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1966 Guatemalan general election

Field	Value
country	Guatemala
previous_election	1958 Guatemalan general election
previous_year	1958
next_election	1970 Guatemalan general election
next_year	1970
election_date	6 March 1966
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	Presidential election
type	presidential
image1	Foto oficial de Julio César Méndez Montenegro (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Julio Méndez
running_mate1	Clemente Marroquín
party1	Revolutionary
popular_vote1	209,204
percentage1	44.78%
electoral_vote1	35
image2	3x4.svg
nominee2	Juan Aguilar
running_mate2	Gustavo Mirón Porras
party2	PID
popular_vote2	148,025
percentage2	31.68
electoral_vote2	19
title	President
before_election	Enrique Peralta Azurdia
posttitle	President-elect
after_election	Julio Méndez
after_party	Revolutionary

General elections were held in Guatemala on 6 March 1966. After no candidate received 50% or more of the national vote, Julio César Méndez Montenegro was elected President by Congress on 5 May. In the Congressional elections, the Revolutionary Party won 28 of the 54 seats. Voter turnout was 56.27% in the presidential election and 55.01% in the Congressional elections. Despite historical odds he faced, left-of-centre Méndez, a former law professor who held the rank of civilian, would be successfully be elected and sworn in as President of Guatemala, which had at this point been long led by military government since its independence in 1847.

Results

President

Congress

References

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.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p323 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
John Dombrowski (1970) [https://books.google.com/books?id=apTFNcPQmPYC&pg=PA172 ''Area Handbook for Guatemala''] p172
(July 8, 1966). "Guatemala: Against the Odds". Time Magazine.

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