1974 Guatemalan general election

General elections were held in Guatemala on 3 March 1974.^[1] All candidates had to be members of the military, but with opposition candidate Efraín Ríos Montt leading the count in the presidential election, the government stopped releasing updates and several days later declared the military's preferred candidate Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García as the winner.^[2] Opposition Congress members subsequently boycotted the confirmation vote,^[3] and Ríos Montt was posted to Madrid by the army.^[4]

The Congressional elections were won by an alliance of the Institutional Democratic Party and the National Liberation Movement. The National Opposition Front was an alliance of Guatemalan Christian Democracy, the and the Authentic Revolutionary Party.

Results[]

President[]


Candidate		Party	Popular vote		Congress vote
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García	MLN–PID	298,953	44.61	32	100.00
	Efraín Ríos Montt		228,067	34.03	0	0.00
		Revolutionary Party	143,111	21.36
Total			670,131	100.00	32	100.00

Valid votes			670,131	92.15
Invalid/blank votes			57,059	7.85
Total votes			727,190	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,566,724	46.41	55	–
Source: Nohlen (popular vote)

Congress[]


Party		Seats	+/–
	National Liberation Movement	16	–
	Institutional Democratic Party	14	–
		14	+14
	Revolutionary Party	10	–9
		6	New
Total		60	+5

Source: Nohlen

References[]

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Robert T. Buckman (2012) Latin America 2012 p192
^ Britannica Book of the Year 1975, p335
^ Gen Efraín Ríos Montt obituary The Guardian, 2 April 2018

Bibliography[]

Guía del organismo legislativo República de Guatemala. Preparada por el Instituto Nacional de Administración para el Desarrollo, Dobierno de la República. 1968.
Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
Political handbook of the world 1974. New York, 1975.

[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

[2] Robert T. Buckman (2012) Latin America 2012 p192

[3] Britannica Book of the Year 1975, p335

[4] Gen Efraín Ríos Montt obituary The Guardian, 2 April 2018

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