1993 Guatemalan presidential election

Indirect presidential elections were held in Guatemala on 5 June 1993. They were sparked by the 1993 Guatemalan constitutional crisis in which President Jorge Serrano Elías had attempted a self-coup. The result was a victory for Ramiro de León Carpio, who won unopposed in the second round of voting, whilst the army-backed Arturo Herbruger was elected vice-president.[1]

1993 Guatemalan presidential election

5 June 1993

Nominee Ramiro de León Carpio Arturo Herbruger Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Electoral vote 64 106 51 0 Percentage 55.65% 100% 44.35% 0%

President before election Jorge Serrano Elías MAS Acting President Ramiro de León Carpio Nonpartisan

Results

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Ramiro de León Carpio	PAN–MAS–FRG–MLN	64	55.65	106	100.00
	Arturo Herbruger	DCG–UCN	51	44.35
Total			115	100.00	106	100.00
Valid votes			115	100.00	106	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			0	0.00	0	0.00
Total votes			115	100.00	106	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			116	99.14	116	91.38

References

1. Torres Rivas, Edelberto. 1996. “Guatemala: democratic governability.” Constructing democratic governance: Latin America and the Caribbean in the 1990s. 1996. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Part IV. Pp. 58.

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