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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.
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Candidate | Party | Popular vote | Congress vote | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes | PRDN–PDN–PLN–PLAG–ANDE–FAN | 190,972 | 40.80 | 40 | 68.97 | |
José Luis Cruz Salazar | MDN–PUA–PL–PR–DCG | 138,488 | 29.58 | 18 | 31.03 | |
Mario Méndez Montenegro | Revolutionary Party | 132,824 | 28.37 | |||
José Enrique Ardón Fernández | Nationalist Liberal Union Party | 5,834 | 1.25 | |||
Total | 468,118 | 100.00 | 58 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 468,118 | 95.09 | 58 | 89.23 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 24,156 | 4.91 | 7 | 10.77 | ||
Total votes | 492,274 | 100.00 | 65 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 736,400 | 66.85 | 66 | 98.48 | ||
Source: Nohlen, New York Times |
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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National Democratic Reconciliation Party | 127,195 | 36.99 | 40 | |
Anti-Communist Unification Party | 112,105 | 32.60 | 20 | |
Revolutionary Party | 88,418 | 25.71 | 6 | |
Liberal Party | 3,785 | 1.10 | 0 | |
National Democratic Movement | 3,674 | 1.07 | 0 | |
Party Nationalist Liberal Union | 2,955 | 0.86 | 0 | |
Anticommunist Authentic Party | 2,451 | 0.71 | 0 | |
Guatemalan Anticommunist Liberal Party | 1,918 | 0.56 | 0 | |
Democratic Workers’ Party | 1,382 | 0.40 | 0 | |
Total | 343,883 | 100.00 | 66 | |
Source: Nohlen (votes) |
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