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This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Guatemala |
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General elections were held in Guatemala on 7 November 1999, with a second round of the presidential elections on 26 December. [1] Alfonso Portillo won the presidential elections, whilst his Guatemalan Republican Front also won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 53.8% on 7 November and 40.4% on 26 December. [2]
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, Belize and the Caribbean to the northeast, Honduras to the east, El Salvador to the southeast and the Pacific Ocean to the south. With an estimated population of around 16.6 million, it is the most populated country in Central America. Guatemala is a representative democracy; its capital and largest city is Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, also known as Guatemala City.
Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera is a Guatemalan politician who served as President of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004.
Media owner Remigio Ángel González gave more than $2.6 million and free airtime to Alfonso Portillo's campaign, [3] which led to some political analysts to claim that the free adverts helped Portillo win the election. [4] After becoming president, Portillo appointed Gonzalez's brother-in-law Luis Rabbé to the post of Minister of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing, a post which included responsibility for overseeing the broadcast media. [4] The presidential election also established a pattern for the next 16 years in which the runner-up of the previous contest then went on to win.
Remigio Ángel González is a Mexican-born owner of the Latin American media network Albavisión. He has lived in Miami since 1987. The network is named for his wife Alba Elvira Lorenzana, who is from Guatemala. González was estimated to be worth $350m in 2002, and by some accounts is now worth $2bn. González has a conservative political stance, but he aims to keep a low profile and cooperate with host country governments. As part of this strategy, he is said to have modified the editorial lines of his stations, particularly in Guatemala and Nicaragua, to accommodate government preferences.
Luis Armando Rabbé Tejada is a Guatemalan politician and media entrepreneur. He was President of the Congress of Guatemala between 14 January 2015 and 14 January 2016. Rabbé was elected to the Congress of Guatemala in the 2011 elections for the National List under the banner of National Change Union. Three months after being installed he became an independent member. In the 2015 general election Rabbé ran once more for the National List, this time as the number two of the Renewed Democratic Liberty (LIDER).
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Alfonso Portillo | Guatemalan Republican Front | 1,045,820 | 47.72 | 1,184,932 | 68.31 |
Óscar Berger | National Advancement Party | 664,417 | 30.32 | 549,408 | 31.69 |
Álvaro Colom | URNG-DIA | 270,891 | 12.36 | ||
Acisclo Valladares Molína | Progressive Liberating Party | 67,924 | 3.10 | ||
Juan Francisco Bianchi Castillo | Democratic Renewal Action Party | 45,470 | 2.07 | ||
Ana Catalina Soberanis Reyes | Democratic Front New Guatemala | 28,108 | 1.28 | ||
José Enrique Asturias Rudeke | LOV-UD | 25,236 | 1.15 | ||
Danilo Julian Roca Barillas | National Centre Union | 22,939 | 1.05 | ||
Carlos Humberto Pérez Rodríguez | National Liberation Movement | 13,080 | 0.60 | ||
Emilio Eva Saldívar | Democratic Action | 4,929 | 0.22 | ||
Flor de María Alvarado Suárez de Solis | ARENA | 2,698 | 0.12 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 205,700 | – | 65,588 | – | |
Total | 2,397,212 | 100 | 1,799,928 | 100 | |
Source: Nohlen |
Party | PR | District | Total seats | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
Guatemalan Republican Front | 891,429 | 42.1 | 11 | 879,839 | 41.4 | 52 | 63 |
National Advancement Party | 570,108 | 26.9 | 7 | 589,550 | 27.7 | 30 | 37 |
New Nation Alliance | 233,870 | 11.0 | 2 | 231,970 | 10.9 | 7 | 9 |
Guatemalan Christian Democracy | 86,839 | 4.1 | 1 | 68,609 | 3.2 | 1 | 2 |
Progressive Liberating Party | 84,187 | 4.0 | 1 | 91,484 | 4.3 | 0 | 1 |
Democratic Renewal Action Party | 63,824 | 3.0 | 0 | 76,994 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 |
Democratic Front New Guatemala | 60,821 | 2.9 | 0 | 53,544 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
LOV-UD | 48,184 | 2.3 | 0 | 48,398 | 2.3 | 1 | 1 |
National Centre Union | 42,921 | 2.0 | 0 | 40,069 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 |
National Liberation Movement | 22,857 | 1.0 | 0 | 21,656 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
Democratic Action | 8,644 | 0.4 | 0 | 6,074 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
ARENA | 4,178 | 0.2 | 0 | 1,868 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
UCN-DCG | – | – | – | 6,480 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
DCG-FDNG | – | – | – | 5,792 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
National Union | – | – | – | 3,222 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
MLN-DCG | – | – | – | 1,829 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 279,011 | – | – | 268,249 | – | – | – |
Total | 2,396,883 | 100 | 22 | 2,395,627 | 100 | 91 | 113 |
Source: Nohlen |
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