The first round of Guatemala's presidential election wrapped up Monday. With votes tallied from over 90 percent of the country's polling centers, presidential candidate Sandra Torres received over 24 percent of the vote. She was followed by candidate Alejandro Giammattei, with 14 percent. Both candidates made speeches early Monday, outlining their plans for the government. They will head to the second-round run-off in August. CGTN's Franc Contreras has more from Guatemala City.

Guatemalan electoral officials stayed up all night, counting each vote cast in Sunday's presidential election. Many of the ballots came from remote towns and villages in the countryside.

Late Monday morning, the Central American nation's Supreme Electoral Tribunal announced that no candidate achieved a clear victory.

JULIO SOLORZANO PRESIDENT OF SUPREME ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL "At this moment, we have the results that have come from this election."

The tribunal says run-off election is scheduled for August 11th.

Front-runner Sandra Torres captured more than 25 percent of the vote-far short of getting a majority of votes to win in the first round.  

SANDRA TORRES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE "We want to invite the people that did not vote for us in the first round to get to know our project. We hope they'll share it, to get closer to the population, maybe we were missing that and obviously we need to dig deeper in that direction."

Torres will face conservative candidate Alejandro Giammattei in the run-off.

Wide-spread discontent over official corruption and impunity appeared to deeply affect voters' confidence in this election. Even those who voted expressed cynicism.

DIEGO MIRANDA GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE "I don't think any candidate is capable of bringing changes in just four years of office. This history will not change soon because all the candidates have made pacts with corrupt political and economic groups in Guatemala."

DANIELA TORIELO VOTER "Hopefully in the second-round run-off, the two final candidates can help our country change paths."

The next President of Guatemala will immediately face critical issues that have driven hundreds of thousands of immigrants to flee their country.

FRANC CONTRERAS GUATEMALA CITY "Those include ending extreme poverty, drug-related violence and corruption. Meantime, the U.S. State Department has just announced its cutting aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador until those countries take 'concrete actions' to reduce the number of illegal immigrants coming to the US border. FC, CGTN, Guatemala City."