title: 1995–96 Guatemalan general election
text: # 1995–96 Guatemalan general election
  
  General elections were held in Guatemala on 12 November 1995, with a second round of the presidential elections held on 7 January 1996. Álvaro Arzú of the National Advancement Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 46.8% on 12 November and 36.9% on 7 January.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### President
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
  | | Álvaro Arzú | Luis Alberto Flores Asturias | National Advancement Party | 565,393 | 36.50 | 671,354 | 51.22 |
  | | Alfonso Portillo | Carlos Aníbal Méndez Cabrera | Guatemalan Republican Front | 341,364 | 22.04 | 639,404 | 48.78 |
  | | Fernando Andrade Díaz-Durán | Lizardo Arturo Sosa López | UCN–DCG–PSD | 200,393 | 12.94 | | |
  | | Jorge Luis González del Valle | Juan León Alvarado | Democratic Front New Guatemala | 119,305 | 7.70 | | |
  | | Acisclo Valladares Molina | Daniel Agustín González Estrada | Progressive Liberating Party | 80,761 | 5.21 | | |
  | | José Luis Chea Urruela | Oscar Rolando Chaclán Sapón | Democratic Union | 56,191 | 3.63 | | |
  | | Luis Rolando Torres Casanova | Oscar Lionel Figueredo Ara | Authentic Integral Development | 39,425 | 2.55 | | |
  | | Héctor Mario López Fuentes | Ulysses Charles Dent Weissenberg | National Liberation Movement | 35,675 | 2.30 | | |
  | | José "Pepe" Fernández | Arturo Eduardo Meyer Maldonado | Progressive Party | 25,219 | 1.63 | | |
  | | Héctor Gramajo | Marco Antonio Rojas de Yapan | PID–FUN | 18,060 | 1.17 | | |
  | | Miguel Ángel Montepeque Contreras | Oscar Rafael Prem Sáenz | Guatemalan Reformist Party | 17,471 | 1.13 | | |
  | | Monchis Godoy Gómez | Arturo Leopoldo Soto Echeverría | National Historic Change | 11,344 | 0.73 | | |
  | | Juan José Rodil Peralta | José Guillermo Echeverría Vielman | People's Party | 8,140 | 0.53 | | |
  | | Ángel Aníbal Guevara | José Arturo López Malumbre | Guatemalan Democratic Party | 6,714 | 0.43 | | |
  | | Carlos Augusto Morales Villatoro | Marco Antonio Villamar Contreras | Popular Alliance 5 | 6,193 | 0.40 | | |
  | | Lionel Sisniega Otero Barrios | Héctor Miguel Montenegro Camblor | Nationalist Authentic Centre | 6,079 | 0.39 | | |
  | | Flor de María Alvarado Suárez de Solís | Erik de Jesús Maldonado Arreaga | Popular Democratic Force | 5,885 | 0.38 | | |
  | | Mario Francisco Castejón García Prendes | Oscar Grotewold Solares | Destitute People's Movement | 3,119 | 0.20 | | |
  | | Carlos Alfonso González Quezada | Oscar Emilio Gordillo Díaz | PCN–MPL | 2,133 | 0.14 | | |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | 1,548,864 | 100.00 | 1,310,758 | 100.00 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,548,864 | 89.17 | 1,310,758 | 95.76 |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 188,169 | 10.83 | 58,070 | 4.24 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,737,033 | 100.00 | 1,368,828 | 100.00 |
  | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 3,711,589 | 46.80 | 3,711,589 | 36.88 |
  | Source: Nohlen, Rosón, TSE ||||||||
  
  ### Congress
  
  | Party | Party | National | National | National | District | District | District | Total seats |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
  | | National Advancement Party | 645,446 | 37.76 | 7 | 477,232 | 32.80 | 36 | 43 |
  | | Guatemalan Republican Front | 335,195 | 19.61 | 4 | 284,936 | 19.59 | 17 | 21 |
  | | UCN–DCG–PSD | 188,488 | 11.03 | 2 | 30,415 | 2.09 | 0 | 2 |
  | | Democratic Front New Guatemala | 163,600 | 9.57 | 2 | 120,368 | 8.27 | 4 | 6 |
  | | Progressive Liberating Party | 70,565 | 4.13 | 0 | 54,651 | 3.76 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Democratic Union | 68,663 | 4.02 | 1 | 61,979 | 4.26 | 1 | 2 |
  | | National Liberation Movement | 51,315 | 3.00 | 0 | 46,346 | 3.19 | 1 | 1 |
  | | Authentic Integral Development | 48,778 | 2.85 | 0 | 48,703 | 3.35 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Guatemalan Reformist Party | 25,366 | 1.48 | 0 | 26,741 | 1.84 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Progressive Party | 25,200 | 1.47 | 0 | 15,170 | 1.04 | 0 | 0 |
  | | National Historic Change | 16,732 | 0.98 | 0 | 14,119 | 0.97 | 0 | 0 |
  | | FUN–PID | 11,798 | 0.69 | 0 | 12,368 | 0.85 | 0 | 0 |
  | | People's Party | 11,672 | 0.68 | 0 | 8,461 | 0.58 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Guatemalan Democratic Party | 11,458 | 0.67 | 0 | 14,074 | 0.97 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Nationalist Authentic Centre | 10,028 | 0.59 | 0 | 4,937 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Popular Alliance 5 | 9,647 | 0.56 | 0 | 6,914 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Popular Democratic Front | 5,092 | 0.30 | 0 | 1,822 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Destitute People's Movement | 3,737 | 0.22 | 0 | 2,510 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Social Reformist Union | 3,402 | 0.20 | 0 | 3,635 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 |
  | | PCN–MPL | 2,102 | 0.12 | 0 | 1,897 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Guatemalan Party of Labour | 896 | 0.05 | 0 | 1,744 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 |
  | | National Centre Union | | | | 86,882 | 5.97 | 2 | 2 |
  | | Guatemalan Christian Democracy | | | | 78,932 | 5.43 | 3 | 3 |
  | | DCG–PSD | | | | 20,548 | 1.41 | 0 | 0 |
  | | DCG–UCN | | | | 14,254 | 0.98 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Democratic Social Party | | | | 6,579 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 |
  | | UD–PSD | | | | 2,904 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Patriotic Movement Liberty | | | | 2,574 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 |
  | | UCN–PSD | | | | 2,281 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 |
  | | Party of National Reconciliation | | | | 860 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 |
  | Total | Total | 1,709,180 | 100.00 | 16 | 1,454,836 | 100.00 | 64 | 80 |
  | Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,709,180 | 86.74 | | 1,454,836 | 87.31 | | |
  | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 261,212 | 13.26 | | 211,492 | 12.69 | | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | 1,970,392 | 100.00 | | 1,666,328 | 100.00 | | |
  