2019 Guatemalan general election

General elections were held in Guatemala 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.

2019 Guatemalan general election
Opinion polls
Presidential election
16 June 2019 (first round)
11 August 2019 (second round)
 
Nominee Alejandro Giammattei Sandra Torres
Party Vamos UNE
Running mate Guillermo Castillo Carlos Raúl Morales
Popular vote 1,907,767 1,384,044
Percentage 57.95% 42.05%
President before election

Jimmy Morales
FCN

 Elected President

Alejandro Giammattei
Vamos

Legislative election
All 160 seats in Congress
81 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
UNE Orlando Blanco 17.81 52 +24
Vamos Carlos Roberto Calderón 7.97 17 New
UCN Julio Lainfiesta 5.44 12 +6
Valor Luis Alfonso Rosales 4.56 9 New
BIEN Evelyn Morataya 4.82 8 +8
FCN Javier Hernández 5.22 8 -27
Semilla Lucrecia Hernández Mack 5.26 7 New
Todos Felipe Alejos 4.40 7 -9
VIVA Armando Castillo 4.70 7 +3
CREO Adela de Torrebiarte 4.41 6 +1
PHG Lecsan Mérida 4.67 6 New
Winaq Sonia Gutiérrez 3.51 4 +3
Victoria Juan Carlos Rivera 2.52 4 +4
PC Jorge García Silva 3.27 3 New
Unionist Álvaro Arzú Escobar 2.94 3 +2
URNG Osmundo Ponce Serrano 2.78 3 +2
PAN Manuel Conde Orellana 2.73 2 -1
MLP Vicenta Jerónimo 3.02 1 New
Podemos Ronald Sierra 1.68 1 -11
Results by department
President of the Congress before President of the Congress after
Álvaro Arzú Escobar
Unionist		 Allan Rodríguez
Vamos
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Incumbent President Jimmy Morales was constitutionally barred from running for a second four-year term.[1][2]

Electoral system

The President of Guatemala is elected using the two-round system.[3]

The 160 members of Congress are elected by two methods; 130 are elected from 22 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with the remaining 31 elected from a single nationwide constituency. Seats are elected using closed list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method.[3]

Candidates

Thelma Aldana'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.[4] Aldana appealed the ruling, but the appeal was rejected in May 2019.[5]

The candidature of Zury Ríos, 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.[6][7]

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.[8]

Party Presidential candidate Vice Presidential candidate
PAN–P Roberto Arzú José Antonio Farias
Todos Fredy Cabrera Ricardo Sagastume
MLP Thelma Cabrera Neftalí López
URNG Pablo Ceto[9] Blanca Estela Colop
PPT José Luis Chea Guillermo González
PU Pablo Duarte[10][11] Roberto Villeda
CREO Julio Héctor Estrada[12][13] Yara Argueta
VIVA Isaac Farchi Sultán Ricardo Flores Asturias
FCN Estuardo Galdámez [14][15] Betty Marroquín Silva
Libre Aníbal García[16][17] Carlos Pérez
Vamos Alejandro Giammattei[18]
[19][20]		 Guillermo Castillo
EG Manfredo Marroquín Oscar Adolfo Morales
C Benito Morales[21][22] Claudia Mariana Valiente
PHG Edmond Mulet Jorge Pérez
Victoria Amílcar Rivera Erico Can Saquic
Avanza Danilo Roca Barillas Manuel Martínez
UNE Sandra Torres[19][23] Carlos Raúl Morales
Unidos Luis Velásquez Quiroga Arturo Soto
Winaq Manuel Villacorta[24][25][26] Izabel Hernández

Declined candidates

Opinion polls
Main article: Opinion polling for the 2019 Guatemalan general election

First round

Debates
2019 Guatemalan general election debates
Date Organisers Moderator(s)     P  Present    P  Present but his candidacy was revoked 
 NI  Non-invitee   A  Absent invitee 
Arzú
PAN–P		 Escobar
PC		 Estrada
CREO		 Giammattei
Vamos		 Mulet
PHG		 Torres
UNE
2 June AGG Luis Felipe Valenzuela
Marielos Fuentes		 P P P P P A
28 July AGG Luis Felipe Valenzuela
Marielos Fuentes		 P A

