2007 presidential election in Guatemala

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Presidential election in Guatemala
September 9, 2007 (1st ballot)
November 4, 2007 (2nd ballot - runoff)

	UNE
	Álvaro Colom Caballeros
	be right	1,449,153
		52.82%

	Partido Patriota
	Pérez Molina cropped.jpg
	be right	1,294,645
		47.18%

Heads of state
Before the election of Óscar Berger Perdomo GANA Chosen Álvaro Colom Caballeros UNE

In the presidential election in Guatemala on September 9, 2007, 16 parties and 14 candidates ran for the presidency in Guatemala . In addition to the election of the President and Vice-President, the parliamentary election of the 158 members of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala and the election of the 332 mayors took place at the same time . The head of state in Guatemala is elected for four years and cannot stand for a second time.

The election campaign was overshadowed by political murders with more than 40 dead. Before the election, there was a strict three-day alcohol ban in order to reduce expected or feared rioting.

The internationally well-known figure in the presidential election was the Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú , as Quiché - Maya the indigenous represented population, which accounts in Guatemala about 40% of the population. Polls during the election campaign showed that she had little chance of winning the election.

The most promising candidates were Otto Pérez Molina ( PP , former director of the military intelligence service) and the businessman Alvaro Colom ( UNE , a party considered to be social democratic).

Result

In the election for the presidency, none of the candidates received an absolute majority; therefore, on November 4, 2007, there was a runoff between the two strongest candidates, Colom and Molina . Colom received 53 percent of the vote.

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↑ Guatemala elects President and Parliament ( Memento from September 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). In: Financial Times Deutschland of September 9, 2007.
^ Carl D. Goerdeler: Guatemala: Deadly election campaign. In: Die Presse of September 7, 2007.
↑ Presidential election: Guatemala moves to the left . In: FAZ . November 5, 2007, ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net ).

[1] Guatemala elects President and Parliament ( Memento from September 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). In: Financial Times Deutschland of September 9, 2007.

[2] Carl D. Goerdeler: Guatemala: Deadly election campaign. In: Die Presse of September 7, 2007.

[3] Presidential election: Guatemala moves to the left . In: FAZ . November 5, 2007, ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net ).