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General elections were held in Guatemala on 20 October 1957. [1] Miguel Ortiz Passarelli won the presidential election. However, the elections were nullified on 23 October 1957 following protests against electoral fraud, and fresh elections were held in 1958.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Miguel Ortiz Passarelli | National Democratic Movement | 241,335 | 51.64 | |
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes | National Democratic Reconciliation Party | 173,365 | 37.10 | |
Miguel Asturias Quiñónez | Guatemalan Christian Democracy | 52,600 | 11.26 | |
Total | 467,300 | 100.00 | ||
Source: Nohlen |