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1950 Guatemalan presidential election

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FieldValue
countryGuatemala
typepresidential
previous_election1944 Guatemalan presidential election
previous_year1944
next_election1957 Guatemalan general election
next_year1957
election_date10–12 November 1950
image_size130x130px
image1Retrato de Presidente Jacobo Árbenz (cropped).png
nominee1**Jacobo Árbenz**
party1Party of the Guatemalan Revolution
popular_vote1**266,778**
percentage1**65.44%**
image2Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes 1950.jpg
nominee2Miguel Ydígoras
party2PRDN
popular_vote276,180
percentage218.69%
image3Jorge Garcia Granados, 1955 (D756-124) (cropped).jpg
nominee3Jorge García Granados
party3People's Party
color3e51a4c
popular_vote328,897
percentage37.09%
titlePresident
before_electionJuan José Arévalo
before_partyRevolutionary Action Party
posttitlePresident-elect
after_electionJacobo Árbenz
after_partyRevolutionary Action Party

Presidential elections were held in Guatemala between 10 and 12 November 1950. The result was a victory for Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, who received 65.44% of the vote. Voter turnout was 71.6%.

Results

References

Bibliography

  • Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
  • Political handbook of the world 1951. New York, 1952.
  • Gleijeses, Piero. 1991. Shattered hope. The Guatemalan Revolution and the United States, 1944–1954. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
  • Rodríguez de Ita, Guadalupe. 2003. La participación política en la primavera guatemalteca: una aproximación a la historia de los partidos durante el periodo 1944–1954. México: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

References

  1. [[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p323 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
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