1999 Guatemalan general election

none Guatemala 1995 Guatemalan general election 1995–96 2003 Guatemalan general election 2003 yes 7 November 1999 (first round) 26 December 1999 (second round) Presidential election presidential 53.76% (first round) 6.96pp40.37% (second round) 3.49pp Foto oficial de Alfonso Portillo (cropped).jpg Alfonso Portillo 1,184,932 68.32% FRG Juan Francisco Reyes Cumbre Iberoamericana 2007 - Foto oficial (cropped).jpg Óscar Berger 549,408 31.68% National Advancement Party FFFF00 Arabella Castro File:Elecciones generales segunda vuelta Guatemala 1999.png President Álvaro Arzú National Advancement Party President-elect Alfonso Portillo FRG General elections were held in Guatemala on 7 November 1999, with a second round of the presidential elections on 26 December.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 978-0-19-928357-6 Alfonso Portillo won the presidential elections, whilst his Guatemalan Republican Front also won a majority of Congressional seats.2000 Election Watch https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/168956 Journal of Democracy 11 1 206–211 1086-3214 Voter turnout was 53.8% on 7 November and 40.4% on 26 December.Nohlen, p324 Media owner Remigio Ángel González gave more than $2.6 million and free airtime to Alfonso Portillo's campaign,Rockwell, Rick and Janus, Noreene (2001), "Stifling Dissent: the fallout from a Mexican media invasion of Central America, Journalism Studies, 2: 4, 497 — 512 which led to some political analysts to claim that the free adverts helped Portillo win the election. After becoming president, Portillo appointed Gonzalez's brother-in-law Luis Rabbé to the post of Minister of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing, a post which included responsibility for overseeing the broadcast media.Domination of Latin airwaves has 'Ghost' scaring his critics Associated Press, 9 June 2002 The presidential election also established a pattern for the next 16 years in which the runner-up of the previous contest then went on to win. Results President Alfonso Portillo Guatemalan Republican Front 1045820 1184932 Óscar Berger National Advancement Party 664417 549408 Álvaro Colom URNG–DIA 270891 Acisclo Valladares Molína Progressive Liberating Party 67924 Juan Francisco Bianchi Castillo Democratic Renewal Action Party 45470 Ana Catalina Soberanis Reyes Democratic Front New Guatemala 28108 José Enrique Asturias Rudeke LOV–UD 25236 Danilo Julián Roca Barillas National Centre Union 22939 Carlos Humberto Pérez Rodríguez National Liberation Movement 13080 Emilio Eva Saldívar Democratic Alliance 4929 Flor de María Alvarado Suárez de Solís National Reconciling Alliance 2698 205700 65588 4458744 4458744 Nohlen Congress National District Guatemalan Republican Front 891429 11 879839 52 63 National Advancement Party 570108 7 589550 30 37 New Nation Alliance (URNG–DIA) 233870 2 231970 7 9 Guatemalan Christian Democracy 86839 1 68609 1 2 Progressive Liberating Party 84197 1 91484 0 1 Democratic Renewal Action Party 63824 0 76994 0 0 Democratic Front New Guatemala 60821 0 53544 0 0 LOV–UD 48184 0 48398 1 1 National Centre Union 42921 0 40069 0 0 National Liberation Movement 22857 0 21656 0 0 Democratic Action 8644 0 6074 0 0 National Reconciliation Alliance 4178 0 1868 0 0 UCN–DCG 6480 0 0 DCG–FDNG 5792 0 0 National Union 3222 0 0 MLN–DCG 1829 0 0 279011 268249 4458744 4458744 Nohlen, Lehoucq References Bibliography Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004. Political handbook of the world 1999. New York, 2000. Category:Parliamentary elections in Guatemala Guatemala General Category:Presidential elections in Guatemala