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1898 Guatemalan presidential election
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| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| election_name | 1898 Guatemalan presidential election | |
| country | Guatemala | |
| type | presidential | |
| ongoing | no | |
| previous_election | 1892 Guatemalan presidential election | |
| previous_year | 1892 | |
| next_election | 1904 Guatemalan presidential election | |
| next_year | 1904 | |
| election_date | September 1898 | |
| image1 | [[File:InterinoWstradaCabrera1898.jpeg | x150px]] |
| nominee1 | Manuel Estrada Cabrera | |
| popular_vote1 | 312,797 | |
| percentage1 | 99.79% | |
| party1 | Liberal Party (Guatemala) | |
| home_state1 | Quetzaltenango | |
| image2 | [[File:Joseleoncastillo1897.jpg | x150px]] |
| nominee2 | José León Castillo | |
| popular_vote2 | 672 | |
| percentage2 | 0.21% | |
| party2 | Liberal Party (Guatemala) | |
| home_state2 | Guatemala | |
| title | President | |
| before_election | Manuel Estrada Cabrera | |
| before_party | Liberal Party (Guatemala) | |
| posttitle | President-elect | |
| after_election | Manuel Estrada Cabrera | |
| after_party | Liberal Party (Guatemala) |
Presidential elections were held in Guatemala during seven days in September 1898. Prior to the elections Manuel Estrada Cabrera had established the first real political party in the country's history by admitting people from outside the influential liberals to the Liberal Party.
The elections were regarded as fraudulent; constitutional guarantees had been suspended for a month and opposition candidate José León Castillo had been unable to campaign. Estrada was declared the winner with 99.8% of the vote, although the number of votes cast is estimated to have been at least three times the number of people eligible to vote at the time. Legislative Assembly Decree 413 of 26 September declared that Estrada's term of office would begin on 15 March 1899, but he assumed the presidency on 2 October.
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References
Bibliography
- Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
- González Davison, Fernando. El régimen Liberal en Guatemala (1871–1944). Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. 1987.
- Dosal, Paul J. Power in transition: the rise of Guatemala's industrial oligarchy, 1871-1994. Westport: Praeger. 1995.
- LaCharité, Norman A., Richard O. Kennedy, and Phillip M. Thienel. Case study in insurgency and revolutionary warfare: Guatemala, 1944-1954. Washington, D.C.: Special Operations Research Office, American University. 1964.
- Taracena Arriola, Arturo. "Liberalismo y poder político en Centroamérica (1870-1929)." Historia general de Centroamérica. 1994. San José: FLACSO. Volume 4.
References
- Jorge Luján Muñoz (2003) ''Las revoluciones de 1897, la muerte de J.M. Reina Barrios y la elección de M. Estrada Cabrera'', Guatemala: Artemis Edinter, p63
- Robert H Holden (2004) ''Armies without nations: public violence and state formation in Central America, 1821-1960'', New York: Oxford University Press, p54
- Luján Muñoz, p64
- Luján Muñoz, pp70–71
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