Guatemalan general election, 1978

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General elections were held in Guatemala on 5 March 1978.[1] No candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the presidential election, resulting in Fernando Romeo Lucas García being elected president by Congress on 13 March. The Congressional elections were won by the National Liberation Movement.

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Results

President

Candidate Party Public vote Congress vote
Votes % Votes %
Fernando Romeo Lucas García PID-PR-CAO 262,960 40.33 34 100
Enrique Peralta Azurdia National Liberation Movement 221,223 33.93 0 0
Ricardo Peralta Méndez DCG-PRA 167,890 25.75 - -
Invalid/blank votes - -
Total 652,073 100 61 100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party Votes % Seats +/-
National Liberation Movement 20 +4
Institutional Democratic Party 17 +3
Revolutionary Party 14 +4
Guatemalan Christian Democracy 7 -
Central Aranista Organization 3 -3
Invalid/blank votes - - -
Total 61 +1

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 9780199283576

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