Guatemalan general election, 1970

Guatemalan general election, 1970
1 March 1970

 
Nominee Carlos Arana Osorio Mario Fuentes Pieruccini
Party MLN Revolutionary
Home state Santa Rosa Guatemala City
Running mate Eduardo Cáceres Óscar Castañeda
Popular vote 251,135 202,241
Percentage 43.35% 34.91%
President before election

Julio Méndez
Revolutionary

 President-elect

Carlos Arana
MLN

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General elections were held in Guatemala on 1 March 1970.[1] No candidate received over 50% of the vote in the presidential election, resulting in Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio being elected by Congress on 21 March. The National Liberation Movement-Institutional Democratic Party alliance won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 53.82% in the presidential election and 53.26% in the Congressional elections.

Results

President

Candidate Party Public vote Congress vote
Votes % Votes %
Carlos Manuel Arana OsorioMLN-PID251,13543.35
Mario Fuentes PierucciniRevolutionary Party202,24134.91
Jorge Lucas CaballerosGuatemalan Christian Democracy125,94821.74
Invalid/blank votes61,360-
Total640,684100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party Votes % Seats +/-
PID-MLN231,52841.7131+5
Revolutionary Party201,11936.2419-10
Guatemalan Christian Democracy122,37922.050New
Invalid/blank votes78,953---
Total633,97953.26550
Source: Nohlen

References

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

Bibliography

  • Guía del organismo legislativo República de Guatemala. Preparada por el Instituto Nacional de Administración para el Desarrollo, Dobierno de la República. 1968.
  • Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
  • Political handbook of the world 1970. New York, 1971.
  • Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005.
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