Guatemalan parliamentary election, 1950

Parliamentary elections were held in Guatemala for half the seats in Congress on 16 December 1950. The Revolutionary Action Party won a plurality of seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Revolutionary Action Party			15
National Renovation Party			9
Popular Liberation Front			7
Socialist Party			7
Guatemalan Labor Party			3
National Integrity Party			2
Revolutionary party of National Union			1
Other parties¹			12
Independents¹			2
Invalid/blank votes		-	-
Total			58

¹ The other parties were opposition parties, whilst the independents were all pro-government.

Bibliography

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