Guatemalan presidential election, 1950
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 |
PORN |
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 9780199283576
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.