1970 Guatemalan general election

Guatemalan general election, 1970

1 March 1970

Nominee Carlos Arana Osorio Mario Fuentes Pieruccini Party MLN Revolutionary Home state Santa Rosa Guatemala City Running mate Eduardo Cáceres Óscar Castañeda Popular vote 251,135 202,241 Percentage 43.35% 34.91%

President before election Julio Méndez Revolutionary President-elect Carlos Arana MLN

General elections were held in Guatemala on 1 March 1970. No candidate received over 50% of the vote in the presidential election, resulting in Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio being elected by Congress on 21 March. The National Liberation Movement-Institutional Democratic Party alliance won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 53.82% in the presidential election and 53.26% in the Congressional elections.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Public vote		Congress vote
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio	MLN-PID	251,135	43.35
Mario Fuentes Pieruccini	Revolutionary Party	202,241	34.91
Jorge Lucas Caballeros	Guatemalan Christian Democracy	125,948	21.74
Invalid/blank votes		61,360	-
Total		640,684	100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
PID-MLN	231,528	41.71	31	+5
Revolutionary Party	201,119	36.24	19	-10
Guatemalan Christian Democracy	122,379	22.05	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	78,953	-	-	-
Total	633,979	53.26	55	0
Source: Nohlen

Bibliography

• Guía del organismo legislativo República de Guatemala. Preparada por el Instituto Nacional de Administración para el Desarrollo, Dobierno de la República. 1968.
• Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
• Political handbook of the world 1970. New York, 1971.
• Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005.