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Guatemalan general election
General elections were held in Guatemala on 16 June , to elect the president, Congress and local councils. A second round of the presidential elections was held on 11 August , since no candidate won a majority in the first round.
Alejandro Giammattei won the election in the second round of voting.
Incumbent President Jimmy Morales was constitutionally barred from running for a second four-year term.[1][2]
Electoral system
The president of Guatemala is elected using the two-round system.[3]
The members of Congress are elected by two methods; are elected from 22 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with the remaining 31 elected from a single nationwide constituency.
Seats are elected using closed listproportional representation, with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method.[3]
Candidates
Thelma Aldana's candidature was rejected by authorities in April on the grounds of alleged corrupti