1982 Guatemalan general election

General elections were held in Guatemala on 7 March 1982.[1] Ángel Aníbal Guevara, hand-picked successor of previous president Romeo Lucas García, was declared the winner of the presidential election and was scheduled to take office on 1 July. However, the election was widely denounced as fraudulent by elements on both sides of the political spectrum and an army-led coup d'état on 23 March instead installed the three-man junta of General Efraín Ríos Montt, General Horacio Maldonado Schaad, and Colonel Francisco Luis Gordillo Martínez.

1982 Guatemalan general election
7 March 1982
 
Nominee Aníbal Guevara Mario Sandoval
Party FPD MLN
Home state Escuintla Guatemala City
Running mate Ramiro Ponce Leonel Sisniega
Electoral vote 34 0
Popular vote 379,051 275,487
Percentage 38.86% 28.24%
President before election

Romeo Lucas García
PID-PR-CAO

 President after election

Results annulled
(Ángel Aníbal Guevara overthrown by military junta)

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Voter turnout was 45.83% in the presidential election.

Results

President
Candidate Party Votes %
Ángel Aníbal GuevaraPopular Democratic Front¹ (FPD)379,05138.86
Mario Sandoval AlarcónNational Liberation Movement (MLN)275,48728.24
Alejandro Maldonado AguirreNational Opposition Union² (UNO)221,81022.74
Gustavo Anzueto VielnamNationalist Authentic Centre (CAN)99,04710.15
Invalid/blank votes103,997-
Total1,079,392100
Source: Nohlen

¹ The Popular Democratic Front was an alliance of the Institutional Democratic Party, the Revolutionary Party and the National Unity Front.

² the National Opposing Union was an alliance of Guatemalan Christian Democracy and the National Renewal Party.

Congress
Party Votes % Seats +/-
Popular Democratic Front33+2
National Liberation Movement21+1
National Opposition Union³9+2
Nationalist Authentic Centre3New
Invalid/blank votes---
Total66+5

³ Of the nine seats won by the UNO, seven were taken by Guatemalan Christian Democracy and two by the National Renewal Party.

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 1982. New York, 1983.
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