1957 Guatemalan general election

1957 Guatemalan general election
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Presidential election
 
Nominee Miguel Ortiz Miguel Ydígoras Miguel Asturias Quiñónez
Party MLN PRDN DCG
Popular vote 241,335 173,365 52,600
Percentage 51.64% 37.10% 11.26%
President before election

Arturo Gonzáles
MLN

President-elect

None
(Results annulled)

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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, and fresh elections were held in 1958.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6