Guatemalan_general_election,_1978

1978 Guatemalan general election
	Presidential election
President before election; Kjell Laugerud García; MLN	President-elect ; Fernando Romeo Lucas; PID–PR–CAO

1978 Guatemalan general election

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General elections were held in Guatemala on 5 March 1978.^[1] No candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the presidential election, resulting in Fernando Romeo Lucas García being elected president by Congress with 35 votes,^[2] amidst an opposition boycott. The Congressional elections were won by the National Liberation Movement.

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Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

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Information Services on Latin America, Volume 16, 1978, p82

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Candidate		Party	Popular vote		Congress vote
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Fernando Romeo Lucas García	PID–PR–CAO	262,960	40.33	35	100.00
	Enrique Peralta Azurdia	National Liberation Movement	221,223	33.93
	Ricardo Peralta Méndez	DCG–PRA	167,890	25.75
Total			652,073	100.00	35	100.00

Valid votes					35	100.00
Invalid/blank votes					0	0.00
Total votes					35	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,785,764	–	60	58.33
Source: Nohlen, ISLA

Party		Seats	+/–
	National Liberation Movement	20	+4
	Institutional Democratic Party	17	+3
	Revolutionary Party	14	+4
	Guatemalan Christian Democracy	7	–
	Central Aranista Organization	3	–3
Total		61	+1

Source: Nohlen

Guatemalan_general_election,_1978

1978 Guatemalan general election

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