Guatemalan general election, 1958

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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.

Results

President

Candidate Party Public vote Congress vote
Votes % Votes %
Miguel Ydígoras FuentesPRDN-PDN-PLN-PLAG-ANDE-FAN190,97240.804069.0
José Luis Cruz SalazarMDN-PUA-PL-PR-DCG138,48829.581831.0
Mario Méndez MontenegroRevolutionary Party132,82428.37--
José Enrique Ardón FernándezNationalist Liberal Union Party5,8341.25--
Invalid/blank votes24,156-7-
Total492,27410065100

Congress

Party Votes % Seats
PRDN-PDN-PLN-ANDE-FAN127,19536.9940
PUA-PR-DCG112,10532.6020
Revolutionary Party88,41825.716
Liberal Party3,78501.100
National Democratic Movement3,6741.070
Party Nationalist Liberal Union2,9550.860
Anticommunist Authentic Party2,4510.710
Guatemalan Anticommunist Liberal Party1,9180.560
Democratic Workers’ Party1,3820.400
Invalid/blank votes --
Total343,88310066

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