1978 Guatemalan general election

1978 Guatemalan general election
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Presidential election
 
Nominee Romeo Lucas Enrique Peralta
Party PID MLN
Running mate Francisco Villagrán Héctor Aragón
Electoral vote 35 0
Popular vote 262,960 221,223
Percentage 40.33% 33.93%
President before election

Kjell Laugerud García
MLN

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 with 35 votes,[2] amidst an opposition boycott. The Congressional elections were won by the National Liberation Movement.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Information Services on Latin America, Volume 16, 1978, p82