2007 Guatemalan general election

none December 2020 Guatemala 2003 Guatemalan general election 2003 2011 Guatemalan general election 2011 yes Presidential election presidential 9 September 2007 (first round) 4 November 2007 (second round) 60.36% (first round) 2.47pp48.20% (second round) 1.42pp Foto oficial de Álvaro Colom (cropped 2).png Álvaro Colom 1,449,533 52.81% National Unity of Hope Rafael Espada Pérez Molina cropped.jpg Otto Pérez Molina 1,295,108 47.19% Patriotic Party (Guatemala) Ricardo Castillo Resultados por departamento de las elecciones presidenciales de Guatemala de 2007.png Results by department President Óscar Berger Grand National Alliance (Guatemala) President-elect Álvaro Colom National Unity of Hope General elections were held in Guatemala on 9 September to elect a new President and Vice President of the Republic, 158 congressional deputies, and 332 mayors. As no presidential candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 4 November. Colom was elected President of Guatemala. It would mark the first time since 1954 that Guatemala had a left wing government.http://archive.transparency.org/publications/newsletter/2008/january_2008/interview publications/newsletter/2008/January 2008/interview Transparency International e.V. dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160325125627/http://archive.transparency.org/publications/newsletter/2008/january_2008/interview 2016-03-25 Presidential and vice-presidential candidates Óscar Castañeda (VP: Roger Valenzuela) for the National Advancement Party (PAN) Vinicio Cerezo Blandón (VP: Pablo Ramírez Rivas) for Guatemalan Christian Democracy (DCG). Cerezo Blandón is the son of Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo, who served as president from 1986 to 1991. Álvaro Colom (VP: José Rafael Espada) for the National Unity of Hope (UNE). Colom was the runner-up in the 2003 presidential election. Manuel Conde Orellana (VP: Juan Francisco Manrique) for the Democratic Union (UD) Mario Estrada (VP: Mario Torres Marroquín) for the Nationalist Change Union (UCN). Fritz García-Gallont (VP: Enrique Godoy García Granados) for the Unionist Party (PU) both mayors of the capital. Alejandro Giammattei (VP: Alfredo Vila Girón) for the Grand National Alliance (GANA). Giammattei served as director of the national prison service under GANA president Óscar Berger. Pablo Monsanto (VP: Mariano Portillo Lemus) for the New Nation Alliance (ANN). Rigoberta Menchú (VP: Luis Fernando Montenegro) for the Encounter for Guatemala (EG) party. Menchú is a K'iche' Maya and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Press reports in late August reported that she had withdrawn from the race because of financial constraints and low levels of support;Guatemala Nobel Prize winner Menchu halts presidential campaign People's Daily, 27 August 2007 these reports were false.Menchú NO ha cerrado campaña por falta de recursos Otto Pérez Molina (VP: Ricardo Castillo Sinibaldi) for the Patriotic Party. Pérez Molina is a retired army general who was active in the Civil War. Luis Rabbé (VP: Haroldo Quej Chen) for the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG) Héctor Rosales (VP: Carlos Pérez Rodríguez) for Authentic Integral Development (DIA). Miguel Ángel Sandoval (VP: Walda Barrios Ruiz) for Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity–MAIZE (URNG–MAIZ). Eduardo Suger (VP: Erwin Lobos Ríos) for the Social Action Centre (CASA). Opinion polls Pollster Date Colom Pérez Giammattei Menchú Suger UndecidedSiglo XXINovember 200747.452.6––––BGCNovember 200748.052.0––––Prensa LibreNovember 200747.053.0––––El PeriódicoNovember 200739.435.1–––25.5El PeriódicoOctober 200737.339.8–––22.9Siglo XXIOctober 200746.253.8––––Prensa LibreOctober 200745.654.4––––Prensa LatinaSeptember 200734.726.813.3–––Siglo XXISeptember 200741.439.39.55––Prensa LibreSeptember 200731.731.814.63.14.527.6El PeriódicoAugust 200730.727.710.55.71.716.7Prensa LibreAugust 20072217.57.672.423.1728.83 El PeriódicoJuly 20073323.18.95.5–18.5Prensa LibreJuly 