Guatemalan general election, 1958

Guatemalan general election, 1958

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Nominee Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes José Luis Cruz Party PRDN-PDN-PLN- PLAG-ANDE-FAN MDN-PUA-PL-PR-DCG Home state Retalhuleu Guatemala City Electoral vote 40 18 Popular vote 190,972 138,488 Percentage 40.80% 29.58%
President before election Guillermo Flores Avendaño President-elect Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes PRDN

Guillermo Flores Avendaño

Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes
PRDN

General elections were held in Guatemala on 19 January 1958 after the 1957 elections were nullified. After no candidate received 50% or more of the national vote, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes was elected President by Congress on 12 February, whilst an alliance of the National Democratic Reconciliation Party, Nationalist Democratic Party, the Nationalist Liberal Party, the Democratic National Association and the National Anti-Communist Front won 40 of the 66 seats in Congress.

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