1944 Guatemalan presidential election

none Guatemala presidential 1931 Guatemalan general election 1931 1950 Guatemalan presidential election 1950 17–19 December 1944 Retrato de estudio del Dr. Juan José Arévalo Bermejo (cropped 1).jpg Juan José Arévalo 255,660 86.25% FUPA Adrian Recinos Guatemala with Dr. Rowe of CBS in 1930 crop.jpg Adrián Recinos 20,949 7.07% FND–PDC 042EC6 dc143c Triumvirates Árbenz, Arana, Toriello Guatemalan Revolution President-elect Juan José Arévalo FUPA Presidential elections were held in Guatemala between 17 and 19 December 1944.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 978-0-19-928357-6 The October Revolution had overthrown Jorge Ubico, the American-backed dictator,Stephen M. Streeter (2000) Managing the Counterrevolution: The United States and Guatemala, 1954-1961, pp12–13 after which a junta composed of Francisco Javier Arana, Jacobo Árbenz and Jorge Toriello took power, and quickly announced presidential elections, as well as elections for a constitutional assembly.Piero Gleijeses (1991) Shattered hope: The Guatemalan Revolution and the United States, 1944-1954, pp28–29 The subsequent elections were broadly considered free and fair,Richard H. Immerman, (1982) The CIA in Guatemala: The Foreign Policy of Intervention, p45 although only literate men were given the vote.Gleijeses, p36 Unlike in similar historical situations, none of the junta members stood for election. The front-runner was the university professor Juan José Arévalo, nominated by the National Renovation Party. His closest challenger was Adrián Recinos, whose campaign included a number of individuals identified with the Ubico regime. The ballots were tallied on 19 December and Arévalo won in a landslide with 86.25% of the vote, receiving more than four times as many votes as the other candidates combined. The Constitutional Assembly elections took place on 28–30 December, with the United Front of Arevalist Parties winning 50 of the 65 seats. Results Juan José Arévalo United Front of Arevalist Parties 255660 #042EC6 Adrián Recinos FND–PDC 20949 dc143c Manuel María Herrera Workers Republican-Democratic Party 11062 Guillermo Flores Avendaño Social Democratic Party 8230 Teófilo Díaz Medrano Democratic Constitutionalist Party 342 Bernardo Alvarado Tello Popular Liberation Front 115 Ovidio Pivaral Democratic Party 22 Francisco Javier Arana Popular Liberation 12 Clemente Marroquín National Accord Party 5 José Gregorio Díaz Nationalist Action Party 5 Luis Cardoza y Aragón 3 Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes 2 Humberto Robles es 2 Jorge Toriello Garrido Civic Union 2 Julio Bianchi Central-American party 1 Manuel Galich Popular Liberation Front 1 Eugenio Silva Peña Social Democratic Party 1 6042 310000 Prensa Libre,Prensa Libre Nohlen References Bibliography Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004. Political handbook of the world 1946. New York, 1945. 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. El estado y los partidos politicos en Guatemala, 1944–1951. by José Campang Chang Published in 1992, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ([Guatemala]) Castillo, R. Geografía Electoral de Guatemala, Guatemala, INCEP, 1972. Category:Presidential elections in Guatemala Guatemala Presidential Category:Guatemalan Revolution Category:December 1944 in North America