Guatemalan parliamentary election, 1948
Parliamentary elections were held in Guatemala between 26 and 28 November 1948 in order to elect half the seats in Congress. The National Renovation Party-Revolutionary Action Party alliance won the most seats, but the Popular Liberation Front remained the largest party.
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| Won |
Total held |
| PRN-PAR |
|
|
14 |
24 |
| Popular Liberation Front |
|
|
9 |
27 |
| Workers Republican-Democratic Party |
|
|
7 |
9 |
| Patriotic Union |
|
|
4 |
4 |
| Independents |
|
|
0 |
1 |
| Vacant seats |
|
|
- |
3 |
| Invalid/blank votes |
|
- |
- |
- |
| Total |
|
|
34 |
68 |
Bibliography
- Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
- Political handbook of the world 1948. New York, 1949.
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- 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.