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1958 Guatemalan general election


FieldValue
countryGuatemala
previous_election1957 Guatemalan general election
previous_year1957
next_election1966 Guatemalan general election
next_year1966
election_date19 January 1958
module{{Infobox election
embedyes
typepresidential
election_namePresidential election
image_size130x130px
image1Foto oficial de Presidente Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (cropped).png
nominee1Miguel Ydígoras
popular_vote1190,972
percentage140.80%
party1PRDN
electoral_vote140
electoral_vote218
colour1FFE25A
image23x4.svg
nominee2
popular_vote2138,488
percentage229.58%
party2MDN
color2002C77
image3Mario Méndez Montenegro.jpg
nominee3Mario Méndez
popular_vote3132,824
percentage328.37%
party3Revolutionary
colour3964B00
titlePresident
before_electionGuillermo Flores Avendaño
before_partyNational Liberation Movement (Guatemala)
posttitlePresident-elect
after_electionMiguel Ydígoras Fuentes
after_partyPRDN

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 1958, 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

Congress

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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