1957 Guatemalan general election

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1957 Guatemalan general election
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  1950 20 October 1957 1958  
Presidential election
  Miguel ortiz passarelli.jpg Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes 1950.jpg
NomineeMiguel Ortiz Miguel Ydígoras Miguel Asturias Quiñónez
Party MLN PRDN DCG
Popular vote241,335173,36552,600
Percentage51.64%37.10%11.26%

President before election

Arturo Gonzáles
MLN

President-elect

None
(Results annulled)

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.

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Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Miguel Ortiz Passarelli National Democratic Movement 241,33551.64
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes National Democratic Reconciliation Party 173,36537.10
Miguel Asturias Quiñónez Guatemalan Christian Democracy 52,60011.26
Total467,300100.00
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6

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