The 2007 Election Results in Guatemala

Hi All,
Below are the results for the Elections in Guatemala. since no Presidential Candidate acquired over 50% of the vote, a run off will take place on November 4th with the top two contenders. As for the top two = "One of them is a socialist and the other one has bad reputation of being involved with bad guys". Lets just hope "who ever gets elected does not damage Guatemala in every aspect".


PRELIMINARY ELECTION RESULTSGUATEMALA 2007Guatemalans participated in general elections yesterday, September 9.

Since no presidential candidate acquired over 50% of the vote, on November 4th there will be a run-off between the two top contenders, Alvaro Colom of the National Unity for Hope (UNE) party and Otto Perez Molina of the Patriot Party (PP).

With close to 95% percent of the vote counted, the standings in the presidential race are as follows:
Alvaro Colom, National Unity for Hope (UNE): 28%
Otto Perez Molina, Patriot Party (PP): 24%
Alejandro Giammattei, Great National Alliance (GANA): 17%
Eduardo Suger, Center for Social Action (CASA): 7%
Luis Rabbe, Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG): 7%
Rigoberta Menchu, Encounter for Guatemala (EG): 3%

The rest of the parties received less than 3% of the vote. More election news in Spanish can be found at:http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/edicionelectoral07/index.html