1985 Guatemalan general election

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

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]

  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