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.
Electoral system The president of Guatemala is elected using the two-round system.
The 160 members of Congress are elected by two methods; 130 are elected from 22 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with the remaining 31 elected from a single nationwide constituency. Seats are elected using closed list proportional representation, with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method.Congress of the Republic IFES
Candidates Thelma Aldana's candidature was rejected by authorities in April 2019 on the grounds of alleged corruption cases concerning her, although no evidence was presented. She denied the accusations and attributes them to what she calls the "pact of the corrupt", composed of politicians and business leaders of the country. As former attorney general, she had uncovered several major corruption cases. Aldana appealed the ruling, but the appeal was rejected in May 2019.
The candidature of Zury Ríos, daughter of Guatemalan dictator from 1982 to 1983 Efraín Ríos Montt, was rejected by authorities in May 2019 on the grounds that the country's constitution bars close relatives of coup leaders from serving as president.
In April 2019, centre-right candidate Mario Estrada was arrested. He is accused by the American authorities of having made a deal with the Sinaloa cartel, from which he allegedly obtained between 10 and 12 million dollars for his election campaign, and of having ordered the murder of rival candidates.
Party Presidential candidate Vice presidential candidate PAN–P Roberto Arzú José Antonio Farias Todos Fredy Cabrera Ricardo Sagastume MLP Thelma Cabrera Neftalí López URNG Pablo Ceto Blanca Estela Colop PPT José Luis Chea Guillermo González PU Pablo Duarte Roberto Villeda CREO Julio Héctor Estrada Yara Argueta VIVA Isaac Farchi Sultán Ricardo Flores Asturias FCN Estuardo Galdámez Betty Marroquín Silva Libre Aníbal García Carlos Pérez Vamos Alejandro Giammattei Guillermo Castillo EG Manfredo Marroquín Oscar Adolfo Morales C Benito Morales Claudia Mariana Valiente PHG Edmond Mulet Jorge Pérez Victoria Amílcar Rivera Erico Can Saquic Avanza Danilo Roca Barillas Manuel Martínez UNE Sandra Torres Carlos Raúl Morales Unidos Luis Velásquez Quiroga Arturo Soto Winaq Manuel Villacorta Izabel Hernández
Declined candidates Manuel Baldizón: deputy of the Congress 2004-2008, secretary-general of Renewed Democratic Liberty 2010-2014, presidential candidate in 2011 and 2015. Ernest Steve "Neto" Bran: Mayor of Mixco since 2016. Jorge Pérez: Secretary of Executive Coordination of the Presidency 2000-2002. Erik Súñiga: Mayor of Ayutla, San Marcos, 2008-2020. Nineth Montenegro: Deputy of the Congress by National List since 1996, Second Vice President of the Congress 2012-2013, General Secretary of the Encuentro de Guatemala since 2007.
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Second round
Debates 2019 Guatemalan general election debates Date Organisers Moderator(s) Arzú Escobar Estrada Giammattei Mulet Torres 2 June AGG Luis Felipe ValenzuelaMarielos Fuentes P 28 July AGG Luis Felipe ValenzuelaMarielos Fuentes
Results President
Congress
Central American Parliament
Municipal
Party%± National Advancement Party 41 Valor 156 New Todos 161 Podemos 76 2 Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity 75 5 National Unity of Hope 314 109 Unionist Party 111 Bienestar Nacional 130 National Change Union 206 Encuentro por Guatemala 58 Vision with Values 115 National Convergence Front 205 Convergence 57 Commitment, Renewal and Order 132 Victoria 59 Winaq 54 Fuerza 152 Unidos 44 New Productivity and Work Party 36 New Vamos 255 New Avanza 47 New Humanist Party of Guatemala 123 New Movement for the Liberation of Peoples 109 New Citizen Prosperity 120 New Semilla 143 3 New Libre 69 New Civic committees 121 –Total 3,169 3401000Source: Supreme Electoral Tribunal
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External links Tribunal Supremo Electoral