| Country: | Guatemala |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 1931 Guatemalan general election |
| Previous Year: | 1931 |
| Next Election: | 1950 Guatemalan presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1950 |
| Election Date: | 17–19 December 1944 |
| Image1: | Retrato oficial de Presidente Juan José Arévalo (cropped).jpg |
| Popular Vote1: | 255,660 |
| Percentage1: | 86.25% |
| Party1: | FUPA |
| Nominee2: | Adrián Recinos |
| Popular Vote2: | 20,949 |
| Percentage2: | 7.07% |
| Party2: | FND–PDC |
| Colour1: | 042EC6 |
| Colour2: | dc143c |
| Triumvirates | |
| Before Election: | Arbenz, Arana, Toriello |
| Before Party: | Guatemalan Revolution |
| Posttitle: | President-elect |
| After Election: | Juan José Arévalo |
| After Party: | FUPA |
Presidential elections were held in Guatemala between 17 and 19 December 1944.[1] The October Revolution had overthrown Jorge Ubico, the American-backed dictator,[2] 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.[3] The subsequent elections were broadly considered free and fair,[4] although only literate men were given the vote.[5] Unlike in similar historical situations, none of the junta members stood for election.[4] 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.[4] 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.[4] The Constitutional Assembly elections took place on 28–30 December, with the United Front of Arevalist Parties winning 50 of the 65 seats.