1966 Guatemalan general election

none Guatemala 1958 Guatemalan general election 1958 1970 Guatemalan general election 1970 6 March 1966 yes Presidential election presidential Foto oficial de Julio César Méndez Montenegro (cropped).jpg Julio Méndez Clemente Marroquín Revolutionary 209,204 44.78% 35 3x4.svg Juan Aguilar Gustavo Mirón Porras PID 148,025 31.68 19 President Enrique Peralta Azurdia President-elect Julio Méndez Revolutionary General elections were held in Guatemala on 6 March 1966.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 978-0-19-928357-6 After no candidate received 50% or more of the national vote, Julio César Méndez Montenegro was elected President by Congress on 5 May.John Dombrowski (1970) Area Handbook for Guatemala p172 In the Congressional elections, the Revolutionary Party won 28 of the 54 seats. Voter turnout was 56.27% in the presidential election and 55.01% in the Congressional elections. Despite historical odds he faced, left-of-centre Méndez, a former law professor who held the rank of civilian, would be successfully be elected and sworn in as President of Guatemala, which had at this point been long led by military government since its independence in 1847.https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,835937,00.html Guatemala: Against the Odds Time Magazine July 8, 1966 June 12, 2021 Results President Popular vote Congress vote Julio César Méndez Montenegro Revolutionary Party 209204 35 Juan de Dios Aguilar de León Institutional Democratic Party 148025 19 Miguel Angel Ponciano National Liberation Movement 109981 64060 0 944170 55 Nohlen, Dombrowski Congress Revolutionary Party 192366 29 +23 Institutional Democratic Party 138873 21 New National Liberation Movement 105306 5 +5 82848 –11 944170 Nohlen References Bibliography Guía del organismo legislativo República de Guatemala. Preparada por el Instituto Nacional de Administración para el Desarrollo, Dobierno de la República. 1968. Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004. Category:Parliamentary elections in Guatemala Guatemala General Category:Presidential elections in Guatemala