| Election Name: | 1898 Guatemalan presidential election |
| Country: | Guatemala |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1892 Guatemalan presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1892 |
| Next Election: | 1904 Guatemalan presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1904 |
| Election Date: | September 1898 |
| Popular Vote1: | 312,797 |
| Percentage1: | 99.79% |
| Party1: | Liberal Party (Guatemala) |
| Home State1: | Quetzaltenango |
| Nominee2: | José León Castillo |
| Popular Vote2: | 672 |
| Percentage2: | 0.21% |
| Party2: | Liberal Party (Guatemala) |
| Home State2: | Guatemala |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Manuel Estrada Cabrera |
| Before Party: | Liberal Party (Guatemala) |
| Posttitle: | President-elect |
| After Election: | Manuel Estrada Cabrera |
| After Party: | Liberal Party (Guatemala) |
Presidential elections were held in Guatemala during seven days in September 1898.[1] Prior to the elections Manuel Estrada Cabrera had established the first real political party in the country's history by admitting people from outside the influential liberals to the Liberal Party.[2]
The elections were regarded as fraudulent; constitutional guarantees had been suspended for a month and opposition candidate José León Castillo had been unable to campaign. Estrada was declared the winner with 99.8% of the vote,[3] although the number of votes cast is estimated to have been at least three times the number of people eligible to vote at the time.[4] Legislative Assembly Decree 413 of 26 September declared that Estrada's term of office would begin on 15 March 1899, but he assumed the presidency on 2 October.[3]