2003 Guatemalan general election

2003 Guatemalan general election
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	Presidential election
Turnout	57.89% (first round) 4.13pp; 46.78% (second round) 6.41pp
President before election; Alfonso Portillo; FRG	President-elect ; Óscar Berger; GANA

General elections were held in Guatemala on 9 November 2003, with a second round of the presidential election held on 28 December.^[1] Óscar Berger won the presidential election, representing the Grand National Alliance, a coalition of alliance of the Patriotic Party, the Reform Movement and the National Solidarity Party. The Alliance were also victorious in the Congressional elections, winning 47 of the 158 seats. Voter turnout was 57.9% in the Congressional elections, 58.9% in the first round of the presidential elections and 46.8% in the second.^[2]

Presidential election

The ruling Republican Front of Guatemala (FRG) nominated former military ruler Efraín Ríos Montt to succeed outgoing president Alfonso Portillo Cabrera. A constitutional ban on former coup leaders (Ríos Montt during 1982–83) led to strong conflict inside the country, including the besiegement of Guatemala for a day: 24 July 2003, known as jueves negro ("Black Thursday"). In the first round of voting, Ríos Montt came third behind the centrist mayor of Guatemala City, Óscar Berger, and the more left-wing candidate Álvaro Colom.

Results

President


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Óscar Berger	Grand National Alliance	921,233	34.33	1,235,303	54.13
	Álvaro Colom	National Unity of Hope	707,578	26.36	1,046,868	45.87
	Efraín Ríos Montt	Guatemalan Republican Front	518,328	19.31
	Leonel Eliseo López Rodas	National Advancement Party	224,127	8.35
	Frederich García-Galont Bischof	Unionist Party	80,943	3.02
	Rodrigo Asturias	Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity	69,297	2.58
	Eduardo Suger	Authentic Integral Development	59,774	2.23
	Jacobo Árbenz Vilanova	Guatemalan Christian Democracy	42,186	1.57
	José Angel Lee Duarte	Social Participative Democracy	37,505	1.40
	Francisco Arredondo	National Union	11,979	0.45
	Manuel Conde Orellana	Social and Political Movement National Change	10,829	0.40
Total			2,683,779	100.00	2,282,171	100.00

Valid votes			2,683,779	91.37	2,282,171	96.15
Invalid/blank votes			253,390	8.63	91,298	3.85
Total votes			2,937,169	100.00	2,373,469	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			5,073,282	57.89	5,073,282	46.78
Source: Nohlen

Congress


Party		National			District			Total seats
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Grand National Alliance	620,121	24.30	8	513,529	19.80	32	40
	Guatemalan Republican Front	502,470	19.69	7	522,670	20.15	36	43
	National Unity of Hope	457,308	17.92	6	424,447	16.36	26	32
	National Advancement Party	278,393	10.91	4	297,178	11.46	12	16
	Unionist Party	157,893	6.19	2	163,637	6.31	5	7
	New Nation Alternative	123,853	4.85	1	142,679	5.50	5	6
	Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity	107,276	4.20	1	104,889	4.04	1	2
	Guatemalan Christian Democracy	82,324	3.23	1	85,918	3.31	0	1
	Authentic Integral Development	75,295	2.95	1	67,456	2.60	0	1
	Democratic Union	55,793	2.19	0	58,277	2.25	2	2
	Social Participative Democracy	28,425	1.11	0	30,026	1.16	0	0
	Transparency	27,740	1.09	0	24,359	0.94	0	0
	Social and Political Movement National Change	18,005	0.71	0	18,384	0.71	0	0
	National Union	17,478	0.68	0	14,432	0.56	0	0
	Patriotic Party–Reform Movement				65,369	2.52	5	5
	Reform Movement–National Solidarity Party				16,127	0.62	1	1
	Reformist Movement				12,923	0.50	0	0
	DIA–PLP				11,498	0.44	0	0
	Patriotic Party–National Solidarity Party				8,997	0.35	2	2
	Patriotic Party				5,681	0.22	0	0
	Progressive Liberating Party				2,868	0.11	0	0
	National Solidarity Party				1,438	0.06	0	0
	UN–DIA–ANN				1,336	0.05	0	0
Total		2,552,374	100.00	31	2,594,118	100.00	127	158

Valid votes		2,552,374	86.91		2,594,118	88.34
Invalid/blank votes		384,562	13.09		342,513	11.66
Total votes		2,936,936	100.00		2,936,631	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,073,282	57.89		5,073,282	57.88
Source: Election Passport, Friedenberg

References

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Nohlen, p324

[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

[2] Nohlen, p324

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