Guatemalan general election, 1974

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Guatemalan general election, 1974
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  1970 3 March 1974 1978  

  Kjell Laugerud.png Rios Montt.png
Nominee Kjell Laugerud Efraín Ríos Montt
Party MLN DCG-PSD-PRA.
Home state Guatemala City Guatemala City
Running mate Mario Sandoval Alberto Fuentes
Electoral vote32 0
Popular vote298,953 228,067
Percentage44.61% 34.03%

President before election

Carlos Arana Osorio
MLN

President-elect

Kjell Laugerud García
MLN

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General elections were held in Guatemala on 3 March 1974. [1] No candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the presidential election, resulting in Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García being elected president by Congress on 12 March. The Congressional elections were won by an alliance of the Institutional Democratic Party and the National Liberation Movement. Voter turnout was 46.41% in the presidential election.

Guatemala republic in Central America

Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, Belize and the Caribbean to the northeast, Honduras to the east, El Salvador to the southeast and the Pacific Ocean to the south. With an estimated population of around 16.6 million, it is the most populated country in Central America. Guatemala is a representative democracy; its capital and largest city is Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, also known as Guatemala City.

Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García President of Guatemala; of Norwegian parentage

Brigadier General Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García was President of Guatemala from July 1, 1974 to July 1, 1978. He was the son of a Norwegian father and Guatemalan mother.

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Results

President

CandidatePartyPublic voteCongress vote
Votes%Votes%
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García MLN-PID 298,95344.6132100
José Efraín Ríos Montt National Opposition Front¹228,06734.0300
Ernesto Paíz Novales Revolutionary Party 143,11121.36--
Invalid/blank votes57,059--
Total727,17410060100
Source: Nohlen

¹ The National Opposition Front was an alliance of Guatemalan Christian Democracy, the Social Democratic Party and the Authentic Revolutionary Party.

Guatemalan Christian Democracy was a political party in Guatemala. A moderate, reformist and anti-Communist party, it was a member of Christian Democrat International.

Congress

PartyVotes%Seats+/-
National Liberation Movement 16-
Institutional Democratic Party 14-
National Opposition Front14-
Revolutionary Party 10-9
Central Aranista Organisation 6New
Invalid/blank votes---
Total10060+5

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

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