Results

President
CandidateRunning matePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Sandra TorresCarlos Raúl MoralesNational Unity of Hope1,112,93925.421,384,04442.05
Alejandro GiammatteiGuillermo Castillo ReyesVamos608,08313.891,907,76757.95
Edmond MuletJorge PérezHumanist Party of Guatemala493,71011.28
Thelma CabreraNeftalí LópezMovement for the Liberation of Peoples452,26010.33
Roberto ArzúJosé Antonio FariasNational Advancement Party–Podemos267,0496.10
Isaac FarchiRicardo Flores AsturiasVision with Values259,6165.93
Manuel VillacortaIzabel HernándezWinaq229,3625.24
Estuardo GaldámezBetty Marroquín SilvaNational Convergence Front180,4144.12
Julio Héctor EstradaYara ArguetaCommitment, Renewal and Order165,0313.77
Fredy CabreraRicardo SagastumeTodos138,3333.16
Amílcar RiveraErico Can SaquicVictory111,9982.56
Pablo CetoBlanca Estela ColopGuatemalan National Revolutionary Unity94,5312.16
Pablo DuarteRoberto VilledaUnionist Party62,6791.43
Manfredo MarroquínOscar Adolfo MoralesEncuentro por Guatemala50,5941.16
Aníbal GarcíaCarlos PérezLibre41,8000.95
Benito MoralesClaudia Mariana ValienteConvergence37,5790.86
Luis Velásquez QuiroaArturo SotoUnidos26,9210.61
José Luis Chea UrruelaMario Guillermo GonzálezProductivity and Work Party23,9620.55
Danilo RocaManuel MartínezAvanza21,4100.49
Total4,378,271100.003,291,811100.00
Valid votes4,378,27186.863,291,81194.68
Invalid votes209,4444.16151,0474.34
Blank votes452,7088.9833,9000.98
Total votes5,040,423100.003,476,758100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,150,22161.848,150,22142.66
Source: TSE, TSE

Congress
PartyNationalDistrictTotal
seats		+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
National Unity of Hope717,20417.817731,01517.434754+26
Vamos320,9397.973331,8107.911316New
National Change Union218,9145.442243,7575.811012+6
Semilla211,6915.262215,6695.1457New
National Convergence Front210,3075.222227,1445.4268–27
Bienestar Nacional194,0674.822209,2064.9968+8
Vision with Values189,4674.702181,5884.3357+3
Humanist Party of Guatemala188,2344.672186,7764.4546New
Valor183,8144.561215,3385.1489New
Commitment, Renewal and Order177,6814.411189,6544.5256+1
Todos177,1824.401205,1444.8967–9
Winaq141,2523.511144,3143.4434+3
Citizen Prosperity131,6943.271152,5403.6423New
Movement for the Liberation of Peoples121,7433.021123,0842.9401New
Unionist Party118,3372.941109,7362.6223+2
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity112,0372.781116,9432.7923+2
National Advancement Party110,0162.731104,9002.5012–1
Victory101,4182.52171,6301.7123+3
Fuerza77,8621.93099,0902.3600–1
Encuentro por Guatemala71,6681.78066,2501.5800–6
Podemos67,6101.68077,7561.8511–11
Convergence49,2841.22051,0241.2200–3
Libre48,2671.20051,5181.2300New
Avanza31,7500.79024,7350.5900New
Productivity and Work Party29,7290.74030,6560.7300New
Unidos25,2580.63032,1110.7700New
Total4,027,425100.00324,193,388100.001281602
Valid votes4,027,42579.72
Invalid/blank votes1,024,40520.28
Total votes5,051,830100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,150,22161.98
Source: TSE, TSE, IPU

Central American Parliament
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Unity of Hope626,82118.845+1
Vamos297,0428.932New
National Change Union226,7326.812+1
National Convergence Front213,3926.412–
Valor178,5875.371New
Bienestar Nacional174,4655.241+1
Todos172,1705.171–1
Commitment, Renewal and Order165,8324.981+1
Vision with Values161,4744.851–
Citizen Prosperity136,2044.091New
Winaq115,4253.471+1
Semilla108,7313.271New
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity106,3733.201–
Victory100,7893.030New
National Advancement Party99,7303.000–
Unionist Party92,9682.790–1
Fuerza81,7622.460–
Podemos64,9051.950–
Encuentro por Guatemala56,9431.710–1
Convergence49,5951.490–
Avanza34,2111.030New
Libre41,6711.250New
Unidos21,8220.660New
Total3,327,644100.0020+2
Valid votes3,327,64465.97
Invalid/blank votes1,716,40834.03
Total votes5,044,052100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,086,52662.38
Source: Supreme Electoral Tribunal

Municipal
See also: 2019 Guatemala City mayoral election, 2019 Quetzaltenango mayoral election, 2019 Villa Nueva mayoral election, 2019 Mixco mayoral election, 2019 Escuintla mayoral election, and 2019 Antigua Guatemala mayoral election
Party C. M. % ±
National Advancement Party41
Valor156New
Todos161
Podemos76
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity75
National Unity of Hope314
Unionist Party111
Bienestar Nacional130
National Change Union206
Encuentro por Guatemala58
Vision with Values115
National Convergence Front205
Convergence57
Commitment, Renewal and Order132
Victoria59
Winaq54
Fuerza152
Unidos44New
Productivity and Work Party36New
Vamos255New
Avanza47New
Humanist Party of Guatemala123New
Movement for the Liberation of Peoples109New
Citizen Prosperity120New
Semilla143New
Libre69New
Civic committees121–
Total3,1693401000
Source: Supreme Electoral Tribunal

Notes

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