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2011 Guatemalan general election
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Presidential election
11 September 2011 (first round) 6 November 2011 (second round)
Nominee
Otto Pérez Molina
Manuel Baldizón
Party
PP
LIDER
Running mate
Roxana Baldetti
Raquel Blandón
Popular vote
2,300,979
1,981,003
Percentage
53.74%
46.26%
President before election
Álvaro Colom
UNE
President-elect
Otto Pérez Molina
PP
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General elections were held in Guatemala on 11 September 2011 in order to elect the president, vice president, members of Congress, members of the Central American Parliament and mayors and councillors for all municipalities. The Patriotic Party emerged as the largest party in Congress, winning 56 of the 158 seats.
As no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, a second round of the presidential election was held on 6 November with Otto Pérez Molina of the PP facing Manuel Baldizón of Renewed Democratic Liberty. Pérez was elected with 53.7% of the vote.
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