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1995–96 Guatemalan presidential election
General elections were held in Guatemala on 12 November 1995, with a second round of the presidential 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 Running mate Party First round Second round Votes % Votes % Álvaro Arzú Luis Alberto Flores Asturias National Advancement Party 565,393 36.50 671,354 51.22 Alfonso Portillo Carlos Aníbal Méndez Cabrera Guatemalan Republican Front 341,364 22.04 639,404 48.78 Fernando Andrade Díaz-Durán Lizardo Arturo Sosa López UCN –DCG –200,393 12.94 Jorge Luis González del Valle Juan León Alvarado 119,305 7.70 Acisclo Valladares Molina Daniel Agustín González Estrada Progressive Liberating Party 80,761 5.21 José Luis Chea Urruela Oscar Rolando Chaclán Sapón Democratic Union 56,191 3.63 Luis Rolando Torres Casanova Oscar Lionel Figueredo Ara Authentic Integral Development 39,425 2.55 Héctor Mario López Fuentes Ulysses Charles Dent Weissenberg National Liberation Movement 35,675 2.30 José "Pepe" Fernández Arturo Eduardo Meyer Maldonado Progressive Party 25,219 1.63 Héctor Gramajo Marco Antonio Rojas de Yapan PID –18,060 1.17 Miguel Ángel Montepeque Contreras Oscar Rafael Prem Sáenz Guatemalan Reformist Party 17,471 1.13 Monchis Godoy Gómez Arturo Leopoldo Soto Echeverría National Historic Change 11,344 0.73 Juan José Rodil Peralta José Guillermo Echeverría Vielman People's Party 8,140 0.53 Ángel Aníbal Guevara José Arturo López Malumbre Guatemalan Democratic Party 6,714 0.43 Carlos Augusto Morales Villatoro Marco Antonio Villamar Contreras 6,193 0.40 Lionel Sisniega Otero Barrios Héctor Miguel Montenegro Camblor 6,079 0.39 Flor de María Alvarado Suárez de Solís Erik de Jesús Maldonado Arreaga Popular Democratic Force 5,885 0.38 Mario Francisco Castejón García Prendes Oscar Grotewold Solares Destitute People's Movement 3,119 0.20 Carlos Alfonso González Quezada Oscar Emilio Gordillo Díaz – 2,133 0.14 Total 1,548,864 100.00 1,310,758 100.00 Valid votes 1,548,864 89.17 1,310,758 95.76 Invalid/blank votes 188,169 10.83 58,070 4.24 Total votes 1,737,033 100.00 1,368,828 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 3,711,589 46.80 3,711,589 36.88 Source: Nohlen, Rosón , TSE
Congress [ ] Party National District Total Votes % Seats Votes % Seats National Advancement Party 645,446 37.76 7 477,232 32.80 36 43 Guatemalan Republican Front 335,195 19.61 4 284,936 19.59 17 21 UCN –DCG –188,488 11.03 2 30,415 2.09 0 2 163,600 9.57 2 120,368 8.27 4 6 70,565 4.13 0 54,651 3.76 0 0 Democratic Union 68,663 4.02 1 61,979 4.26 1 2 National Liberation Movement 51,315 3.00 0 46,346 3.19 1 1 Authentic Integral Development 48,778 2.85 0 48,703 3.35 0 0 Guatemalan Reformist Party 25,366 1.48 0 26,741 1.84 0 0 Progressive Party 25,200 1.47 0 15,170 1.04 0 0 National Historic Change 16,732 0.98 0 14,119 0.97 0 0 –PID 11,798 0.69 0 12,368 0.85 0 0 People's Party 11,672 0.68 0 8,461 0.58 0 0 Guatemalan Democratic Party 11,458 0.67 0 14,074 0.97 0 0 Nationalist Authentic Centre 10,028 0.59 0 4,937 0.34 0 0 Popular Alliance 5 9,647 0.56 0 6,914 0.48 0 0 Popular Democratic Front 5,092 0.30 0 1,822 0.13 0 0 Destitute People's Movement 3,737 0.22 0 2,510 0.17 0 0 Social Reformist Union 3,402 0.20 0 3,635 0.25 0 0 PCN–MPL 2,102 0.12 0 1,897 0.13 0 0 Guatemalan Party of Labour 896 0.05 0 1,744 0.12 0 0 National Centre Union 86,882 5.97 2 2 Guatemalan Christian Democracy 78,932 5.43 3 3 DCG –20,548 1.41 0 0 DCG –UCN 14,254 0.98 0 0 Democratic Social Party 6,579 0.45 0 0 UD –2,904 0.20 0 0 Patriotic Movement Liberty 2,574 0.18 0 0 UCN –2,281 0.16 0 0 Party of National Reconciliation 860 0.06 0 0 Total 1,709,180 100.00 16 1,454,836 100.00 64 80 Valid votes 1,709,180 86.74 1,454,836 87.31 Invalid/blank votes 261,212 13.26 211,492 12.69 Total votes 1,970,392 100.00 1,666,328 100.00
References [ ]
^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I , p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6 ^ 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.
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