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 Guatemalaportal |
Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Guatemala on 1 July 1984. [1] Although the Guatemalan Christian Democracy received the most votes, an alliance of the National Liberation Movement and Nationalist Authentic Centre emerged as the largest bloc with 23 of the 88 seats. Voter turnout was 78%. [2]
| Party | National | District | Total seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Guatemalan Christian Democracy | 326,064 | 21.23 | 6 | 261,207 | 16.82 | 14 | 20 | |
| National Centre Union | 273,744 | 17.83 | 5 | 278,740 | 17.95 | 16 | 21 | |
| MLN–CAN | 249,712 | 16.26 | 5 | 260,466 | 16.77 | 18 | 23 | |
| Revolutionary Party | 146,092 | 9.51 | 2 | 179,199 | 11.54 | 8 | 10 | |
| National Renewal Party | 133,680 | 8.71 | 2 | 126,021 | 8.11 | 3 | 5 | |
| Institutional Democratic Party | 106,188 | 6.92 | 2 | 109,905 | 7.08 | 3 | 5 | |
| Anti-Communist Unification Party | 61,116 | 3.98 | 1 | 53,385 | 3.44 | 0 | 1 | |
| United Front of the Revolution | 45,677 | 2.97 | 0 | 45,490 | 2.93 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emerging Movement of Harmony | 42,764 | 2.78 | 0 | 43,753 | 2.82 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Unity Front | 40,488 | 2.64 | 0 | 47,366 | 3.05 | 1 | 1 | |
| Democratic Action | 28,347 | 1.85 | 0 | 36,747 | 2.37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democratic Civic Front | 28,040 | 1.83 | 0 | 27,928 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democratic Party of National Cooperation | 25,238 | 1.64 | 0 | 18,544 | 1.19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Progressive Party | 14,354 | 0.93 | 0 | 14,686 | 0.95 | 0 | 0 | |
| FDP–CND | 14,050 | 0.91 | 0 | 13,376 | 0.86 | 0 | 0 | |
| DCG–PNR | 14,762 | 0.95 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Rural Organization of Social Action | 12,222 | 0.79 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Progressive National Alliance | 6,766 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| United Zacapa Committee | 2,731 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1,535,554 | 100.00 | 23 | 1,553,294 | 100.00 | 65 | 88 | |
| Valid votes | 1,535,554 | 76.97 | 1,553,294 | 77.96 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 459,379 | 23.03 | 439,120 | 22.04 | ||||
| Total votes | 1,994,933 | 100.00 | 1,992,414 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,554,002 | 78.11 | 2,554,002 | 78.01 | ||||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||||
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