Results
President
Candidate |
Party |
Public vote |
Congress vote |
Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes | PRDN-PDN-PLN-PLAG-ANDE-FAN | 190,972 | 40.80 | 40 | 69.0 |
José Luis Cruz Salazar | MDN-PUA-PL-PR-DCG | 138,488 | 29.58 | 18 | 31.0 |
Mario Méndez Montenegro | Revolutionary Party | 132,824 | 28.37 | - | - |
José Enrique Ardón Fernández | Nationalist Liberal Union Party | 5,834 | 1.25 | - | - |
Invalid/blank votes | 24,156 | - | 7 | - |
Total | 492,274 | 100 | 65 | 100 |
Congress
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
PRDN-PDN-PLN-ANDE-FAN | 127,195 | 36.99 | 40 |
PUA-PR-DCG | 112,105 | 32.60 | 20 |
Revolutionary Party | 88,418 | 25.71 | 6 |
Liberal Party | 3,785 | 01.10 | 0 |
National Democratic Movement | 3,674 | 1.07 | 0 |
Party Nationalist Liberal Union | 2,955 | 0.86 | 0 |
Anticommunist Authentic Party | 2,451 | 0.71 | 0 |
Guatemalan Anticommunist Liberal Party | 1,918 | 0.56 | 0 |
Democratic Workers’ Party | 1,382 | 0.40 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | | - | - |
Total | 343,883 | 100 | 66 |
Bibliography
- Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
- Political handbook of the world 1958. New York, 1959.
- Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005.