Guatemalan presidential election, 1944

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Guatemalan presidential election, 1944
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  1931 17–19 December 1944 1950  

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Nominee Juan José Arévalo Adrián Recinos
Party FUPA FNDPDC
Home state Santa Rosa Antigua Guatemala
States carried22 0
Popular vote255,660 20,949
Percentage86.25% 7.07%

Triumvirates before election

Arbenz, Arana, Toriello
Guatemalan Revolution

President-elect

Juan José Arévalo
FUPA

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Presidential elections were held in Guatemala between 17 and 19 December 1944. [1] The result was a victory for Juan José Arévalo, who received 86.25% of the vote.

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.

Juan José Arévalo Guatemalan President

Juan José Arévalo Bermejo was a professor of philosophy who became Guatemala's first democratically elected president in 1945. He was elected following a popular uprising against the United States-backed dictator Jorge Ubico that began the Guatemalan Revolution. He remained in office until 1951, surviving 25 coup attempts. He did not contest the election of 1951, instead choosing to hand over power to Jacobo Árbenz. As president, he enacted several social reform policies, including an increase in the minimum wage and a series of literacy programs. He also oversaw the drafting of a new constitution in 1945.

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Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Juan José Arévalo Bermejo United Front of Arevalist Parties 255,66086.25
Adrián Recinos FND-PDC 20,9497.07
Manuel María Herrera Workers Republican-Democratic Party 11,0623.73
Guillermo Flores Avendaño Social Democratic Party 8,2302.78
Teófilo Díaz Medrano Democratic Constitutionalist Party 3420.12
Bernardo Alvarado Tello Popular Liberation Front 1150.04
Ovidio Pivaral Democratic Party 220.01
Francisco Javier Arana Popular Liberation 120.001
Clemente Marroquín Rojas National Accord Party 50.001
José Gregorio Díaz Nationalist Action Party 50.001
Luis Cardoza y Aragón 30.001
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes 20.001
Humberto Robles 20.001
Jorge Toriello Garrido Civic Union 20.001
Julio Bianchi Central-American party 10.001
Manuel Galich Popular Liberation Front 10.001
Eugenio Silva Peña Social Democratic Party 10.001
Invalid/blank votes6,042-
Total302,456100

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