Guatemalan Constitutional Assembly election, 1984

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Guatemala on 1 July 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%.

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-CAN	260.466	16.77	18	249.712	16.26	5	23
Guatemalan Christian Democracy	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	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	47.366	3.05	1	40.488	2.64	0	1
Democratic Action	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-PNR	14.762	0.95	1	–	–	–	1
Rural Organization of Social Action	12.222	0.79	1	–	–	–	1
Progressive National Alliance	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

Bibliography

• Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
• Political handbook of the world 1984. New York, 1985.