1958 Guatemalan general election explained
| Country: | Guatemala |
| Previous Election: | 1957 Guatemalan general election |
| Previous Year: | 1957 |
| Next Election: | 1966 Guatemalan general election |
| Next Year: | 1966 |
| Election Date: | 19 January 1958 |
| Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Type: | presidential | | Election Name: | Presidential election | | Image1: | Foto oficial de Presidente Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes (cropped).png | | Nominee1: | Miguel Ydígoras | | Popular Vote1: | 190,972 | | Percentage1: | 40.80% | | Party1: | PRDN | | Electoral Vote1: | 40 | | Electoral Vote2: | 18 | | Colour1: | FFE25A | | Popular Vote2: | 138,488 | | Percentage2: | 29.58% | | Party2: | MDN | | Color2: | 002C77 | | Image3: | Mario Méndez Montenegro.jpg | | Nominee3: | Mario Méndez | | Popular Vote3: | 132,824 | | Percentage3: | 28.37% | | Party3: | Revolutionary | | Colour3: | 964B00 | | President | | Before Election: | Guillermo Flores Avendaño | | Before Party: | National Liberation Movement (Guatemala) | | Posttitle: | President-elect | | After Election: | Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes | | After Party: | PRDN |
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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
Congress
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.
