1985 Guatemalan general election

General elections were held in Guatemala on 3 November 1985,^[1] with a second round of the presidential elections taking place on 8 December. The presidential election resulted in a victory for Vinicio Cerezo, who had received $650,000 towards his campaign from media owner Remigio Ángel González.^[2] The Congressional elections resulted in a victory for Cerezo's Guatemalan Christian Democracy, which won 51 of the 100 seats. Voter turnout was 69.3%.^[3]

1985 Guatemalan general election

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Presidential election

3 November 1985 (first round) 8 December 1985 (second round)

Nominee Vinicio Cerezo Jorge Carpio Nicolle Party DCG National Centre Union Running mate Roberto Carpio Ramiro de León Carpio Popular vote 1,133,517 542,306 Percentage 68.37% 31.63%

President before election Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores President-elect Vinicio Cerezo DCG

Results

President

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Vinicio Cerezo	Guatemalan Christian Democracy	648,803	38.64	1,133,517	68.37
	Jorge Carpio Nicolle	National Centre Union	339,695	20.23	524,306	31.63
	Jorge Serrano Elías	PRG–PCDN	231,423	13.78
	Mario Sandoval Alarcón	MLN–PID	210,966	12.56
	Mario David García Velásquez [es]	Nationalist Authentic Centre	105,540	6.29
	Mario Solórzano Martínez	Democratic Social Party	57,368	3.42
	Alejandro Maldonado	National Renewal Party	52,949	3.15
	Lionel Sisniega Otero Barrios	PUA–MEC–FUN [es]	32,256	1.92
Total			1,679,000	100.00	1,657,823	100.00
Valid votes			1,679,000	88.01	1,657,823	92.08
Invalid/blank votes			228,771	11.99	142,501	7.92
Total votes			1,907,771	100.00	1,800,324	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,753,572	69.28	2,753,572	65.38
Source: Nohlen, Rosón

Congress

Party		National			District			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Guatemalan Christian Democracy	648,803	38.64	11	575,785	34.59	40	51
	National Centre Union	339,695	20.23	5	342,742	20.59	17	22
	PDCN–PRG	231,423	13.78	4	225,246	13.53	7	11
	MLN–PID	210,966	12.56	3	254,276	15.27	9	12
	Nationalist Authentic Centre	105,540	6.29	1	104,374	6.27	0	1
	Democratic Social Party	57,368	3.42	1	60,946	3.66	1	2
	National Renewal Party	52,949	3.15	0	70,514	4.24	1	1
	PUA–MEC–FUN [es]	32,256	1.92	0	27,234	1.64	0	0
	Democratic Civic Front				3,631	0.22	0	0
Total		1,679,000	100.00	25	1,664,748	100.00	75	100
Valid votes		1,679,000	88.01		1,664,748	87.42
Invalid/blank votes		228,771	11.99		239,488	12.58
Total votes		1,907,771	100.00		1,904,236	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,753,272	69.29		2,753,272	69.16
Source: Nohlen

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
2. Rockwell, Rick and Janus, Noreene (2001), "Stifling Dissent: the fallout from a Mexican media invasion of Central America, Journalism Studies, 2: 4, 497 — 512
3. Nohlen, p324

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.