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1985 Guatemalan general election
Presidential election
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 38.64 1,133,517 68.37
Jorge Carpio Nicolle
National Centre Union 339,695 20.23 524,306 31.63
Jorge Serrano Elías
PRG –
PCDN 231,423 13.78
Mario Sandoval Alarcón
MLN –
PID 210,966 12.56 Mario David García
Nationalist Authentic Centre 105,540 6.29 Mario Solórzano Martínez
Democratic Social Party 57,368 3.42
Alejandro Maldonado
National Renewal Party 52,949 3.15 Lionel Sisniega Otero Barrios
PUA –MEC–FUN 32,256 1.92 Total 1,679,000 100.00 1,657,823 100.00 Valid votes 1,679,000 88.01 1,657,823 92.08 Invalid/blank votes 228,771 11.99 142,501 7.92 Total votes 1,907,771 100.00 1,800,324 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,753,572 69.28 2,753,572 65.38 Source: Nohlen,
Rosón
Congress
Party National District Total seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Guatemalan Christian Democracy 648,803 38.64 11 575,785 34.59 40 51
National Centre Union 339,695 20.23 5 342,742 20.59 17 22
PDCN –
PRG 231,423 13.78 4 225,246 13.53 7 11
MLN –
PID 210,966 12.56 3 254,276 15.27 9 12
Nationalist Authentic Centre 105,540 6.29 1 104,374 6.27 0 1
Democratic Social Party 57,368 3.42 1 60,946 3.66 1 2
National Renewal Party 52,949 3.15 0 70,514 4.24 1 1
PUA –
MEC –
FUN 32,256 1.92 0 27,234 1.64 0 0 Democratic Civic Front 3,631 0.22 0 0 Total 1,679,000 100.00 25 1,664,748 100.00 75 100 Valid votes 1,679,000 88.01 1,664,748 87.42 Invalid/blank votes 228,771 11.99 239,488 12.58 Total votes 1,907,771 100.00 1,904,236 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,753,272 69.29 2,753,272 69.16 Source: Nohlen
References
^
Dieter Nohlen (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.