2015 Guatemalan general election

2015 Guatemalan general election

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Presidential election
6 September 2015 (first round)
25 October 2015 (second round)
Turnout69.74% (first round) Increase 0.88pp
56.15% (second round) Decrease 4.49pp
 
Nominee Jimmy Morales Sandra Torres
Party FCN UNE
Running mate Jafeth Cabrera Mario Leal
Popular vote 2,751,058 1,328,342
Percentage 67.44% 32.56%

First round results by department:
Dark blue for Morales; red for Baldizón;
green for Torres; and light blue for Estrada.

President before election

Alejandro Maldonado
Independent

President-elect

Jimmy Morales
FCN

General elections were held in Guatemala on 6 September 2015 to elect the President and Vice President, all 158 Congress deputies, all 20 deputies to the Central American Parliament, and mayors and councils for all 338 municipalities in the country.

The Renewed Democratic Liberty became the largest party in Congress with 44 seats. Since no presidential candidate received more than 50% of the vote, a run-off took place on 25 October. Jimmy Morales won the contest, taking 67.4% of the vote, in a landslide victory over Sandra Torres.

It was the first presidential election since 1995 in which the runner-up of the previous contest did not then go on to win.