1958 Guatemalan general election

none Guatemala 1957 Guatemalan general election 1957 1966 Guatemalan general election 1966 19 January 1958 yes presidential Presidential election 130x130px Foto oficial de Presidente Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (cropped).png Miguel Ydígoras 190,972 40.80% PRDN 40 18 FFE25A 3x4.svg José Luis Cruz Salazar es José Luis Cruz 138,488 29.58% MDN 002C77 Mario Méndez Montenegro.jpg Mario Méndez 132,824 28.37% Revolutionary 964B00 President Guillermo Flores Avendaño National Liberation Movement (Guatemala) President-elect Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes PRDN 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 1958, 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. Results President Popular vote Congress vote Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes PRDN–PDN–PLN–PLAG–ANDE–FAN 190972 40 José Luis Cruz Salazar es MDN–PUA–PL–PR–DCG 138488 18 Mario Méndez Montenegro Revolutionary Party 132824 José Enrique Ardón Fernández Nationalist Liberal Union Party 5834 24156 7 736400 66 Nohlen, New York Times Congress National Democratic Reconciliation Party 127195 40 Anti-Communist Unification Party 112105 20 Revolutionary Party 88418 6 Liberal Party 3785 0 National Democratic Movement 3674 0 Party Nationalist Liberal Union 2955 0 Anticommunist Authentic Party 2451 0 Guatemalan Anticommunist Liberal Party 1918 0 Democratic Workers’ Party 1382 0 736400 Nohlen (votes) Bibliography Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004. Political handbook of the world 1958. New York, 1959. Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005. Category:Parliamentary elections in Guatemala Guatemala General Category:Presidential elections in Guatemala Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results