2019 Guatemalan general election

2019 Guatemalan general election

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Opinion polls
Presidential election
16 June 2019 (first round)
11 August 2019 (second round)
Turnout61.84% (first round) Decrease 7.90pp
42.66% (second round) Decrease 13.49pp
 
Nominee Alejandro Giammattei Sandra Torres
Party Vamos UNE
Running mate Guillermo Castillo Carlos Raúl Morales
Popular vote 1,907,767 1,384,044
Percentage 57.95% 42.05%


President before election

Jimmy Morales
FCN

Elected President

Alejandro Giammattei
Vamos

Legislative election

All 160 seats in Congress
81 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
UNE Orlando Blanco 17.81 52 +24
Vamos Carlos Roberto Calderón 7.97 17 New
UCN Julio Lainfiesta 5.44 12 +6
Valor Luis Alfonso Rosales 4.56 9 New
BIEN Evelyn Morataya 4.82 8 +8
FCN Javier Hernández 5.22 8 −27
Semilla Lucrecia Hernández Mack 5.26 7 New
Todos Felipe Alejos 4.40 7 −9
VIVA Armando Castillo 4.70 7 +3
CREO Adela de Torrebiarte 4.41 6 +1
PHG Lecsan Mérida 4.67 6 New
Winaq Sonia Gutiérrez 3.51 4 +3
Victoria Juan Carlos Rivera 2.52 4 +4
PC Jorge García Silva 3.27 3 New
Unionist Álvaro Arzú Escobar 2.94 3 +2
URNG Osmundo Ponce Serrano 2.78 3 +2
PAN Manuel Conde Orellana 2.73 2 −1
MLP Vicenta Jerónimo 3.02 1 New
Podemos Ronald Sierra 1.68 1 −11
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by department
President of the Congress before President of the Congress after
Álvaro Arzú Escobar
Unionist
Allan Rodríguez
Vamos

General elections were held in Guatemala on 16 June 2019, to elect the president, Congress and local councils. A second round of the presidential elections was held on 11 August 2019, since no candidate won a majority in the first round. Alejandro Giammattei won the election in the second round of voting.

Incumbent President Jimmy Morales was constitutionally barred from running for a second four-year term.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Jimmy Morales dice que le gustaría gobernar otro período". 7 March 2018.
  2. ^ "El presidente de Guatemala dice que le gustaría tener otro período de Gobierno". Retrieved 8 March 2023.