General elections were held in

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on 16 June 2019, to elect the president, Congress and local councils. A second round of the presidential elections was held on 11 August 2019, since no candidate won a majority in the first round. Alejandro Giammattei won the election in the second round of voting. Incumbent President Jimmy Morales was constitutionally barred from running for a second four-year term.

Electoral system

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, with the remaining 31 elected from a single nationwide constituency. Seats are elected using

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proportional representation, with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method.Congress of the Republic
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Candidates

Thelma Aldana Thelma Esperanza Aldana Hernández (; born 27 September 1955) is a Guatemalan jurist and politician, former President of the Supreme Court and former Attorney General. Life Aldana was born in Gualán, eastern Guatemala, in 1955. She graduated ...

's candidature was rejected by authorities in April 2019 on the grounds of alleged corruption cases concerning her, although no evidence was presented. She denied the accusations and attributes them to what she calls the "pact of the corrupt", composed of politicians and business leaders of the country. As former attorney general, she had uncovered several major corruption cases. Aldana appealed the ruling, but the appeal was rejected in May 2019. The candidature of

Zury Ríos Zury Mayté Ríos Sosa (born 24 January 1968) is a Guatemalan politician. She is the daughter of the late general, and President of Guatemala Efraín Ríos Montt. She began her political career with her father, whom she defended against accus ...

, daughter of Guatemalan dictator from 1982 to 1983 Efraín Ríos Montt, was rejected by authorities in May 2019 on the grounds that the country's constitution bars close relatives of coup leaders from serving as president. In April 2019, centre-right candidate Mario Estrada was arrested. He is accused by the American authorities of having made a deal with the Sinaloa cartel - from which he allegedly obtained between 10 and 12 million dollars for his election campaign - and of having ordered the murder of rival candidates.

Declined candidates

Manuel Baldizón Manuel Antonio Baldizón Méndez (, born 6 May 1970) is a Guatemalan politician, lawyer, and hotel entrepreneur. He was the leader of the "Libertad Democrática Renovada" (LIDER) Renewed Democratic Liberty party and was a candidate in the ...

: deputy of the Congress 2004-2008, secretary-general of

Renewed Democratic Liberty Renewed Democratic Liberty ( es, Libertad Democrática Renovada, ''LIDER'', sometimes also translated as Democratic Freedom Revival or Renewed Democratic Liberation) was a centre-right political party in Guatemala. It was founded as a parliamenta ...

2010-2014, presidential candidate in 2011 and 2015. *Ernest Steve "Neto" Bran: Mayor of Mixco since 2016. * Jorge Pérez: Secretary of Executive Coordination of the Presidency 2000-2002. * Erik Súñiga: Mayor of Ayutla, San Marcos, 2008-2020. * Nineth Montenegro: Deputy of the Congress by National List since 1996, Second Vice President of the Congress 2012-2013, General Secretary of the Encuentro de Guatemala since 2007.

Opinion polls

First round

Second round

Debates

Results

President

Congress

Central American Parliament

Municipal

Notes

References

External links

Tribunal Supremo Electoral
{{Guatemalan elections Presidential elections in Guatemala

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