# 1999 Guatemalan general election

General elections were held in Guatemala on 7 November 1999, with a second round of the presidential elections on 26 December. Alfonso Portillo won the presidential elections, whilst his Guatemalan Republican Front also won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 53.8% on 7 November and 40.4% on 26 December.
Media owner Remigio Ángel González gave more than $2.6 million and free airtime to Alfonso Portillo's campaign, which led to some political analysts to claim that the free adverts helped Portillo win the election. After becoming president, Portillo appointed Gonzalez's brother-in-law Luis Rabbé to the post of Minister of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing, a post which included responsibility for overseeing the broadcast media. The presidential election also established a pattern for the next 16 years in which the runner-up of the previous contest then went on to win.

## Results
### President

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Alfonso Portillo | Guatemalan Republican Front | 1,045,820 | 47.72 | 1,184,932 | 68.32 |
| | Óscar Berger | National Advancement Party | 664,417 | 30.32 | 549,408 | 31.68 |
| | Álvaro Colom | URNG–DIA | 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 | 25,236 | 1.15 | | |
| | Danilo Julián Roca Barillas | National Centre Union | 22,939 | 1.05 | | |
| | Carlos Humberto Pérez Rodríguez | National Liberation Movement | 13,080 | 0.60 | | |
| | Emilio Eva Saldívar | Democratic Alliance | 4,929 | 0.22 | | |
| | Flor de María Alvarado Suárez de Solís | National Reconciling Alliance | 2,698 | 0.12 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 2,191,512 | 100.00 | 1,734,340 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,191,512 | 91.42 | 1,734,340 | 96.36 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 205,700 | 8.58 | 65,588 | 3.64 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,397,212 | 100.00 | 1,799,928 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 4,458,744 | 53.76 | 4,458,744 | 40.37 |
| Source: Nohlen |||||||

### Congress

| Party | Party | National | National | National | District | District | District | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | Guatemalan Republican Front | 891,429 | 42.09 | 11 | 879,839 | 41.36 | 52 | 63 |
| | National Advancement Party | 570,108 | 26.92 | 7 | 589,550 | 27.71 | 30 | 37 |
| | New Nation Alliance (URNG–DIA) | 233,870 | 11.04 | 2 | 231,970 | 10.90 | 7 | 9 |
| | Guatemalan Christian Democracy | 86,839 | 4.10 | 1 | 68,609 | 3.23 | 1 | 2 |
| | Progressive Liberating Party | 84,197 | 3.98 | 1 | 91,484 | 4.30 | 0 | 1 |
| | Democratic Renewal Action Party | 63,824 | 3.01 | 0 | 76,994 | 3.62 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic Front New Guatemala | 60,821 | 2.87 | 0 | 53,544 | 2.52 | 0 | 0 |
| | LOV–UD | 48,184 | 2.28 | 0 | 48,398 | 2.28 | 1 | 1 |
| | National Centre Union | 42,921 | 2.03 | 0 | 40,069 | 1.88 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Liberation Movement | 22,857 | 1.08 | 0 | 21,656 | 1.02 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic Action | 8,644 | 0.41 | 0 | 6,074 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Reconciliation Alliance | 4,178 | 0.20 | 0 | 1,868 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 |
| | UCN–DCG | | | | 6,480 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 |
| | DCG–FDNG | | | | 5,792 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Union | | | | 3,222 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 |
| | MLN–DCG | | | | 1,829 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 2,117,872 | 100.00 | 22 | 2,127,378 | 100.00 | 91 | 113 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,117,872 | 88.36 | | 2,127,378 | 88.80 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 279,011 | 11.64 | | 268,249 | 11.20 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 2,396,883 | 100.00 | | 2,395,627 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 4,458,744 | 53.76 | | 4,458,744 | 53.73 | | |
| Source: Nohlen, Lehoucq |||||||||