2019 Guatemalan general election explained

Country:Guatemala
Previous Year:2015
Next Year:2023
Opinion Polls:Opinion polling for the 2019 Guatemalan general election
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Type:presidential
Election Date:16 June 2019 (first round)
11 August 2019 (second round)
Election Name:Presidential election
Turnout:61.84% (first round) 7.90pp
42.66% (second round) 13.49pp
Image1:Retrato de Alejandro Giammattei, Presidente de Guatemala (2020-2024) (cropped 2).png
Nominee1:
Party1:Vamos (Guatemala)
Running Mate1:Guillermo Castillo
Popular Vote1:1,907,767
Percentage1:57.95%
Nominee2:Sandra Torres
Party2:National Unity of Hope
Popular Vote2:1,384,044
Percentage2:42.05%
President
Before Election:Jimmy Morales
Before Party:National Convergence Front
After Election:Alejandro Giammattei
After Party:Vamos (Guatemala)
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Election Name:Legislative election
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Seats For Election:All 160 seats in Congress
Majority Seats:81
Party6:National Convergence Front
Leader6:Javier Hernández
Percentage6:5.22
Seats6:8
Last Election6:35
Party1:National Unity of Hope
Leader1:Orlando Blanco
Percentage1:17.81
Seats1:52
Last Election1:28
Party2:Vamos (Guatemala)
Leader2:Carlos Roberto Calderón
Percentage2:7.97
Seats2:17
Last Election2:New
Party3:National Change Union
Leader3:Julio Lainfiesta
Percentage3:5.44
Seats3:12
Last Election3:6
Party8:Todos (political party)
Leader8:Felipe Alejos
Percentage8:4.40
Seats8:7
Last Election8:16
Party7:Semilla (Guatemala)
Percentage7:5.26
Seats7:7
Last Election7:New
Party10:Commitment, Renewal and Order
Leader10:Adela de Torrebiarte
Percentage10:4.41
Seats10:6
Last Election10:5
Party9:Vision with Values
Leader9:Armando Castillo
Percentage9:4.70
Seats9:7
Last Election9:4
Party4:Valor (political party)
Leader4:Luis Alfonso Rosales
Percentage4:4.56
Seats4:9
Last Election4:New
Party11:Humanist Party of Guatemala
Leader11:Lecsan Mérida
Percentage11:4.67
Seats11:6
Last Election11:New
Party12:Winaq
Leader12:Sonia Gutiérrez
Percentage12:3.51
Seats12:4
Last Election12:1
Party13:Victory (political party)
Leader13:Juan Carlos Rivera
Percentage13:2.52
Seats13:4
Last Election13:0
Party5:Bienestar Nacional (political party)
Leader5:Evelyn Morataya
Percentage5:4.82
Seats5:8
Last Election5:0
Party15:Unionist Party (Guatemala)
Leader15:Álvaro Arzú Escobar
Percentage15:2.94
Seats15:3
Last Election15:1
Party14:Citizen Prosperity
Leader14:Jorge García Silva
Percentage14:3.27
Seats14:3
Last Election14:New
Party16:Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
Leader16:Osmundo Ponce Serrano
Percentage16:2.78
Seats16:3
Last Election16:1
Party17:National Advancement Party
Leader17:Manuel Conde Orellana
Percentage17:2.73
Seats17:2
Last Election17:3
Party18:Movement for the Liberation of Peoples
Leader18:Vicenta Jerónimo
Percentage18:3.02
Seats18:1
Last Election18:New
Party19:Podemos (Guatemala)
Leader19:Ronald Sierra
Percentage19:1.68
Seats19:1
Last Election19:12
Map:2019 Guatemalan legislative election - Results.svg
President of the Congress
Before Election:Álvaro Arzú Escobar
Before Party:Unionist Party (Guatemala)
After Election:Allan Rodríguez
After Party:Vamos (Guatemala)

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.

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.

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]

Declined candidates

deputy of the Congress 2004-2008, secretary-general of Renewed Democratic Liberty 2010-2014, presidential candidate in 2011 and 2015.[27]

Secretary of Executive Coordination of the Presidency 2000-2002.[22]

Mayor of Ayutla, San Marcos, 2008-2020.[22]

Deputy of the Congress by National List since 1996, Second Vice President of the Congress 2012-2013, General Secretary of the Encuentro de Guatemala since 2007.

Opinion polls

See main article: Opinion polling for the 2019 Guatemalan general election.

