1950 Guatemalan presidential election

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 71.6%.

1950 Guatemalan presidential election
10–12 November 1950
 
Nominee Jacobo Árbenz Miguel Ydígoras Jorge García Granados
Party PAR PRDN People's Party
Home state Quetzaltenango Retalhuleu Guatemala City
States carried 22 0 0
Popular vote 266,778 76,180 28,897
Percentage 65.44% 18.69% 7.09%
President before election

Juan José Arévalo
FUPA

 President-elect

Jacobo Árbenz
PAR

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Results
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jacobo ÁrbenzPAR–PIN–PS–PRN266,77865.44
Miguel Ydígoras FuentesPRDN–PUA–PUD76,18018.69
Jorge García GranadosPeople's Party28,8977.09
Víctor Manuel GiordianiPopular Liberation Front15,6643.84
Manuel GalichPopular Liberation Front (Galich)7,1181.75
Clemente Marroquín RojasGuatemalan Social Harmony Party6,5891.62
José Arcadio Chévez GuillénAuthentic Revolutionary Front of Socialist Orientation4,0410.99
Miguel Angel MendozaPopular Union1,6840.41
Alejandro Valdizón7120.17
Total407,663100.00
Valid votes407,66397.63
Invalid/blank votes9,9072.37
Total votes417,570100.00
Registered voters/turnout583,30071.59
Source: Nohlen

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

Bibliography
  • 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.
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