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1958 Guatemalan general election|
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Presidential election |
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General elections were held in
Guatemala on 19 January 1958 after the
1957 elections were nullified. After no candidate received 50% or more of the national vote,
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes was elected President by
Congress on 12 February, whilst an alliance of the
National Democratic Reconciliation Party,
Nationalist Democratic Party, the
Nationalist Liberal Party, the
Democratic National Association and the
National Anti-Communist Front won 40 of the 66 seats in Congress.
Results
President
Candidate | Party | Popular vote | Congress vote |
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Votes | % | Votes | % |
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Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes |
PRDN–
PDN–
PLN–
PLAG–
ANDE–
FAN | 190,972 | 40.80 | 40 | 68.97 |
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José Luis Cruz Salazar [
es] |
MDN–
PUA–
PL–
PR–
DCG | 138,488 | 29.58 | 18 | 31.03 |
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Mario Méndez Montenegro |
Revolutionary Party | 132,824 | 28.37 | |
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José Enrique Ardón Fernández | Nationalist Liberal Union Party | 5,834 | 1.25 | |
Total | 468,118 | 100.00 | 58 | 100.00 |
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Valid votes | 468,118 | 95.09 | 58 | 89.23 |
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Invalid/blank votes | 24,156 | 4.91 | 7 | 10.77 |
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Total votes | 492,274 | 100.00 | 65 | 100.00 |
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Registered voters/turnout | 736,400 | 66.85 | 66 | 98.48 |
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Source: Nohlen,
New York Times |
Congress
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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National Democratic Reconciliation Party | 127,195 | 36.99 | 40 |
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Anti-Communist Unification Party | 112,105 | 32.60 | 20 |
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Revolutionary Party | 88,418 | 25.71 | 6 |
| Liberal Party | 3,785 | 1.10 | 0 |
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National Democratic Movement | 3,674 | 1.07 | 0 |
| Party Nationalist Liberal Union | 2,955 | 0.86 | 0 |
| Anticommunist Authentic Party | 2,451 | 0.71 | 0 |
| Guatemalan Anticommunist Liberal Party | 1,918 | 0.56 | 0 |
| Democratic Workers’ Party | 1,382 | 0.40 | 0 |
Total | 343,883 | 100.00 | 66 |
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Source: Nohlen (votes) |
Bibliography
- Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
- Political handbook of the world 1958. New York, 1959.
- Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005.