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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 |
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| Votes | % | Votes | % |
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| 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 Velásquez | 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 |
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| Valid votes | 1,679,000 | 88.01 | 1,657,823 | 92.08 |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 228,771 | 11.99 | 142,501 | 7.92 |
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| Total votes | 1,907,771 | 100.00 | 1,800,324 | 100.00 |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 2,753,572 | 69.28 | 2,753,572 | 65.38 |
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| Source: Nohlen, Rosón |
Congress
| Party | National | District | Total
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats |
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| 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 |
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| Valid votes | 1,679,000 | 88.01 | | 1,664,748 | 87.42 | | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 228,771 | 11.99 | | 239,488 | 12.58 | | |
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| Total votes | 1,907,771 | 100.00 | | 1,904,236 | 100.00 | | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 2,753,272 | 69.29 | | 2,753,272 | 69.16 | | |
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| 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.