2023-08-21 01:54:56
The academic Bernardo Arévalo de León, from the Semilla political group, is emerging as the next president of Guatemala, when 92 percent of the votes cast in the election in the Central American country have been counted.
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Arévalo de León adds a total of 2.3 million votes received in his favor (59 percent of the total), according to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, while his opponent, Sandra Torres Casanova, accumulates 1.4 million ballots for a 35 percent.
Thus, Arévalo de León is waiting to materialize his victory with the rest of the sum of votes in the next few hours.
Plenary Session of Magistrates #Guatemala holds a press conference, within the framework of the preliminary electoral results of the second presidential election.
Live broadcast https://t.co/nqMscEwQkV
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— TSE Guatemala (@TSEGuatemala)
August 21, 2023
The main incident on election day occurred when two homemade devices exploded in two voting centers on the outskirts of Guatemala City, although no one was injured or killed.
The national electoral authorities preliminarily confirmed that the electoral process progressed normally for much of the day.
The current electoral process has been characterized by the leading role of the Public Ministry (Prosecutor’s Office) which, since July 12, has tried to cancel the Seed Movement and prevent the participation of Arévalo de León.
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