Guatemalan general election, 1926

5 December 1926


Nominee	Lázaro Chacón González	Jorge Ubico
Party	Unionist	Progressive Liberal
Home state	Zacapa	Guatemala City
Popular vote	287,412	36,940
Percentage	88.61%	11.39%

President before election

Lázaro Chacón González
Unionist

President-elect

Lázaro Chacón González
Unionist

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General elections were held in Guatemala on 5 December 1926. The presidential election resulted in a victory for Lázaro Chacón González, who received 88.6% of the vote.^[1] Whilst the elections were rigged,^[2] the Progressive Liberal Party did manage to win some seats in the Congress.^[3]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Lázaro Chacón González	Unionist Party	287,412	88.61
Jorge Ubico y Castañeda	Progressive Liberal Party	36,940	11.39
Total		324,352	100
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p337 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Dosal, Paul J (1993) Doing business with the dictators: a political history of United Fruit in Guatemala, 1899-1944 Wilmington: Scholarly Resources, p64
↑ Schlewitz, Andrew James (1999) The rise of a military state in Guatemala, 1931-1966 New York: New School University. Unpublished dissertation, p66

Bibliography

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González Davison, Fernando. El régimen Liberal en Guatemala (1871-1944). Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. 1987.
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