Guatemalan general election, 1982

7 March 1982


Nominee	Ángel Aníbal Guevara	Mario Sandoval Alarcón	Alejandro Maldonado
Party	Popular Democratic Front	MLN	National Opposition Union
Home state	Escuintla	Guatemala City	Guatemala City
Electoral vote	34	0	0
Popular vote	379,051	275,487	221,810
Percentage	38.86%	28.24%	22.74%

President before election

Romeo Lucas García
PID-PR-CAO

President-elect

Ángel Aníbal Guevara
Popular Democratic Front

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General elections were held in Guatemala on 7 March 1982.^[1] Ángel Aníbal Guevara, hand-picked successor of previous president Romeo Lucas García, was declared the winner of the presidential election and was scheduled to take office on 1 July. However, the election was widely denounced as fraudulent by elements on both sides of the political spectrum and an army-led coup d'état on 23 March instead installed the three-man junta of General Efraín Ríos Montt, General Horacio Maldonado Schaad, and Colonel Francisco Luis Gordillo Martínez.

Voter turnout was 45.83% in the presidential election.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Ángel Aníbal Guevara	Popular Democratic Front¹	379,051	38.86
Mario Sandoval Alarcón	National Liberation Movement	275,487	28.24
Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre	National Opposition Union²	221,810	22.74
Gustavo Anzueto Vielnam	Nationalist Authentic Centre	99,047	10.15
Invalid/blank votes		103,997	-
Total		1,079,392	100
Source: Nohlen

¹ The Popular Democratic Front was an alliance of the Institutional Democratic Party, the Revolutionary Party and the National Unity Front.

² the National Opposing Union was an alliance of Guatemalan Christian Democracy and the National Renewal Party.

Congress

Party	%	Seats	+/-
Popular Democratic Front		33	+2
National Liberation Movement		21	+1
National Opposition Union³		9	+2
Nationalist Authentic Centre		3	New
Invalid/blank votes	-	-	-
Total		66	+5

³ Of the nine seats won by the UNO, seven were taken by Guatemalan Christian Democracy and two by the National Renewal Party.

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 1982. New York, 1983.

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