2007 Guatemalan general election

2007 Guatemalan general election
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Presidential election
9 September 2007 (first round)
4 November 2007 (second round)
Turnout60.36% (first round) Increase 2.47pp
48.20% (second round) Increase 1.42pp
 
Nominee Álvaro Colom Otto Pérez Molina
Party UNE PP
Running mate Rafael Espada Ricardo Castillo
Popular vote 1,449,533 1,295,108
Percentage 52.81% 47.19%
Results by department
President before election

Óscar Berger
GANA

President-elect

Álvaro Colom
UNE

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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.[1]

  1. ^ Transparency International e.V. "publications/newsletter/2008/January 2008/interview". Archived from the original on 25 March 2016.