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General elections were held in Guatemala on 7 March 1982.[1] Ángel Aníbal Guevara, hand-picked successor of previous president Romeo Lucas García, was declared the winner of the presidential election and was scheduled to take office on 1 July. However, the election was widely denounced as fraudulent by elements on both sides of the political spectrum and an army-led coup d'état on 23 March instead installed the three-man junta of General Efraín Ríos Montt, General Horacio Maldonado Schaad, and Colonel Francisco Luis Gordillo Martínez.
Voter turnout was 45.83% in the presidential election.
Results
President
¹ The Popular Democratic Front was an alliance of the Institutional Democratic Party, the Revolutionary Party and the National Unity Front.
² the National Opposing Union was an alliance of Guatemalan Christian Democracy and the National Renewal Party.
Congress
| Party
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Votes
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%
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Seats
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+/-
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| Popular Democratic Front |
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33 |
+2
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| National Liberation Movement |
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21 |
+1
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| National Opposition Union³ |
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9 |
+2
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| Nationalist Authentic Centre |
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3 |
New
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| Invalid/blank votes |
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- |
- |
-
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| Total |
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66 |
+5
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³ Of the nine seats won by the UNO, seven were taken by Guatemalan Christian Democracy and two by the National Renewal Party.
References
Bibliography
- Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
- Political handbook of the world 1982. New York, 1983.
Guatemala portal 
