1958 Guatemalan general election

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1958 Guatemalan general election

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  Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes 1950.jpg
Nominee Miguel Ydígoras
Party PRDN MDN Revolutionary
Electoral vote 40 18
Popular vote 190,972 138,488 132,824
Percentage 40.80% 29.58% 28.37%

President before election

Guillermo Flores Avendaño
MLN

President-elect

Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
PRDN

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, , the , the and the National Anti-Communist Front won 40 of the 66 seats in Congress.

Results[]

President[]

CandidatePartyPopular voteCongress vote
Votes%Votes%
Miguel Ydígoras FuentesPRDN–––––FAN190,97240.804068.97
MDNPUAPL––DCG138,48829.581831.03
Revolutionary Party132,82428.37
Nationalist Liberal Union Party5,8341.25
Total468,118100.0058100.00
Valid votes468,11895.095889.23
Invalid/blank votes24,1564.91710.77
Total votes492,274100.0065100.00
Registered voters/turnout736,40066.856698.48
Source: Nohlen, New York Times

Congress[]

PartyVotes%Seats
National Democratic Reconciliation Party127,19536.9940
Anti-Communist Unification Party112,10532.6020
Revolutionary Party88,41825.716
Liberal Party3,7851.100
National Democratic Movement3,6741.070
Party Nationalist Liberal Union2,9550.860
Anticommunist Authentic Party2,4510.710
Guatemalan Anticommunist Liberal Party1,9180.560
Democratic Workers’ Party1,3820.400
Total343,883100.0066
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.
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