
↑ 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 1978. New York, 1979.

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