Guatemalan presidential election, 1898

Presidential elections were held in Guatemala in September 1898. Prior to the election Manuel Estrada Cabrera had established the first real political party in the country's history by admitting people from outside the influential liberals to the Liberal Party.^[1] After winning the election with 99.8% of the vote, he assumed the presidency on 2 October.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Manuel Estrada Cabrera	Liberal Party (PL)	312,797	99.79
José León Castillo	Liberal Party (PL)	672	0.21
Invalid/blank votes			-
Total		313,469	100

References

1. Holden, Robert H (2004) Armies without nations: public violence and state formation in Central America, 1821-1960 New York: Oxford University Press, p54
2. Luján Muñoz, Jorge (2003) Las revoluciones de 1897, la muerte de J.M. Reina Barrios y la elección de M. Estrada Cabrera Guatemala: Artemis Edinter, p64

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