<span style="color: #222222;">In Guatemala, polling was held for the Presidential elections and mayors yesterday. There are 22 Presidential candidates in the elections. However, the race has narrowed in recent weeks to three leading candidates-Sandra Torres, Zury Ríos and Edmond Mulet. A candidate must receive more the 50 percent of the vote in the first round to win. Otherwise, a runoff will take place on August 20.<br />''<br />''Every Guatemalan presidential election since 1996 has gone to a contested runoff. In addition to the presidential vote, Guatemalans will vote for all 160 deputies in Congress, 20 members of the Central American Parliament, and 340 mayors. President Alejandro Giammattei, who could not seek re-election, had said Friday that the elections were "one more sign that we live in a stable democracy, something that is consolidated with periodic, free and participatory elections."</span><br />''<br />''No leftist party has governed Guatemala in almost 70 years, since two leftist administrations from 1945 to 1954. The second of those was led by President Jacobo Arbenz.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The vote comes amid widespread frustration with high crime, poverty and malnutrition. Guatemala is the most populous nation in Central America with a population of more than one crore 70 lakh inhabitants.</span><br />