General elections were held in Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

 on 7 November 1999, with a second round of the presidential elections on 26 December. Alfonso Portillo

Alfonso Portillo

Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera is a Guatemalan politician. He served as the President of the Republic of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004....

 won the presidential elections, whilst his Guatemalan Republican Front

Guatemalan Republican Front

The Guatemalan Republican Front is a right-wing political party in Guatemala.It was created in 1989 by former president and dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, and formally registered in 1990...

 also won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 53.8% on 7 November and 40.4% on 26 December.

Media owner Remigio Ángel González

Remigio Ángel González

Remigio Ángel González González , usually known as Angel Gonzalez, is the Mexican-born owner of the Latin American media network Albavisión; he has lived in Miami since 1987. The network is named for his wife Alba Elvira Lorenzana, from Guatemala...

 gave more than $2.6 million and free airtime to Alfonso Portillo

Alfonso Portillo

Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera is a Guatemalan politician. He served as the President of the Republic of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004....

's campaign, which led to some political analysts to claim that the free advertes helped Portillo win the election. After becoming president, Portillo appointed Gonzalez's brother-in-law Luis Rabbe to the post of Minister of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing, a post which included responsibility for overseeing the broadcast media.

President

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Alfonso Portillo Alfonso Portillo Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera is a Guatemalan politician. He served as the President of the Republic of Guatemala from 2000 to 2004....	Guatemalan Republican Front Guatemalan Republican Front The Guatemalan Republican Front is a right-wing political party in Guatemala.It was created in 1989 by former president and dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, and formally registered in 1990...	1,045,820	47.72	1,184,932	68.31
Óscar Berger Óscar Berger Óscar José Rafael Berger Perdomo, born on 11 August 1946 in Guatemala City, is a former President of Guatemala.-Early years:Of Belgian descent, Berger was born to an upper class family with large sugar and coffee holdings...	National Advancement Party National Advancement Party The National Advancement Party is a political party in Guatemala. It was founded in 1989.In the 1990 and 1995 elections its presidential candidate was Álvaro Arzú who won in 1995, becoming Guatemala's 32nd president ....	664,417	30.32	549,408	31.69
Álvaro Colom Álvaro Colom Álvaro Colom Caballeros is the President of Guatemala for the 2008–2012 term and leader of the social-democratic National Unity of Hope .-Early years:...	URNG-DIA Authentic Integral Development Authentic Integral Development was a political party in Guatemala.At the last legislative elections, held on 9 November 2003, the party won 3.0% of the popular vote and 1 out of 158 seats in Congress....	270,891	12.36
Acisclo Valladares Molína	Progressive Liberating Party	67,924	3.10
Juan Francisco Bianchi Castillo	Democratic Renewal Action Party	45,470	2.07
Ana Catalina Soberanis Reyes	Democratic Front New Guatemala	28,108	1.28
José Enrique Asturias Rudeke	LOV-UD Democratic Union (Guatemala) The Democratic Union is a political party in Guatemala.At the legislative elections, 9 November 2003, the party won 2.2% of the popular vote and 2 out of 158 seats...	25,236	1.15
Danilo Julian Roca Barillas	National Centre Union	22,939	1.05
Carlos Humberto Pérez Rodríguez	National Liberation Movement National Liberation Movement (Guatemala) The National Liberation Movement was a Guatemala military-backed party formed in 1960 by Mario Sandoval Alarcón as a breakaway from the National Democratic Movement....	13,080	0.60
Emilio Eva Saldívar	Democratic Action	4,929	0.22
Flor de María Alvarado Suárez de Solis	ARENA	2,698	0.12
Invalid/blank votes		205,700	–	65,588	–
Total		2,397,212	100	1,799,928	100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	PR			District			Total seats
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Guatemalan Republican Front Guatemalan Republican Front The Guatemalan Republican Front is a right-wing political party in Guatemala.It was created in 1989 by former president and dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, and formally registered in 1990...	891,429	42.1	11	879,839	41.4	52	63
National Advancement Party National Advancement Party The National Advancement Party is a political party in Guatemala. It was founded in 1989.In the 1990 and 1995 elections its presidential candidate was Álvaro Arzú who won in 1995, becoming Guatemala's 32nd president ....	570,108	26.9	7	589,550	27.7	30	37
New Nation Alliance New Nation Alliance The New Nation Alternative was a leftist political party in Guatemala.In the legislative elections of 9 November 2003, the party won 4.9% of the popular vote and 6 out of 158 seats...	233,870	11.0	2	231,970	10.9	7	9
Guatemalan Christian Democracy Guatemalan Christian Democracy The Guatemalan Christian Democracy , founded 24 August 1955, was a political party in Guatemala. It was a moderate reformist party, although also anti-Communist. It first won congressional seats in [Guatemalan parliamentary election, 1955|1955]]. In 1957, it contested presidential elections but...	86,839	4.1	1	68,609	3.2	1	2
Progressive Liberating Party	84,187	4.0	1	91,484	4.3	0	1
Democratic Renewal Action Party	63,824	3.0	0	76,994	3.6	0	0
Democratic Front New Guatemala	60,821	2.9	0	53,544	2.5	0	0
LOV-UD Democratic Union (Guatemala) The Democratic Union is a political party in Guatemala.At the legislative elections, 9 November 2003, the party won 2.2% of the popular vote and 2 out of 158 seats...	48,184	2.3	0	48,398	2.3	1	1
National Centre Union	42,921	2.0	0	40,069	1.9	0	0
National Liberation Movement National Liberation Movement (Guatemala) The National Liberation Movement was a Guatemala military-backed party formed in 1960 by Mario Sandoval Alarcón as a breakaway from the National Democratic Movement....	22,857	1.0	0	21,656	1.0	0	0
Democratic Action	8,644	0.4	0	6,074	0.3	0	0
ARENA	4,178	0.2	0	1,868	0.1	0	0
UCN-DCG Guatemalan Christian Democracy The Guatemalan Christian Democracy , founded 24 August 1955, was a political party in Guatemala. It was a moderate reformist party, although also anti-Communist. It first won congressional seats in [Guatemalan parliamentary election, 1955|1955]]. In 1957, it contested presidential elections but...	–	–	–	6,480	0.3	0	0
DCG Guatemalan Christian Democracy The Guatemalan Christian Democracy , founded 24 August 1955, was a political party in Guatemala. It was a moderate reformist party, although also anti-Communist. It first won congressional seats in [Guatemalan parliamentary election, 1955|1955]]. In 1957, it contested presidential elections but... -FDNG	–	–	–	5,792	0.3	0	0
National Union	–	–	–	3,222	0.2	0	0
MLN National Liberation Movement (Guatemala) The National Liberation Movement was a Guatemala military-backed party formed in 1960 by Mario Sandoval Alarcón as a breakaway from the National Democratic Movement.... -DCG Guatemalan Christian Democracy The Guatemalan Christian Democracy , founded 24 August 1955, was a political party in Guatemala. It was a moderate reformist party, although also anti-Communist. It first won congressional seats in [Guatemalan parliamentary election, 1955|1955]]. In 1957, it contested presidential elections but...	–	–	–	1,829	0.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	279,011	–	–	268,249	–	–	–
Total	2,396,883	100	22	2,395,627	100	91	113
Source: Nohlen