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2019 Guatemalan general election
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Opinion polls
Presidential election
16 June 2019 (first round) 11 August 2019 (second round)
Nominee
Alejandro Giammattei
Sandra Torres
Party
Vamos
UNE
Running mate
Guillermo Castillo
Carlos Raúl Morales
Popular vote
1,907,767
1,384,044
Percentage
57.95%
42.05%
First round results by municipality
First round results by department
Second round results by municipality
Second round results by department
President before election
Jimmy Morales
FCN
Elected President
Alejandro Giammattei
Vamos
Legislative election
All 160 seats in Congress 81 seats needed for a majority
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
UNE
Orlando Blanco
17.81
52
+24
Vamos
Carlos Roberto Calderón
7.97
17
New
UCN
Julio Lainfiesta
5.44
12
+6
Valor
Luis Alfonso Rosales
4.56
9
New
BIEN
Evelyn Morataya
4.82
8
+8
FCN
Javier Hernández
5.22
8
−27
Semilla
Lucrecia Hernández Mack
5.26
7
New
Todos
Felipe Alejos
4.40
7
−9
VIVA
Armando Castillo
4.70
7
+3
CREO
Adela de Torrebiarte
4.41
6
+1
PHG
Lecsan Mérida
4.67
6
New
Winaq
Sonia Gutiérrez
3.51
4
+3
Victoria
Juan Carlos Rivera
2.52
4
+4
PC
Jorge García Silva
3.27
3
New
Unionist
Álvaro Arzú Escobar
2.94
3
+2
URNG
Osmundo Ponce Serrano
2.78
3
+2
PAN
Manuel Conde Orellana
2.73
2
−1
MLP
Vicenta Jerónimo
3.02
1
New
Podemos
Ronald Sierra
1.68
1
−11
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by department
President of the Congress before
President of the Congress after
Álvaro Arzú Escobar Unionist
Allan Rodríguez Vamos
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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.[1][2]
^"Jimmy Morales dice que le gustaría gobernar otro período". 7 March 2018.
^"El presidente de Guatemala dice que le gustaría tener otro período de Gobierno". Retrieved 8 March 2023.
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