1957 Guatemalan general election

1957 Guatemalan general election
	20 October 1957
	20 October 1957
President before election; Arturo Gonzáles; MLN	President-elect ; None; (Results annulled)

General elections were held in Guatemala on 20 October 1957.[1] Miguel Ortiz Passarelli won the presidential election. However, the elections were nullified on 23 October 1957 following protests against electoral fraud.

Results

President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Miguel Ortiz Passarelli	National Democratic Movement	241,335	51.64
	Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes	National Democratic Reconciliation Party	173,365	37.10
	Miguel Asturias Quiñónez	Guatemalan Christian Democracy	52,600	11.26
Total			467,300	100.00

Source: Nohlen

References

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 1957. New York, 1958.

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[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

Elections and referendums in Guatemala
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See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America