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General elections were held in
Reform Movement and the National Solidarity Party. The Alliance were also victorious in the Congressional elections, winning 47 of the 158 seats. Voter turnout was 57.9% in the Congressional elections, 58.9% in the first round of the presidential elections and 46.8% in the second.[2]
Presidential election
The ruling
Alfonso Portillo Cabrera. A constitutional ban on former coup leaders (Ríos Montt during 1982–83) led to strong conflict inside the country, including the besiegement of Guatemala for a day: 24 July 2003, known as jueves negro ("Black Thursday"). In the first round of voting, Ríos Montt came third behind the centrist mayor of Guatemala City, Óscar Berger, and the more left-wing candidate Álvaro Colom
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Results
President
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Guatemalan Republican Front | 518,328 | 19.31 | ||||
| Leonel Eliseo López Rodas | National Advancement Party | 224,127 | 8.35 | |||
| Frederich García-Galont Bischof | Unionist Party | 80,943 | 3.02 | |||
| Rodrigo Asturias | Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity | 69,297 | 2.58 | |||
| Eduardo Suger | Authentic Integral Development | 59,774 | 2.23 | |||
| Jacobo Árbenz Vilanova | Guatemalan Christian Democracy | 42,186 | 1.57 | |||
| José Angel Lee Duarte | Social Participative Democracy | 37,505 | 1.40 | |||
| Francisco Arredondo | National Union | 11,979 | 0.45 | |||
| Manuel Conde Orellana | Social and Political Movement National Change | 10,829 | 0.40 | |||
| Total | 2,683,779 | 100.00 | 2,282,171 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 2,683,779 | 91.37 | 2,282,171 | 96.15 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 253,390 | 8.63 | 91,298 | 3.85 | ||
| Total votes | 2,937,169 | 100.00 | 2,373,469 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,073,282 | 57.89 | 5,073,282 | 46.78 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||
Congress
| Party | National | District | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
ANN | 1,336 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2,552,374 | 100.00 | 31 | 2,594,118 | 100.00 | 127 | 158 | |
| Valid votes | 2,552,374 | 86.91 | 2,594,118 | 88.34 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 384,562 | 13.09 | 342,513 | 11.66 | ||||
| Total votes | 2,936,936 | 100.00 | 2,936,631 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,073,282 | 57.89 | 5,073,282 | 57.88 | ||||
| Source: Election Passport, Friedenberg | ||||||||
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p324
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