# 1990–91 Guatemalan general election

General elections were held in Guatemala on 11 November 1990. with a second round of the presidential election held on 6 January 1991. The presidential election resulted in a victory for Jorge Serrano Elías of the Solidarity Action Movement, whilst the National Centre Union won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 56.4% in the elections on 11 November 1990 and 45.2% in the elections on 6 January 1991.

## Results
### President

| Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Jorge Carpio Nicolle | Manuel Francisco Ayau Cordón | National Centre Union | 399,777 | 25.72 | 438,990 | 31.92 |
| | Jorge Serrano Elías | Gustavo Espina | Solidarity Action Movement | 375,165 | 24.14 | 936,389 | 68.08 |
| | Luis Alfonso Cabrera Hidalgo | Marco Antonio Villamar Contreras | Guatemalan Christian Democracy | 271,933 | 17.50 | | |
| | Álvaro Arzú | Fraterno Vila Betoret | National Advancement Party | 268,796 | 17.29 | | |
| | Luis Ernesto Sosa Ávila | Luis David Arturo Eskenasy Cruz | MLN–FAN | 74,825 | 4.81 | | |
| | René Armando de León Schlotter | Aracely Mercedes Conde Aguilar de Paiz | PSD–AP5 | 55,819 | 3.59 | | |
| | José Ángel Lee Duarte | Carlos Francisco Gallardo Flores | Revolutionary Party | 33,429 | 2.15 | | |
| | José Ramón Fernández González | José Adolfo Putzeys Pacheco | Democratic Party of National Cooperation | 32,325 | 2.08 | | |
| | Manuel Benedicto Lucas García | Héctor Antonio Guerra Pedroza | Emerging Movement of Harmony | 16,894 | 1.09 | | |
| | Fernando Antonio Leal Estévez | Kurt Martín Meyer Rodas | National Renewal Party | 11,052 | 0.71 | | |
| | Leonel Hernández Cardona | Raúl Horacio Montenegro Castellanos | United Front of the Revolution | 7,957 | 0.51 | | |
| | Jorge Antonio Reyna Castillo | Carlos Antonio Torres Herrera | Democratic Party | 6,341 | 0.41 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 1,554,313 | 100.00 | 1,375,379 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,554,313 | 85.93 | 1,375,379 | 94.89 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 254,488 | 14.07 | 74,110 | 5.11 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,808,801 | 100.00 | 1,449,489 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 3,204,955 | 56.44 | 3,204,955 | 45.23 |
| Source: Nohlen, Rosón ||||||||

### Congress

| Party | Party | National | National | National | District | District | District | Total seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats |
| | National Centre Union | 399,679 | 25.72 | 8 | 357,528 | 22.28 | 33 | 41 |
| | Solidarity Action Movement | 375,119 | 24.14 | 8 | 225,031 | 14.02 | 10 | 18 |
| | Guatemalan Christian Democracy | 271,842 | 17.49 | 6 | 276,072 | 17.20 | 21 | 27 |
| | National Advancement Party | 268,776 | 17.29 | 5 | 233,559 | 14.55 | 7 | 12 |
| | MLN–FAN | 74,994 | 4.83 | 1 | 4,381 | 0.27 | 0 | 1 |
| | PSD–AP5 | 55,804 | 3.59 | 1 | 64,633 | 4.03 | 0 | 1 |
| | Revolutionary Party | 33,417 | 2.15 | 0 | 50,547 | 3.15 | 1 | 1 |
| | Democratic Party of National Cooperation | 32,297 | 2.08 | 0 | 24,750 | 1.54 | 0 | 0 |
| | Emerging Movement of Harmony | 16,915 | 1.09 | 0 | 10,759 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Renewal Party | 11,025 | 0.71 | 0 | 17,386 | 1.08 | 0 | 0 |
| | United Front of the Revolution | 7,950 | 0.51 | 0 | 16,808 | 1.05 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic Party | 6,413 | 0.41 | 0 | 13,284 | 0.83 | 0 | 0 |
| | FRG–PID–FUN | | | | 201,401 | 12.55 | 12 | 12 |
| | National Liberation Movement | | | | 83,738 | 5.22 | 3 | 3 |
| | PID–FUR–FRG | | | | 11,923 | 0.74 | 0 | 0 |
| | Organised Nationalist Union | | | | 3,422 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 |
| | Popular Alliance 5 | | | | 2,521 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic Social Party | | | | 2,204 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 |
| | Guatemalan Republican Front | | | | 1,875 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 |
| | National Progress Front | | | | 1,684 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 |
| | Progressive Liberating Party | | | | 590 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 |
| | FUN–PID | | | | 447 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| | PNR–MEC | | | | 320 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 1,554,231 | 100.00 | 29 | 1,604,863 | 100.00 | 87 | 116 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,554,231 | 85.93 | | 1,604,863 | 89.08 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 254,487 | 14.07 | | 196,733 | 10.92 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,808,718 | 100.00 | | 1,801,596 | 100.00 | | |