Second round

Debates

2019 Guatemalan general election debates
DateOrganisersModerator(s)
Arzú
Escobar
Estrada
Giammattei
Mulet
Torres
2 JuneAGGLuis Felipe Valenzuela
Marielos Fuentes		P
28 JulyAGGLuis Felipe Valenzuela
Marielos Fuentes

Results

Congress

Municipal

Party%±
National Advancement Party41
Valor156 New
Todos161
Podemos76 2
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity75 5
National Unity of Hope314 109
Unionist Party111
Bienestar Nacional130
National Change Union206
Encuentro por Guatemala58
Vision with Values115
National Convergence Front205
Convergence57
Commitment, Renewal and Order132
Victoria59
Winaq54
Fuerza152
Unidos44 New
Productivity and Work Party36 New
Vamos255 New
Avanza47 New
Humanist Party of Guatemala123 New
Movement for the Liberation of Peoples109 New
Citizen Prosperity120 New
Semilla143 3New
Libre69 New
Civic committees121 –
align=left colspan=2Total 3,169 3401000
align=left colspan=13Source: Supreme Electoral Tribunal

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jimmy Morales dice que le gustaría gobernar otro período. 7 March 2018.
  2. Web site: El presidente de Guatemala dice que le gustaría tener otro período de Gobierno. 8 March 2023.
  3. http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2419/ Congress of the Republic
  4. Web site: Guatemala: La candidature de l'ex-procureure rejetée. 2 April 2019.
  5. News: Guatemala court rules popular anti-corruption crusader ineligible to run for president. Cuffe. Sandra. 15 May 2019. Washington Post. 16 May 2019.
  6. Web site: Guatemala ex-dictator's daughter Zury Ríos barred from presidency. 14 May 2019. BBC News.
  7. Web site: Guatemala court bars ex-dictator's daughter from presidential race. 13 May 2019. Reuters.
  8. News: Guatemala. Un candidat à la présidentielle arrêté pour complot avec un cartel. 18 April 2019. Ouest France. 8 March 2023. fr. Reuters.
  9. Web site: URNG-Maíz proclama a su binomio presidencial. Saira. Ramos. Publinews. 3 February 2019. Feb 7, 2019.
  10. Web site: Partido Unionista presenta a sus candidatos para las Elecciones 2019. Esvin. Lopez. Publinews. 12 January 2019. Feb 7, 2019.
  11. Web site: El Partido Unionista presenta a candidatos a la presidencia | Soy502. www.soy502.com. Feb 7, 2019.
  12. News: Exministro de Jimmy Morales será candidato presidencial de CREO | Soy502. www.soy502.com. Feb 7, 2019.
  13. Web site: Partido Creo proclama a sus candidatos a la presidencia y vicepresidencia – Prensa Libre. Feb 7, 2019.
  14. Web site: FCN proclama a Estuardo Galdámez y Betty Marroquín como binomio presidencial. elPeriodico. 27 January 2019. Feb 7, 2019.
  15. Web site: Hermano de presidente, procesado por corrupción busca candidatura en Guatemala – Prensa Libre. Feb 7, 2019.
  16. Web site: Partido Libre presenta a Aníbal García y Carlos Pérez como presidenciables » República.gt. Henry. Pocasangre. Feb 3, 2019. Feb 7, 2019.
  17. Web site: Partido Libre buscará la presidencia en las elecciones de 2019. Joel. Maldonado. Publinews. 3 February 2019. Feb 7, 2019.
  18. News: Partido Vamos postula a Alejandro Giammattei como presidenciable. 14 October 2018. es.
  19. News: Guillermo Castillo. 14 October 2018.
  20. Web site: Partido Convergencia proclama a su binomio presidencial | Soy502. www.soy502.com. Feb 7, 2019.
  21. Web site: Convergencia revela a su binomio presidencial. Joel. Maldonado. Publinews. 27 January 2019. Feb 7, 2019.
  22. News: Estas son las cartas políticas que ya se perfilan para la presidencia de Guatemala . Manuel Hernández Mayén . Prensa Libre. 24 July 2018.
  23. News: 2019: será elección de mujeres . República . May 2017.
  24. News: Winaq proclama candidatos para la presidencia . Jessica Gramajo . Soy502 . January 2019.
  25. News: Winaq presenta a sus candidatos a la Presidencia . Katerin Chumil . ElPeriodico. 20 January 2019.
  26. News: Orozco . Andrea . Cinco binomios presidenciales han solicitado inscribirse en el TSE . Prensa Libre . January 2019.
  27. News: Manuel Baldizón confirma que ya no buscará la Presidencia . Soy502. 24 July 2017.
  28. News: Álvaro Arzú, el ejemplo a seguir de Neto Bran . Diario Digital . 16 September 2016 . 21 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170729050525/http://diariodigital.gt/2016/09/alvaro-arzu-el-ejemplo-a-seguir-de-neto-bran/ . 29 July 2017 . dead .
  29. Web site: Neto Bran sigue los pasos de Arzú, aseguran expertos. 24 November 2017.

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