Guatemalan general election, 1957

20 October 1957


Nominee	Miguel Ortiz Passarelli	Miguel Ydígoras
Party	MLN	PRDN
Home state	Guatemala City	Retalhuleu
Popular vote	241,335	173,365
Percentage	51.64%	37.10%

President before election

Arturo Gonzáles
MLN

President-elect

Miguel Ortiz Passarelli
MLN

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General elections were held in Guatemala on 20 October 1957.^[1] Miguel Ortiz Passarelli won the presidential election. However, the elections were nullified on 23 October 1957 following protests against electoral fraud.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Miguel Ortiz Passarelli	National Democratic Movement	241,335	51.64
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes	National Democratic Reconciliation Party	173,365	37.10
Miguel Asturias Quiñóne	Guatemalan Christian Democracy	52,600	11.26
Invalid/blank votes			-
Total		467,300	100
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

Bibliography

Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
Political handbook of the world 1957. New York, 1958.

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See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America

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