General elections were held in Guatemala on 6 September 2015 to elect the President and Vice President, all 158 Congress deputies, all 20 deputies to the Central American Parliament, and mayors and councils for all 338 municipalities in the country.

Jimmy Morales won the contest, taking 67.4% of the vote, in a landslide victory over Sandra Torres.

Ahead of the election, the La Linea corruption case involving high-ranking officials of the outgoing administration, including President Otto Pérez Molina and Vice President Roxana Baldetti, was made public by the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala.

Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre acts as head of state until a new president is elected and sworn into office.

Some of the participants of mass protests against corruption demanded a postponement of the election due to the crisis and claims of irregularities.

Guatemala was initially expected to hold its referendum on the issue during its second round of presidential elections in October 2015.

[9][10] A poll released on 3 September gave Morales 25% of the vote, compared to 22.9% for Manuel Baldizon and 18.4% for Sandra Torres.

[11] The front runners: Morales, Baldizón and Torres, were expected to competitively compete for the position of President.

"[13] The US-based National Public Radio described this a rightward shift among voters in both the Americas and Europe.