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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
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Alfonso Portillo | Guatemalan Republican Front | 1,045,820 | 47.72 | 1,184,932 | 68.32 | |
| Óscar Berger | National Advancement Party | 664,417 | 30.32 | 549,408 | 31.68 | |
| Álvaro Colom | URNG– DIA | 270,891 | 12.36 | |||
| Acisclo Valladares Molína | Progressive Liberating Party | 67,924 | 3.10 | |||
| Juan Francisco Bianchi Castillo | Democratic Renewal Action Party | 45,470 | 2.07 | |||
| Ana Catalina Soberanis Reyes | Democratic Front New Guatemala | 28,108 | 1.28 | |||
| José Enrique Asturias Rudeke | LOV– UD | 25,236 | 1.15 | |||
| Danilo Julián Roca Barillas | National Centre Union | 22,939 | 1.05 | |||
| Carlos Humberto Pérez Rodríguez | National Liberation Movement | 13,080 | 0.60 | |||
| Emilio Eva Saldívar | Democratic Action | 4,929 | 0.22 | |||
| Flor de María Alvarado Suárez de Solís | National Reconciling Alliance | 2,698 | 0.12 | |||
| Total | 2,191,512 | 100.00 | 1,734,340 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 2,191,512 | 91.42 | 1,734,340 | 96.36 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 205,700 | 8.58 | 65,588 | 3.64 | ||
| Total votes | 2,397,212 | 100.00 | 1,799,928 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,458,744 | 53.76 | 4,458,744 | 40.37 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||
Congress
| Party | National | District | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Guatemalan Republican Front | 891,429 | 42.09 | 11 | 879,839 | 41.36 | 52 | 63 | |
| National Advancement Party | 570,108 | 26.92 | 7 | 589,550 | 27.71 | 30 | 37 | |
| New Nation Alliance ( URNG– DIA) | 233,870 | 11.04 | 2 | 231,970 | 10.90 | 7 | 9 | |
| Guatemalan Christian Democracy | 86,839 | 4.10 | 1 | 68,609 | 3.23 | 1 | 2 | |
| Progressive Liberating Party | 84,197 | 3.98 | 1 | 91,484 | 4.30 | 0 | 1 | |
| Democratic Renewal Action Party | 63,824 | 3.01 | 0 | 76,994 | 3.62 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democratic Front New Guatemala | 60,821 | 2.87 | 0 | 53,544 | 2.52 | 0 | 0 | |
| LOV– UD | 48,184 | 2.28 | 0 | 48,398 | 2.28 | 1 | 1 | |
| National Centre Union | 42,921 | 2.03 | 0 | 40,069 | 1.88 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Liberation Movement | 22,857 | 1.08 | 0 | 21,656 | 1.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democratic Action | 8,644 | 0.41 | 0 | 6,074 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Reconciliation Alliance | 4,178 | 0.20 | 0 | 1,868 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
| UCN– DCG | 6,480 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| DCG–FDNG | 5,792 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| National Union | 3,222 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| MLN– DCG | 1,829 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2,117,872 | 100.00 | 22 | 2,127,378 | 100.00 | 91 | 113 | |
| Valid votes | 2,117,872 | 88.36 | 2,127,378 | 88.80 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 279,011 | 11.64 | 268,249 | 11.20 | ||||
| Total votes | 2,396,883 | 100.00 | 2,395,627 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,458,744 | 53.76 | 4,458,744 | 53.73 | ||||
| Source: Nohlen, Lehoucq | ||||||||
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p324
- ^ Rockwell, Rick and Janus, Noreene (2001), "Stifling Dissent: the fallout from a Mexican media invasion of Central America, Journalism Studies, 2: 4, 497 — 512
- ^ 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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| Politics of Guatemala |
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Guatemala portal |
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
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Alfonso Portillo | Guatemalan Republican Front | 1,045,820 | 47.72 | 1,184,932 | 68.32 | |
| Óscar Berger | National Advancement Party | 664,417 | 30.32 | 549,408 | 31.68 | |
| Álvaro Colom | URNG– DIA | 270,891 | 12.36 | |||
| Acisclo Valladares Molína | Progressive Liberating Party | 67,924 | 3.10 | |||
| Juan Francisco Bianchi Castillo | Democratic Renewal Action Party | 45,470 | 2.07 | |||
| Ana Catalina Soberanis Reyes | Democratic Front New Guatemala | 28,108 | 1.28 | |||
| José Enrique Asturias Rudeke | LOV– UD | 25,236 | 1.15 | |||
| Danilo Julián Roca Barillas | National Centre Union | 22,939 | 1.05 | |||
| Carlos Humberto Pérez Rodríguez | National Liberation Movement | 13,080 | 0.60 | |||
| Emilio Eva Saldívar | Democratic Action | 4,929 | 0.22 | |||
| Flor de María Alvarado Suárez de Solís | National Reconciling Alliance | 2,698 | 0.12 | |||
| Total | 2,191,512 | 100.00 | 1,734,340 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 2,191,512 | 91.42 | 1,734,340 | 96.36 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 205,700 | 8.58 | 65,588 | 3.64 | ||
| Total votes | 2,397,212 | 100.00 | 1,799,928 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,458,744 | 53.76 | 4,458,744 | 40.37 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||
Congress
| Party | National | District | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Guatemalan Republican Front | 891,429 | 42.09 | 11 | 879,839 | 41.36 | 52 | 63 | |
| National Advancement Party | 570,108 | 26.92 | 7 | 589,550 | 27.71 | 30 | 37 | |
| New Nation Alliance ( URNG– DIA) | 233,870 | 11.04 | 2 | 231,970 | 10.90 | 7 | 9 | |
| Guatemalan Christian Democracy | 86,839 | 4.10 | 1 | 68,609 | 3.23 | 1 | 2 | |
| Progressive Liberating Party | 84,197 | 3.98 | 1 | 91,484 | 4.30 | 0 | 1 | |
| Democratic Renewal Action Party | 63,824 | 3.01 | 0 | 76,994 | 3.62 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democratic Front New Guatemala | 60,821 | 2.87 | 0 | 53,544 | 2.52 | 0 | 0 | |
| LOV– UD | 48,184 | 2.28 | 0 | 48,398 | 2.28 | 1 | 1 | |
| National Centre Union | 42,921 | 2.03 | 0 | 40,069 | 1.88 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Liberation Movement | 22,857 | 1.08 | 0 | 21,656 | 1.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democratic Action | 8,644 | 0.41 | 0 | 6,074 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Reconciliation Alliance | 4,178 | 0.20 | 0 | 1,868 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
| UCN– DCG | 6,480 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| DCG–FDNG | 5,792 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| National Union | 3,222 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| MLN– DCG | 1,829 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2,117,872 | 100.00 | 22 | 2,127,378 | 100.00 | 91 | 113 | |
| Valid votes | 2,117,872 | 88.36 | 2,127,378 | 88.80 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 279,011 | 11.64 | 268,249 | 11.20 | ||||
| Total votes | 2,396,883 | 100.00 | 2,395,627 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,458,744 | 53.76 | 4,458,744 | 53.73 | ||||
| Source: Nohlen, Lehoucq | ||||||||
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p324
- ^ Rockwell, Rick and Janus, Noreene (2001), "Stifling Dissent: the fallout from a Mexican media invasion of Central America, Journalism Studies, 2: 4, 497 — 512
- ^ 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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| Local elections | |
| Referendums | |