Guatemalan Constitutional Assembly election, 1984
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Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Guatemala
on 10 June 1984. Although the National Centre Union received the most votes, an alliance of the National Liberation Movement
and Nationalist Authentic Centre emerged as the largest bloc with 23 of the 88 seats. Voter turnout was 78%.
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 10 June 1984. Although the National Centre Union received the most votes, an alliance of the 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....
and Nationalist Authentic Centre emerged as the largest bloc with 23 of the 88 seats. Voter turnout was 78%.
Results
| Party | District | PR | Total seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
| National Centre Union | 278.740 | 17.95 | 16 | 273.744 | 17.83 | 5 | 21 |
| 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.... -CAN |
260.466 | 16.77 | 18 | 249.712 | 16.26 | 5 | 23 |
| 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... |
261.207 | 16.78 | 14 | 326.064 | 21.24 | 6 | 20 |
| Revolutionary Party | 179.199 | 11.54 | 8 | 146.092 | 9.51 | 2 | 10 |
| National Renewal Party | 126.021 | 8.11 | 3 | 133.680 | 8.71 | 2 | 5 |
| Institutional Democratic Party Institutional Democratic Party The Institutional Democratic Party was a Guatemalan pro-government political party active during the 1970s.The PID was formed in 1963 by Enrique Peralta Azurdia after he had seized power in a coup. A centre-right party, it was modelled on the Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party. From the... |
109.905 | 7.08 | 3 | 106.188 | 6.92 | 2 | 5 |
| Anti-Communist Unification Party | 53.385 | 3.44 | 0 | 61.166 | 3.98 | 1 | 1 |
| United Front of the Revolution | 45.490 | 2.93 | 0 | 45.677 | 2.97 | 0 | 0 |
| Emerging Movement of Harmony | 43.753 | 2.82 | 0 | 42.764 | 2.78 | 0 | 0 |
| National Unity Front National Unity Front The National Unity Front is a political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2005, the party won 7.8 % of the popular vote and 8 out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 1 out of 27 seats in the Senate. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza,... |
47.366 | 3.05 | 1 | 40.488 | 2.64 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic Action Democratic Action Democratic Action is a centrist Venezuelan political party established in 1941. The party and its antecedents played an important role in the early years of Venezuelan democracy, and led the government during Venezuela's first democratic period... |
36.747 | 2.37 | 0 | 28.347 | 1.85 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic Civic Front | 27.928 | 1.80 | 0 | 28.040 | 1.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic Party of National Cooperation | 18.544 | 1.19 | 0 | 25.238 | 1.64 | 0 | 0 |
| Progressive Party | 14.686 | 0.95 | 0 | 14.354 | 0.93 | 0 | 0 |
| FDP-CND | 13.376 | 0.86 | 0 | 14.050 | 0.91 | 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... -PNR |
14.762 | 0.95 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Rural Organization of Social Action | 12.222 | 0.79 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Progressive National Alliance Progressive National Alliance The Progressive National Alliance , originally known as National Unity – National Progressive Alliance , was a small Israeli Arab political party in Israel in the early 21st century.-Background:... |
6.766 | 0.44 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| United Zacapa Committee | 2.731 | 0.18 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 439,120 | – | – | 459,379 | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,992,394 | 100 | 65 | 1,994,933 | 100 | 23 | 88 |
| Source: Nohlen | |||||||