1950 Guatemalan presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in Guatemala between 10 and 12 November 1950.[1] The result was a victory for Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, who received 65.44% of the vote. Voter turnout was 71.62%.
Results
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán | PAR-PIN-PS-PRN | 266,778 | 65.44 |
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes | PRDN-PUA-PUD | 76,180 | 18.69 |
Jorge García Granados | People's Party | 28,897 | 7.09 |
Víctor Manuel Giordiani | Popular Liberation Front | 15,664 | 3.84 |
Manuel Galich | Popular Liberation Front (Galich) | 7,118 | 1.75 |
Clemente Manoquín Rojas | Guatemalan Social Harmony Party | 6,589 | 1.62 |
Arcadio Chévez Guillén | Authentic Revolutionary Front of Socialist Orientation | 4,041 | 0.99 |
Miguel Angel Mendoza | Popular Union | 1,684 | 0.41 |
Alejandro Valdizón | 712 | 0.17 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 9,907 | - | |
Total | 417,570 | 100 | |
Source: Nohlen |
References
Biboliography
- Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
- Political handbook of the world 1951. New York, 1952.
- Gleijeses, Piero. 1991. Shattered hope. The Guatemalan Revolution and the United States, 1944-1954. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- Rodríguez de Ita, Guadalupe. 2003.La participación política en la primavera guatemalteca: una aproximación a la historia de los partidos durante el periodo 1944-1954. México: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.