Guatemalan presidential election, 1950

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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	%
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

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

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.

Elections and referendums in Guatemala

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Referendums	1935 1954 1994 1999

See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America

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