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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%.
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Jacobo Árbenz | PAR–PIN–PS–PRN | 266,778 | 65.44 |
| Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes | PRDN–PUA–PUD | 76,180 | 18.69 |
| Jorge García Granados | People's Party | 28,897 | 7.09 |
| Víctor Manuel Giordiani | Popular Liberation Front | 15,664 | 3.84 |
| Manuel Galich | Popular Liberation Front (Galich) | 7,118 | 1.75 |
| Clemente Marroquín Rojas | Guatemalan Social Harmony Party | 6,589 | 1.62 |
| José Arcadio Chévez Guillén | Authentic Revolutionary Front of Socialist Orientation | 4,041 | 0.99 |
| Miguel Angel Mendoza | Popular Union | 1,684 | 0.41 |
| Alejandro Valdizón | | 712 | 0.17 |
| Total | 407,663 | 100.00 |
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| Valid votes | 407,663 | 97.63 |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 9,907 | 2.37 |
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| Total votes | 417,570 | 100.00 |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 583,300 | 71.59 |
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| Source: Nohlen |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
Bibliography
- Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
- Political handbook of the world 1951. New York, 1952.
- Gleijeses, Piero. 1991. Shattered hope. The Guatemalan Revolution and the United States, 1944–1954. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- Rodríguez de Ita, Guadalupe. 2003. La participación política en la primavera guatemalteca: una aproximación a la historia de los partidos durante el periodo 1944–1954. México: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.