General elections were held in Guatemala on 9 September to elect a new

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of the Republic, 158 congressional deputies, and 332 mayors. As no presidential candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 4 November.

Presidential and vice-presidential candidates

A full list appears o
the Electoral Court's website
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(VP: Roger Valenzuela) for the National Advancement Party (PAN) * Vinicio Cerezo Blandón (VP: Pablo Ramírez Rivas) for

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(DCG). Cerezo Blandón is the son of Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo, who served as president from 1986 to 1991. *

Álvaro Colom Álvaro Colom Caballeros (; born 15 June 1951) is a Guatemalan politician who was the President of Guatemala from 2008 to 2012, as well as leader of the social-democratic National Unity of Hope (UNE). Early years Colom was born in Guatemala C ...

(VP: José Rafael Espada) for the

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(UNE). Colom was the runner-up in the 2003 presidential election. *

Manuel Conde Orellana Manuel Eduardo Conde Orellana (born 20 December 1956) is a Guatemalan lawyer and politician who has been a member of the Congress of Guatemala since 2016, previously, he ran as presidential candidate in the 2003 election The following elections ...

(VP: Juan Francisco Manrique) for the Democratic Union (UD) * Mario Estrada (VP: Mario Torres Marroquín) for the Nationalist Change Union (UCN). * Fritz García-Gallont (VP: Enrique Godoy García Granados) for the Unionist Party (PU). *

Alejandro Giammattei Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla (; born 9 March 1956) is a Guatemalan politician who is serving as the president of Guatemala since 2020. He is a former director of the Guatemalan penitentiary system and participated in Guatemala's president ...

(VP: Alfredo Vila Girón) for the Grand National Alliance (GANA). Giammattei served as director of the national prison service under GANA president

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. * Pablo Monsanto (VP: Mariano Portillo Lemus) for the

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(ANN). *

Rigoberta Menchú Rigoberta Menchú Tum (; born 9 January 1959) is a K'iche' Guatemalan human rights activist, feminist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Menchú has dedicated her life to publicizing the rights of Guatemala's Indigenous peoples during and after t ...

(VP:

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) for the Encounter for Guatemala (EG) party. Menchú is a

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laureate. Press reports in late August reported that she had withdrawn from the race because of financial constraints and low levels of support; these reports were false. * Otto Pérez Molina (VP: Ricardo Castillo Sinibaldi) for the

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. Pérez Molina is a retired army general who was active in the

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. * Luis Rabbé (VP: Haroldo Quej Chen) for the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG) *

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(DIA). * Miguel Ángel Sandoval (VP: Walda Barrios Ruiz) for

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–MAIZE (URNG–MAIZ). *

Eduardo Suger Eduardo Suger Cofiño (November 29, 1938) is a Swiss-born Guatemalan physicist, scholar, educator, and politician. He is one of the founders of Galileo University in Guatemala City and of the Suger Montano Institute. Suger was the first Central ...

(VP: Erwin Lobos Ríos) for the

Social Action Centre The Social Action Centre (''Centro de Acción Social'') was a political party in Guatemala. In the legislative elections held on 9 September 2007, the party secured 4.89% of the votes in the race for national-list deputies and had five seats in the ...

(CASA).

Opinion polls

Results

President

Around 60% of the voting public participated in the 9 September first-round vote. However, no candidate secured more than 50% of the vote, and so a run-off election was held between

of the

(UNE) and former Army General Otto Pérez Molina of the

(PP) on 4 November 2007. The ruling Grand National Alliance (GANA), after placing third in the first-round vote, declined to endorse either Colom or Pérez Molina for the second round.GANA Party Stays Neutral
Prensa Latina, 13 September 2007 With 97.23% of the vote counted in the second round, Colom was declared the winner with just over 52 percent.

Congress

The

(UNE) made huge gains in the election, gaining 20 seats. The

(PP), which ran independent of the Grand National Alliance (GANA), won 29 seat, while GANA won 37 seats.

References

External links

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