Guatemalan general election, 1978

5 March 1978


Nominee	Fernando Romeo Lucas	Enrique Peralta Azurdia
Party	PID-PR-CAO	MLN
Home state	Alta Verapaz	Guatemala City
Electoral vote	34	0
Popular vote	262,960	221,223
Percentage	40.33%	33.93%

President before election

Kjell Laugerud García
MLN-PID

President-elect

Fernando Romeo Lucas
PID-PR-CAO

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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.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Public vote		Congress vote
Candidate	Party	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	%	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

↑ 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 1978. New York, 1979.

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See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America

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