1999 Guatemalan general election

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1999 Guatemalan general election
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Presidential election
7 November 1999 (first round)
26 December 1999 (second round)
 
Nominee Alfonso Portillo Óscar Berger
Party
FRG
 PAN
Running mate Juan Francisco Reyes Arabella Castro
Popular vote 1,184,932 549,408
Percentage 68.32% 31.68%
President before election

Álvaro Arzú
PAN

President-elect

Alfonso Portillo

FRG

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General elections were held in

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

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Guatemalan Republican Front
1,045,82047.721,184,93268.32
Óscar BergerNational Advancement Party664,41730.32549,40831.68
Álvaro ColomURNG–DIA270,89112.36
Acisclo Valladares MolínaProgressive Liberating Party67,9243.10
Juan Francisco Bianchi CastilloDemocratic Renewal Action Party45,4702.07
Ana Catalina Soberanis ReyesDemocratic Front New Guatemala28,1081.28
José Enrique Asturias RudekeLOV–UD25,2361.15
Danilo Julián Roca BarillasNational Centre Union22,9391.05
Carlos Humberto Pérez RodríguezNational Liberation Movement13,0800.60
Emilio Eva SaldívarDemocratic Action4,9290.22
Flor de María Alvarado Suárez de SolísNational Reconciling Alliance2,6980.12
Total2,191,512100.001,734,340100.00
Valid votes2,191,51291.421,734,34096.36
Invalid/blank votes205,7008.5865,5883.64
Total votes2,397,212100.001,799,928100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,458,74453.764,458,74440.37
Source: Nohlen

Congress

PartyNationalDistrictTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
New Nation Alliance (URNG–DIA)
233,87011.042231,97010.9079
Guatemalan Christian Democracy86,8394.10168,6093.2312
Progressive Liberating Party84,1973.98191,4844.3001
Democratic Renewal Action Party63,8243.01076,9943.6200
Democratic Front New Guatemala60,8212.87053,5442.5200
LOV–UD48,1842.28048,3982.2811
National Centre Union42,9212.03040,0691.8800
National Liberation Movement22,8571.08021,6561.0200
Democratic Action8,6440.4106,0740.2900
National Reconciliation Alliance4,1780.2001,8680.0900
UCN–DCG6,4800.3000
DCG–FDNG5,7920.2700
National Union3,2220.1500
MLN–DCG1,8290.0900
Total2,117,872100.00222,127,378100.0091113
Valid votes2,117,87288.362,127,37888.80
Invalid/blank votes279,01111.64268,24911.20
Total votes2,396,883100.002,395,627100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,458,74453.764,458,74453.73
Source: Nohlen, Lehoucq

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p324
  3. ^ Rockwell, Rick and Janus, Noreene (2001), "Stifling Dissent: the fallout from a Mexican media invasion of Central America, Journalism Studies, 2: 4, 497 — 512
  4. ^ 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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