1958 Guatemalan general election
19 January 1958
Presidential election
 
Nominee Miguel Ydígoras José Luis Cruz Mario Méndez
Party PRDN MDN Revolutionary
Electoral vote 40 18
Popular vote 190,972 138,488 132,824
Percentage 40.80% 29.58% 28.37%
President before election

Guillermo Flores Avendaño
MLN

 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, 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

CandidatePartyPopular voteCongress vote
Votes%Votes%
Miguel Ydígoras FuentesPRDN–PDN–PLN–PLAG–ANDE–FAN190,97240.804068.97
José Luis Cruz SalazarMDN–PUA–PL–PR–DCG138,48829.581831.03
Mario Méndez MontenegroRevolutionary Party132,82428.37
José Enrique Ardón FernándezNationalist Liberal Union Party5,8341.25
Total468,118100.0058100.00
Valid votes468,11895.095889.23
Invalid/blank votes24,1564.91710.77
Total votes492,274100.0065100.00
Registered voters/turnout736,40066.856698.48
Source: Nohlen, New York Times

Congress

PartyVotes%Seats
National Democratic Reconciliation Party127,19536.9940
Anti-Communist Unification Party112,10532.6020
Revolutionary Party88,41825.716
Liberal Party3,7851.100
National Democratic Movement3,6741.070
Party Nationalist Liberal Union2,9550.860
Anticommunist Authentic Party2,4510.710
Guatemalan Anticommunist Liberal Party1,9180.560
Democratic Workers’ Party1,3820.400
Total343,883100.0066
Source: 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.
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