Guatemalan general election, 1978

Guatemalan general election, 1978
5 March 1978

 
Nominee Romeo Lucas Enrique Peralta
Party PID MLN
Home state Alta Verapaz Guatemala City
Running mate Francisco Villagrán Héctor Aragón
Electoral vote 34 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 on 13 March. The Congressional elections were won by the National Liberation Movement.

Results

President

Candidate Party Public vote Congress vote
Votes % Votes %
Fernando Romeo Lucas GarcíaPID-PR-CAO262,96040.3334100
Enrique Peralta AzurdiaNational Liberation Movement221,22333.9300
Ricardo Peralta MéndezDCG-PRA167,89025.75--
Invalid/blank votes--
Total652,07310061100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party Votes % Seats +/-
National Liberation Movement20+4
Institutional Democratic Party17+3
Revolutionary Party14+4
Guatemalan Christian Democracy7-
Central Aranista Organization3-3
Invalid/blank votes---
Total61+1

References

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

Bibliography

  • Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
  • Political handbook of the world 1978. New York, 1979.
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