Null votes, leader in Guatemala’s election results

Guatemala City, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) The 17,5% of null votes appears as the symbolic leader in the general elections in Guatemala, with 55% of the ballots counted (13,649).

June 26, 2023
09:57

The Preliminary Electoral Results Transmission system registers at this hour, another element of the indifference with the process pointed out prior to the election day, the 7,13% of blank ballots.

In the race for the Presidency, Sandra Torres, of the Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza, accumulates 14,96% of votes, followed by the surprising Bernardo Arévalo, of Semilla (12,20), and Manuel Conde, of the ruling party Vamos (8,15%).

Another contender,Armando Castillo, of Viva, and who is also ahead of precontest favorites, occupies the fourth stage with 7,39%, while Edmont Mulet, of Cabal, is behind with (6,96) and Zury Ríos, of Valor-Unionista, sixth (6,67).

Analysts called to wait for the voting statistics to advance more to speak of a definitive tendency because significant counts are still missing, especially in the most remote departments.

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