General elections were held in

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on 3 November 1985,

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(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p323 with a second round of the presidential elections taking place on 8 December. The presidential election resulted in a victory for

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, who had received $650,000 towards his campaign from media owner

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.Rockwell, Rick and Janus, Noreene (2001), "Stifling Dissent: the fallout from a Mexican media invasion of Central America, ''Journalism Studies'', 2: 4, 497 — 512 The Congressional elections resulted in a victory for Cerezo's

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, which won 51 of the 100 seats. Voter turnout was 69.3%.Nohlen, p324

Results

President

Congress

References

Bibliography

*Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004. *Political handbook of the world 1978. New York, 1979. {{Guatemalan elections Elections in Guatemala

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Presidential elections in Guatemala