Guatemalan general election, 1995

Guatemalan presidential election, 1995-96

12 November 1995 & 7 January 1996

Nominee Álvaro Arzú Alfonso Portillo Party PAN FRG Popular vote 671,354 639,404 Percentage 51.2% 48.8%

President before election Ramiro de León Carpio Independent President-elect Álvaro Arzú PAN

General elections were held in Guatemala on 12 November 1995, with a second round of the presidential elections held on 7 January 1996. 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.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Álvaro Arzú	National Advancement Party	565,393	36.5	671,354	51.2
Alfonso Portillo Cabrera	Guatemalan Republican Front	341,364	22.0	639,404	48.8
Fernando Andrade Díaz-Duran	UCN-DCG-PSD	200,393	12.9
Jorge Luis González Del Valle	Democratic Front New Guatemala	119,305	7.7
Acisclo Valladares Molina	Progressive Liberating Party	80,761	5.6
José Luis Chea Urruela	Democratic Union	56,191	3.6
Luis Rolando Torres Casanova	Authentic Integral Development	39,425	2.6
Héctor Mario López Fuentes	National Liberation Movement	35,675	2.3
José Fernandez	Progressive Party	25,219	1.63
Hector Alejandro Gramajo Morales	FUN-PID	18,060	1.17
Miguel Angel Montepeque Contreras	Guatemalan Reformist Party	17,471	1.13
Monchis Godoy Gomez	National Historic Change	11,344	0.73
Juan Jose Rodil Peralta	People's Party	8,140	0.53
Ángel Aníbal Guevara	Guatemalan Democratic Party	6,714	0.43
Carlos Agusto Morales Villatoro	Popular Alliance 5	6,193	0.40
Lionel Sisniega Otero Barrios	Nationalist Authentic Centre	6,079	0.39
Flor De Maria Alvarado Suarez De Solis	Popular Democratic Force	5,885	0.38
Mario Francisco Castejon Garcia Prendes	Destitute People's Movement	3,119	0.20
Carlos Alfonso Gonzalez Quezada	PCN-MPL	2,133	0.14
Invalid/blank votes		188,169	–	58,070	–
Total		1,737,033	100	1,368,828	100

Congress

Party	District			PR			Total seats
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
National Advancement Party	477,232	32.80	36	645,446	37.76	7	43
Guatemalan Republican Front	284,936	19.59	17	335,195	19.61	4	21
Democratic Front New Guatemala	120,368	8.27	4	163,600	9.57	2	6
Guatemalan Christian Democracy	78,932	5.43	3	–	–	–	3
National Centre Union	86,882	5.97	2	–	–	–	2
Democratic Union	61,979	4.26	1	68,663	4.02	1	2
UCN-DCG-PSD	30,415	2.09	0	188,488	11.03	2	2
National Liberation Movement	46,346	3.19	1	51,315	3.00	0	1
Guatemalan Reformist Party	26,741	1.84	0	25,366	1.48	0	0
Democratic Social Party	6,579	0.45	0	–	–	–	0
Nationalist Authentic Centre	4,937	0.34	0	10,028	0.59	0	0
Progressive Party	15,170	1.04	0	25,200	1.47	0	0
Popular Democratic Front	1,822	0.13	0	5,092	0.30	0	0
Popular Alliance 5	6,914	0.48	0	9,647	0.56	0	0
Destitute People's Movement	2,510	0.17	0	3,737	0.22	0	0
Progressive Liberating Party	54,651	3.76	0	70,565	4.13	0	0
FUN-PID	12,368	0.85	0	11,798	0.69	0	0
Authentic Integral Development	48,703	3.35	0	48,778	2.85	0	0
National Historic Change	14,119	0.97	0	16,732	0.98	0	0
Guatemalan Democratic Party	14,074	0.97	0	11,458	0.67	0	0
DCG-PSD	20,548	1.41	0	–	–	–	0
People's Party	8,461	0.58	0	11,672	0.68	0	0
DCG-UCN	14,254	0.98	0	–	–	–	0
Social Reformist Union	3,635	0.25	0	3,402	0.20	0	0
PCN-MPL	1,897	0.13	0	2,102	0.12	0	0
UD-PSD	2,904	0.20	0	–	–	–	0
Guatemalan Labor Party	1,744	0.12	0	896	0.05	0	0
Patriotic Movement Liberty	2,574	0.18	0	–	–	–	0
UCN-PSD	2,281	0.16	0	–	–	–	0
Party of National Reconciliation	860	0.06	0	–	–	–	0
Invalid/blank votes	211,492	–	–	261,212	–	–	–
Total	1,666,328	100	64	1,970,392	100	16	80

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.