| Election Name: | May 2015 Guatemalan vice presidential election |
| Country: | Guatemala |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1993 Guatemalan presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1993 |
| Election Date: | 14 May 2015 |
| Next Election: | September 2015 Guatemalan vice presidential election |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
| Nominee1: | Alejandro Maldonado |
| Party1: | Independent politician |
| Electoral Vote1: | 115 |
| Vice President | |
| Before Election: | Roxana Baldetti |
| Before Party: | Patriotic Party (Guatemala) |
| After Party: | Independent politician |
| After Election: | Alejandro Maldonado |
| Percentage1: | 75.7% |
| Percentage2: | 6.9% |
| Percentage3: | 1.4% |
| Nominee2: | Adela de Torrebiarte |
| Party2: | Independent politician |
| Electoral Vote2: | 10 |
| Nominee3: | Adrián Zapata |
| Party3: | Independent politician |
| Electoral Vote3: | 2 |
Vice presidential elections were held in Guatemala on 14 May 2015. Baldetti resigned from her post as vice president on May 8, 2015, after a U.N. anti-corruption investigation arrested 24 individuals, including her personal secretary Juan Carlos Monzón Rojas, for involvement in an import bribery scheme known as La Línea (the Line) in which officials received bribes to reduce duties paid by importers.[1] Baldetti was detained on fraud charges on August 21, 2015, while at the hospital.[2] [3] [4] Reportedly, wiretaps of those implicated in the scandals appears to refer to her involvement with references to "the R", "the No.2" and "the lady." Her arrest was followed by allegations by prosecutor Thelma Aldana against President Molina, and protests calling for his resignation.[5]
Maldonado was elected Vice President by Congress on May 14, 2015, after his predecessor, Roxana Baldetti, resigned amid allegations of corruption. Before becoming vice president, he served as a constitutional judge, congressional deputy, ambassador to the United Nations, and political leader, including a failed presidential bid in 1982.[6] [7] He was Minister of Education from 1970 to 1974 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996.
Magistrate of the Constitutional Court since 1986.
Commissioner for Police Reform since 2012.
| Candidate | Party | first round | votes of discourage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Maldonado | PP—Lider—Todos—PRI—VIVA—UCN—Creo—Gana—EG—Independients | 115 | 29 |
| Adela de Torrebiarte | UNE | 10 | 134 |
| Adrián Zapata | URNG Winaq | 2 | 142 |
| Carlos Contreras | Eliminated | ||
| Oliverio García Rodas | Eliminated | ||
| No votes | 14 | ||
| Total | 158 | ||