200721.3314.428.172.422.537.92El PeriódicoJune 20072813.25.86.7–33.4Prensa LibreJune 200720.7512.258.171.51–El PeriódicoMay 200725.915.35.66.2–36Prensa LibreMay 200720.611.47.12.91.5–El PeriódicoApril 200728.610.46.35.6–42.3 Prensa LibreApril 200726.5109.62.751.25–El PeriódicoJanuary 200734.615.90.21.4–29.8 Prensa LibreJanuary 200721.2310.527.542.180.60– Results President Around 60% of the voting public participated in the 9 September first-round vote. However, no candidate secured more than 50% of the vote, and so a run-off election was held between Álvaro Colom of the National Unity of Hope (UNE) and former Army General Otto Pérez Molina of the Patriotic Party (PP) on 4 November 2007.Colom Far Ahead of Rivals in Guatemala Angus Reid Global Monitor, 13 February 2007Guatemala heads for run-off vote BBC News, 10 September 2007 The ruling Grand National Alliance (GANA), after placing third in the first-round vote, declined to endorse either Colom or Pérez Molina for the second round.GANA Party Stays Neutral https://web.archive.org/web/20071109062500/http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BEF1E4EE3-1117-4BEE-AABF-B412A09AF3CF%7D&language=EN 9 November 2007 Prensa Latina, 13 September 2007 With 97.23% of the vote counted in the second round, Colom was declared the winner with just over 52 percent. Álvaro Colom Rafael Espada National Unity of Hope 926236 1449533 Otto Pérez Molina Ricardo Castillo Sinibaldi Patriotic Party 771813 1295108 Alejandro Giammattei Alfredo Vila Girón Grand National Alliance 565017 Eduardo Suger Erwin Lobos Ríos Social Action Centre 244373 Luis Rabbé Haroldo Quej Chen Guatemalan Republican Front 239204 Mario Estrada es Mario Torres Marroquín National Change Union 103695 Rigoberta Menchú Luis Fernando Montenegro Encuentro por Guatemala 100365 Fritz García Gallont Enrique Godoy García Granados Unionist Party 95280 Óscar Castañeda Roger Valenzuela National Advancement Party 83369 Miguel Ángel Sandoval es Miguel Ángel Sandoval Vásquez Walda Barrios Ruiz Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity 70208 Manuel Conde Orellana Juan Francisco Manrique Democratic Union 24893 Pablo Monsanto Mariano Portillo Lemus New Nation Alliance 19640 Héctor Rosales Carlos Pérez Rodríguez Authentic Integral Development 18395 Vinicio Cerezo Blandón Pablo Ramírez Rivas Guatemalan Christian Democracy 16461 336918 142565 5990029 5990029 TSE, TSE Congress The National Unity of Hope (UNE) made huge gains in the election, gaining 20 seats. The Patriotic Party (PP), which ran independent of the Grand National Alliance (GANA), won 29 seat, while GANA won 37 seats. #F8F9FA 2 Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity 4 Encuentro por Guatemala 52 National Unity of Hope 1 Democratic Union (Guatemala) 5 Social Action Centre 29 Patriotic Party (Guatemala) 5 National Change Union 37 Grand National Alliance (Guatemala) 3 National Advancement Party 14 Guatemalan Republican Front 6 Unionist Party (Guatemala) National District National Unity of Hope 720285 8 705300 44 52 +20 Grand National Alliance 521600 6 552976 31 37 –10 Patriotic Party 493791 6 516287 23 29 New Guatemalan Republican Front 306166 3 304255 11 14 –29 Encuentro por Guatemala 194809 2 135934 2 4 New Unionist Party 192295 2 210750 4 6 –1 Social Action Centre 154001 1 148353 4 5 New National Advancement Party 143268 1 164743 2 3 –14 National Change Union 128109 1 144747 4 5 New Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity 112249 1 100179 1 2 0 Authentic Integral Development 45082 0 47952 0 0 –1 Democratic Union 44359 0 47418 1 1 –1 New Nation Alternative 43148 0 46248 0 0 –6 Front for Democracy 28604 0 25784 0 0 New Guatemalan Christian Democracy 25450 0 21192 0 0 –1 Bienestar Nacional 8921 0 0 New 452503 432380 0 5990029 5990029 TSE, IFES References External links Elecciones Guatemala es Category:Parliamentary elections in Guatemala Guatemala General election Category:Presidential elections in Guatemala Category:November 2007 elections Category:November 2007 in North America Category:September 2007 elections