1959 Guatemalan parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Guatemala on 16 December 1959, ^[1] in order to elect half the seats in Congress. Voter turnout was just 44.91%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Won	Total
	National Democratic Reconciliation Party	78,763	25.81	25	35
	Revolutionary Party	71,682	23.49	–	7
	National Democratic Movement	67,615	22.16	–	13
	Guatemalan Christian Democracy	30,358	9.95	–	11
	Revolutionary Unity Party	21,173	6.94	0	0
	Authentic Revolutionary Party	14,158	4.64	0	0
	National Renewal Party	7,677	2.52	0	0
	Guatemalan Anticommunist Liberal Party	4,255	1.39	0	0
	Institutional Reformist Party	3,499	1.15	0	0
	Anticommunist Authentic Party	3,212	1.05	0	0
	Party Nationalist Liberal Union	2,734	0.90	0	0
Total		305,126	100.00	33	66
Valid votes		305,126	89.88
Invalid/blank votes		34,370	10.12
Total votes		339,496	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		756,000	44.91
Source: Nohlen (votes)

References

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

Bibliography

• Villagrán Kramer. Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala. 2004.
• Political handbook of the world 1959. New York. 1960.