General elections were held in
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
on 3 November 1985,
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...
(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p323 with a second round of the presidential elections taking place on 8 December. The presidential election resulted in a victory for
Vinicio Cerezo
Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo (born December 26, 1942) is a Guatemalan politician who served as the 40th President of Guatemala from 1986 to 1991. He also served as the Secretary General of the Central American Integration System (SICA) from 2 ...
, who had received $650,000 towards his campaign from media owner
Remigio Ángel González.
[Rockwell, Rick and Janus, Noreene (2001), "Stifling Dissent: the fallout from a Mexican media invasion of Central America, ''Journalism Studies'', 2: 4, 497 — 512] The Congressional elections resulted in a victory for Cerezo's
Guatemalan Christian Democracy, which won 51 of the 100 seats. Voter turnout was 69.3%.
[Nohlen, p324]
Results
President
Congress
References
Bibliography
*Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
*Political handbook of the world 1978. New York, 1979.
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Elections in Guatemala
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Guatemala
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Presidential elections in Guatemala