Guatemalan presidential election, 1982
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A general election was held in Guatemala on 7 March 1982. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and a new Congress.
Gen. Ángel Aníbal Guevara, hand-picked successor of previous president Romeo Lucas García, was declared the winner and was scheduled to take office on 1 July. The election was widely denounced as fraudulent by elements on both sides of the political spectrum, however, and an army-led coup d'état on 23 March instead installed the three-man junta of Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt, Gen. Horacio Maldonado Schaad, and Col. Francisco Luis Gordillo Martínez.
[edit] Presidential election results
| Candidate | Party/Alliance | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ángel Aníbal Guevara | Popular Democratic Front (FDP) | 379,051 | 38.9% |
| Mario Sandoval Alarcón | National Liberation Movement (MLN) National Renewal Party (PNR) |
275,487 | 28.2% |
| Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre | National Oppositon Union (UNO) | 221,810 | 22.7% |
| Gustavo Anzueto Vielnam | National Authentic Central (CAN) | 99,047 | 10.2% |
| spoilt and invalid votes | 103,997 | 9.6% | |
| Total | total votes / turnout | 1,079,392 | 45.8% |
