Guatemalan parliamentary election, 1994

Parliamentary elections were held in Guatemala on 14 August 1994,^[1] following the premature dissolution of Congress during the 1993 constitutional crisis, and in view of implementing constitutional reforms approved in January 1994. The result was a victory for the Guatemalan Republican Front, which won 33 of the 80 seats. Voter turnout was just 21%.^[2]

The 1993 constitutional crisis started on 25 May 1993, when the then President Jorge Serrano Elías attempted a self-coup or autogolpe. Serrano suspended the constitution, dissolved Congress and the Supreme Court, imposed censorship and tried to restrict civil liberties.^[3] Serrano's actions were met with broad national and international opposition and ruled "illegal" by the Constitutional Court of Guatemala, following which Serrano was forced to resign.

Results

Party	District			PR			Total seats
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Guatemalan Republican Front	172,649	26.61	26	206,994	32.22	7	33
National Advancement Party	172,224	26.54	18	162,189	25.25	5	23
Guatemalan Christian Democracy	84,391	13.01	11	78,016	12.14	2	13
National Centre Union	63,697	9.82	6	57,155	8.90	1	7
National Liberation Movement	36,746	5.66	2	28,582	4.45	1	3
Movement of Action in Solidarity	23,604	3.64	0	20,418	3.18	0	0.
Democratic Union	20,446	3.15	1	19,732	3.07	0	1
Revolutionary Party	18,087	2.79	0	17,747	2.76	0	0
Guatemalan Reformist Party	16,300	2.51	0	13,007	2.02	0	0
Democratic Social Party	11,117	1.71	0	13,635	2.12	0	0
Nationalist Authentic Centre	8,388	1.29	0	9,692	1.51	0	0
Institutional Democratic Party	6,201	0.96	0	5,578	0.87	0	0
National Unity Front	5,901	0.91	0	6495	1.01	0	0
Progressive Party	5,527	0.85	0	–	–	–	0
Destitute People's Movement	–	–	–	3,136	0.49	0	0
Popular Democratic Front	2,583	0.40	0	–	–	–	0
Popular Alliance 5	557	0.09	0	–	–	–	0
Christian Social Party	448	0.07	0	–	–	–	0
Invalid/blank votes	81,858	–	–	82,017	–	–	–
Total	730,724	100	64	731,393	100	16	80

References

1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
2. Nohlen, p324
3. Barry S. Levitt (2006), "A Desultory Defense of Democracy: OAS Resolution 1080 and the Inter-American Democratic Charter, Latin American Politics and Society, Volume 48, Issue 3, September 2006, Pages: 93–123. pp104-5

Bibliography

• Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
• Political handbook of the world 1994. New York, 1995.
• Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005.