1990–91 Guatemalan general election

General elections were held in Guatemala on 11 November 1990.[1] with a second round of the presidential election held on 6 January 1991. The presidential election resulted in a victory for Jorge Antonio Elías of the Movement of Action in Solidarity, whilst the National Centre Union won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 56.4% in the elections on 11 November 1990 and 45.2% in the elections on 6 January 1991.

1990–91 Guatemalan general election

11 November 1990 (first round) 6 January 1991 (second round)

Nominee Jorge Serrano Jorge Carpio Party MAS UCN Home state Guatemala City Guatemala City Running mate Gustavo Espina Manuel Ayau States carried 21 1 Popular vote 936,389 438,990 Percentage 68.1% 31.9%

President before election Vinicio Cerezo DCG President-elect Jorge Serrano Elías MAS

Results

President

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Jorge Carpio Nicolle	Manuel Francisco Ayau Cordón	National Centre Union	399,777	25.72	438,990	31.92
	Jorge Serrano Elías	Gustavo Espina	Movement of Action in Solidarity	375,165	24.14	936,389	68.08
	Luis Alfonso Cabrera Hidalgo	Marco Antonio Villamar Contreras	Guatemalan Christian Democracy	271,933	17.50
	Álvaro Arzú	Fraterno Vila Betoret	National Advancement Party	268,796	17.29
	Luis Ernesto Sosa Ávila	Luis David Arturo Eskenasy Cruz	MLN–FAN	74,825	4.81
	René Armando de León Schlotter	Aracely Mercedes Conde Aguilar de Paiz	PSD–AP5	55,819	3.59
	José Ángel Lee Duarte	Carlos Francisco Gallardo Flores	Revolutionary Party	33,429	2.15
	José Ramón Fernández González	José Adolfo Putzeys Pacheco	Democratic Party of National Cooperation	32,325	2.08
	Manuel Benedicto Lucas García	Héctor Antonio Guerra Pedroza	Emerging Movement of Harmony	16,894	1.09
	Fernando Antonio Leal Estévez	Kurt Martín Meyer Rodas	National Renewal Party	11,052	0.71
	Leonel Hernández Cardona	Raúl Horacio Montenegro Castellanos	United Front of the Revolution	7,957	0.51
	Jorge Antonio Reyna Castillo	Carlos Antonio Torres Herrera	Democratic Party	6,341	0.41
Total				1,554,313	100.00	1,375,379	100.00
Valid votes				1,554,313	85.93	1,375,379	94.89
Invalid/blank votes				254,488	14.07	74,110	5.11
Total votes				1,808,801	100.00	1,449,489	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				3,204,955	56.44	3,204,955	45.23
Source: Nohlen, Rosón

Congress

Party	District			PR			Total seats
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
National Centre Union	357,528	22.28	33	399,679	25.72	8	41
Guatemalan Christian Democracy	276,072	17.21	21	271,842	17.49	6	27
National Advancement Party	233,559	14.56	7	268,776	17.29	5	12
Movement of Action in Solidarity	225,031	14.02	10	375,119	24.14	8	18
FRG-PID-FUN	201,401	12.55	12	–	–	–	12
National Liberation Movement	83,738	5.22	3	–	–	–	3
PSD-AP5	64,633	4.03	0	55,804	3.59	1	1
Revolutionary Party	50,547	3.15	1	33,417	2.15	0	1
Democratic Party of National Cooperation	24,750	1.54	0	32,297	2.08	0	0
National Renewal Party	17,386	1.08	0	11,025	0.71	0	0
United Front of the Revolution	16,808	1.05	0	7,950	0.51	0	0
Democratic Party	13,284	0.83	0	6,413	0.41	0	0
PID-FUR-FRG	11,923	0.74	0	–	–	–	0
Emerging Movement of Harmony	10,759	0.67	0	16,915	1.09	0	0
MLN-FAN	4,381	0.27	0	74,994	4.83	1	1
Organised Nationalist Union	3,422	0.21	0	–	–	–	0
Popular Alliance 5	2,521	0.16	0	–	–	–	0
Democratic Social Party	2,204	0.14	0	–	–	–	0
Guatemalan Republican Front	1,875	0.12	0	–	–	–	0
National Progress Front	1,684	0.10	0	–	–	–	0
Progressive Liberating Party	590	0.04	0	–	–	–	0
FUN-PID	447	0.03	0	–	–	–	0
PNR-MEC	320	0.02	0	–	–	–	0
Invalid/blank votes	196,733	–	–	254,487	–	–	–
Total	1,801,596	56.21	87	1,808,718	56.44	29	116

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

Bibliography

• Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
• Political handbook of the world 1990. New York, 1991.