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1926 Guatemalan general election

Field	Value
country	Guatemala
election_date	5 December 1926
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	Presidential election
type	presidential
previous_election	1922 Guatemalan presidential election
previous_year	1922
next_election	1931 Guatemalan general election
next_year	1931
image1	LázaroChacón.jpg
nominee1	Lázaro Chacón González
popular_vote1	287,412
percentage1	88.61%
party1	Unionist Party (Guatemala, 1920)
image2	Ubico_Castaneda,_Jorge.jpg
nominee2	Jorge Ubico
popular_vote2	36,940
percentage2	11.39%
party2	Progressive Liberal Party (Guatemala)
title	President
before_election	Lázaro Chacón González
before_party	Unionist Party (Guatemala, 1920)
posttitle	President-elect
after_election	Lázaro Chacón González
after_party	Unionist Party (Guatemala, 1920)

General elections were held in Guatemala on 5 December 1926. The presidential election resulted in a victory for Lázaro Chacón González, who received 89% of the vote. Whilst the elections were rigged, the Progressive Liberal Party did win some seats in the Congress.

Results

President

References

Bibliography

Díaz Romeu, Guillermo. “ Del régimen de Carlos Herrera a la elección de Jorge Ubico.” Historia general de Guatemala. 1993-1999. Guatemala: Asociación de Amigos del País, Fundación para la Cultura y el Desarrollo. Volume 5. 1996.
González Davison, Fernando. El régimen Liberal en Guatemala (1871-1944). Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. 1987.
García Laguardia, Jorge Mario. “Evolución político-constitucional de la República de Guatemala en el siglo XX: 1920-1986.” La constitución mexicana 70 años después. 1988. México: UNAM. 1988.
Jiménez, Ernesto Bienvenido. Ellos los presidentes. Guatemala: Editorial José de Pineda Ibarra. 1981.
Pitti, Joseph A. Jorge Ubico and Guatemalan politics in the 1920s. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico. Unpublished dissertation. 1975.
Political handbook of the world 1928. New York, 1929.
Taplin, Glen W. Middle American governors. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press. 1972.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p337 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
Paul J. Dosal (1993) ''Doing business with the dictators: a political history of United Fruit in Guatemala, 1899-1944'' Wilmington: Scholarly Resources, p64
Andrew James Schlewitz (1999) ''The rise of a military state in Guatemala, 1931-1966'' New York: New School University. Unpublished dissertation, p66

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