Guatemalan general election, 1958
General elections were held in Guatemala on 19 January 1958 after the 1957 elections were nullified. After no candidate received 50% or more of the national vote, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes was elected President by Congress on 12 February, whilst an alliance of the National Democratic Reconciliation Party, Nationalist Democratic Party, the Nationalist Liberal Party, the Democratic National Association and the National Anti-Communist Front won 40 of the 66 seats in Congress.
Results
President
| Candidate |
Party |
Public vote |
Congress vote |
| Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
| Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes |
PRDN-PDN-PLN-PLAG-ANDE-FAN |
190,972 |
40.80 |
40 |
69.0 |
| José Luis Cruz Salazar |
MDN-PUA-PL-PR-DCG |
138,488 |
29.58 |
18 |
31.0 |
| Mario Méndez Montenegro |
Revolutionary Party |
132,824 |
28.37 |
- |
- |
| José Enrique Ardón Fernández |
Nationalist Liberal Union Party |
5,834 |
1.25 |
- |
- |
| Invalid/blank votes |
24,156 |
- |
7 |
- |
| Total |
492,274 |
100 |
65 |
100 |
Congress
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| PRDN-PDN-PLN-ANDE-FAN |
127,195 |
36.99 |
40 |
| PUA-PR-DCG |
112,105 |
32.60 |
20 |
| Revolutionary Party |
88,418 |
25.71 |
6 |
| Liberal Party |
3,785 |
01.10 |
0 |
| National Democratic Movement |
3,674 |
1.07 |
0 |
| Party Nationalist Liberal Union |
2,955 |
0.86 |
0 |
| Anticommunist Authentic Party |
2,451 |
0.71 |
0 |
| Guatemalan Anticommunist Liberal Party |
1,918 |
0.56 |
0 |
| Democratic Workers’ Party |
1,382 |
0.40 |
0 |
| Invalid/blank votes |
|
- |
- |
| Total |
343,883 |
100 |
66 |
Bibliography
- Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
- Political handbook of the world 1958. New York, 1959.
- Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005.