Country: | Guatemala |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1944 Guatemalan presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1944 |
Next Election: | 1957 Guatemalan general election |
Next Year: | 1957 |
Election Date: | 10–12 November 1950 |
Image1: | Retrato de Presidente Jacobo Árbenz (cropped).png |
Nominee1: | Jacobo Árbenz |
Party1: | Revolutionary Action Party |
Popular Vote1: | 266,778 |
Percentage1: | 65.44% |
Nominee2: | Miguel Ydígoras |
Party2: | PRDN |
Popular Vote2: | 76,180 |
Percentage2: | 18.69% |
Image3: | Jorge Garcia Granados, 1955 (D756-124) (cropped).jpg |
Party3: | People's Party |
Color3: | e51a4c |
Popular Vote3: | 28,897 |
Percentage3: | 7.09% |
President | |
Before Election: | Juan José Arévalo |
Before Party: | Revolutionary Action Party |
Posttitle: | President-elect |
After Election: | Jacobo Árbenz |
After Party: | Revolutionary Action Party |
Presidential elections were held in Guatemala between 10 and 12 November 1950.[1] The result was a victory for Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, who received 65.44% of the vote. Voter turnout was 71.6%.