2003 Guatemalan general election

2003 Guatemalan general election

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Presidential election
9 November 2003 (first round)
28 December 2003 (second round)
Turnout57.89% (first round) Increase 4.13pp
46.78% (second round) Increase 6.41pp
 
Nominee Óscar Berger Álvaro Colom
Party GANA UNE
Running mate Eduardo Stein Fernando Andrade
Popular vote 1,235,303 1,046,868
Percentage 54.1% 45.9%


President before election

Alfonso Portillo
FRG

President-elect

Óscar Berger
GANA

General elections were held in Guatemala on 9 November 2003, with a second round of the presidential election held on 28 December.[1] Óscar Berger won the presidential election, representing the Grand National Alliance, a coalition of alliance of the Patriotic Party, the Reform Movement and the National Solidarity Party. The Alliance were also victorious in the Congressional elections, winning 47 of the 158 seats. Voter turnout was 57.9% in the Congressional elections, 58.9% in the first round of the presidential elections and 46.8% in the second.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p324