1999 Guatemalan general election

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1999 Guatemalan presidential election

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Nominee Alfonso Portillo Óscar Berger
Party PRI PAN
Home state Zacapa Guatemala City
Running mate Juan Francisco Reyes Arabella Castro
States carried 22 0
Popular vote 1,184,932 549,408
Percentage 68.32% 31.68%

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President before election

Álvaro Arzú
PAN

President-elect

Alfonso Portillo
PRI

General elections were held in Guatemala on 7 November 1999, with a second round of the presidential elections on 26 December.[1] Alfonso Portillo won the presidential elections, whilst his Guatemalan Republican Front also won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 53.8% on 7 November and 40.4% on 26 December.[2]

Media owner Remigio Ángel González gave more than $2.6 million and free airtime to Alfonso Portillo's campaign,[3] which led to some political analysts to claim that the free adverts helped Portillo win the election.[4] After becoming president, Portillo appointed Gonzalez's brother-in-law Luis Rabbé to the post of Minister of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing, a post which included responsibility for overseeing the broadcast media.[4] The presidential election also established a pattern for the next 16 years in which the runner-up of the previous contest then went on to win.

Results[]

President[]

CandidateRunning matePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Alfonso PortilloJuan Francisco ReyesGuatemalan Republican Front1,045,82047.721,184,93268.32
Óscar BergerArabella CastroNational Advancement Party664,41730.32549,40831.68
Álvaro ColomVitalino Similox SalazarURNGDIA270,89112.36
Acisclo Valladares MolínaJosé Guillermo Salazar Santizo67,9243.10
Juan Francisco Bianchi CastilloManolo Bendfeldt AlejosDemocratic Renewal Action Party45,4702.07
Ana Catalina Soberanis ReyesJuan León Alvarado28,1081.28
José Enrique Asturias RudekeRaquel BlandónUD25,2361.15
Danilo Julián Roca BarillasHugo Enrique Argueta FigueroaNational Centre Union22,9391.05
Carlos Humberto Pérez RodríguezRafael Serrano GramajoNational Liberation Movement13,0800.60
Emilio Eva SaldívarJulio Celso de León FloresDemocratic Action4,9290.22
Flor de María Alvarado Suárez de SolísCarlos Eduardo Arzu LimaNational Reconciling Alliance2,6980.12
Total2,191,512100.001,734,340100.00
Valid votes2,191,51291.421,734,34096.36
Invalid/blank votes205,7008.5865,5883.64
Total votes2,397,212100.001,799,928100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,458,74453.764,458,74440.37
Source: Nohlen

Congress[]

PartyNationalDistrictTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Guatemalan Republican Front891,42942.0911879,83941.365263
National Advancement Party570,10826.927589,55027.713037
New Nation Alliance (URNGDIA)233,87011.042231,97010.9079
Guatemalan Christian Democracy86,8394.10168,6093.2312
84,1973.98191,4844.3001
Democratic Renewal Action Party63,8243.01076,9943.6200
Democratic Front New Guatemala60,8212.87053,5442.5200
UD48,1842.28048,3982.2811
National Centre Union42,9212.03040,0691.8800
National Liberation Movement22,8571.08021,6561.0200
Democratic Action8,6440.4106,0740.2900
ARENA4,1780.2001,8680.0900
UCNDCG6,4800.3000
DCG–FDNG5,7920.2700
National Union3,2220.1500
MLNDCG1,8290.0900
Total2,117,872100.00222,127,378100.0091113
Valid votes2,117,87288.362,127,37888.80
Invalid/blank votes279,01111.64268,24911.20
Total votes2,396,883100.002,395,627100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,458,74453.764,458,74453.73
Source: Nohlen, Lehoucq

References[]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p324
  3. ^ Rockwell, Rick and Janus, Noreene (2001), "Stifling Dissent: the fallout from a Mexican media invasion of Central America, Journalism Studies, 2: 4, 497 — 512
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Domination of Latin airwaves has 'Ghost' scaring his critics Associated Press, 9 June 2002

Bibliography[]

  • Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
  • Political handbook of the world 1999. New York, 2000.
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