General elections were held in
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
on 9 September to elect a new
President and
Vice President of the Republic, 158
congressional deputies, and
332 mayors. As no presidential candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 4 November.
Presidential and vice-presidential candidates
A full list appears o
the Electoral Court's website
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Óscar Castañeda (VP:
Roger Valenzuela) for the
National Advancement Party (PAN)
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Vinicio Cerezo Blandón (VP:
Pablo Ramírez Rivas) for
Guatemalan Christian Democracy (DCG). Cerezo Blandón is the son of
Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo, who served as president from 1986 to 1991.
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Álvaro Colom (VP:
José Rafael Espada) for the
National Unity of Hope (UNE). Colom was the runner-up in the
2003 presidential election.
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Manuel Conde Orellana
Manuel Eduardo Conde Orellana (born 20 December 1956) is a Guatemalan lawyer and politician who has been a member of the Congress of Guatemala since 2016, previously, he ran as presidential candidate in the 2003 election and 2007 election.
Co ...
(VP:
Juan Francisco Manrique) for the
Democratic Union (UD)
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Mario Estrada (VP:
Mario Torres Marroquín) for the
Nationalist Change Union (UCN).
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Fritz García-Gallont (VP:
Enrique Godoy García Granados) for the
Unionist Party (PU).
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Alejandro Giammattei (VP:
Alfredo Vila Girón) for the
Grand National Alliance (GANA). Giammattei served as director of the national prison service under GANA president
Óscar Berger.
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Pablo Monsanto (VP:
Mariano Portillo Lemus
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) for the
New Nation Alliance
The New Nation Alternative (''Alternativa Nueva Nación'') was a leftist political party in Guatemala.
In the elections held on 9 November 2003, the party won 4.9% of the popular vote and 6 out of 158 seats.
In the elections held on 9 Septem ...
(ANN).
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Rigoberta Menchú
Rigoberta Menchú Tum (; born 9 January 1959) is a K'iche' Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's Indigenous peoples during and after t ...
(VP:
Luis Fernando Montenegro
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) for the
Encounter for Guatemala (EG) party. Menchú is a
K'iche' Maya and
Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Press reports in late August reported that she had withdrawn from the race because of financial constraints and low levels of support; these reports were false.
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Otto Pérez Molina (VP:
Ricardo Castillo Sinibaldi
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) for the
Patriotic Party. Pérez Molina is a retired army general who was active in the
Civil War.
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Luis Rabbé (VP:
Haroldo Quej Chen) for the
Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG)
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Héctor Rosales
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(VP:
Carlos Pérez Rodríguez
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) for
Authentic Integral Development
Authentic Integral Development (''Desarrollo Integral Auténtico'') was a left-wing nationalist political party in Guatemala. At the 2003 Guatemalan general election, held on 9 November 2003, the party won 3.0% of the popular vote and 1 out of 158 ...
(DIA).
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Miguel Ángel Sandoval (VP:
Walda Barrios Ruiz) for
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity–MAIZE (URNG–MAIZ).
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Eduardo Suger
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(VP:
Erwin Lobos Ríos) for the
Social Action Centre The Social Action Centre (''Centro de Acción Social'') was a political party in Guatemala. In the legislative elections held on 9 September 2007, the party secured 4.89% of the votes in the race for national-list deputies and had five seats in the ...
(CASA).
Opinion polls
Results
President
Around 60% of the voting public participated in the 9 September first-round vote. However, no candidate secured more than 50% of the vote, and so a run-off election was held between
Álvaro Colom of the
National Unity of Hope (UNE) and former Army General
Otto Pérez Molina of the
Patriotic Party (PP) on 4 November 2007.
The ruling
Grand National Alliance (GANA), after placing third in the first-round vote, declined to endorse either Colom or Pérez Molina for the second round.
GANA Party Stays Neutral
Prensa Latina, 13 September 2007
With 97.23% of the vote counted in the second round, Colom was declared the winner with just over 52 percent.
Congress
The National Unity of Hope (UNE) made huge gains in the election, gaining 20 seats. The Patriotic Party (PP), which ran independent of the Grand National Alliance (GANA), won 29 seat, while GANA won 37 seats.
References
External links
Elecciones Guatemala
{{Guatemalan elections
Elections in Guatemala
Guatemala
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General election
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Presidential elections in Guatemala