Guatemalan general election, 1990

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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 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 11 November 1990 and 45.2% in the elections on 6 January 1991.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
Jorge Carpio	National Centre Union	399,777	25.7	438,990	31.9
Jorge 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
Party	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total 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 978-0-19-928357-6

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.

Elections and referendums in Guatemala

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See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America

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