Guatemalan general election, 1985
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 |
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 |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
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.