Guatemalan general election, 1974
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General elections were held in Guatemala
on 3 March 1974. No candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the presidential election, resulting in Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García
being elected president by Congress
on 12 March. The Congressional elections were won by an alliance of the Institutional Democratic Party
and the National Liberation Movement
. Voter turnout was 46.41% in the presidential election.
¹ The National Opposition Front was an alliance of Guatemalan Christian Democracy
, the Social Democratic Party and the Authentic Revolutionary Party
.
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
on 3 March 1974. No candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the presidential election, resulting in Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García was President of Guatemala from 1 July 1974 to 1 July 1978. He was the son of a Norwegian father and Guatemalan mother....
being elected president by Congress
Congress of Guatemala
The Congress of the Republic is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Guatemala.It comprises 158 deputies, who are elected by direct universal suffrage to serve four-year terms . Twenty-nine of these are elected from nationwide lists, with the rest on a district list basis...
on 12 March. The Congressional elections were won by an alliance of the Institutional Democratic Party
Institutional Democratic Party
The Institutional Democratic Party was a Guatemalan pro-government political party active during the 1970s.The PID was formed in 1963 by Enrique Peralta Azurdia after he had seized power in a coup. A centre-right party, it was modelled on the Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party. From the...
and the National Liberation Movement
National Liberation Movement (Guatemala)
The National Liberation Movement was a Guatemala military-backed party formed in 1960 by Mario Sandoval Alarcón as a breakaway from the National Democratic Movement....
. Voter turnout was 46.41% in the presidential election.
President
| Candidate | Party | Public vote | Congress vote | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García was President of Guatemala from 1 July 1974 to 1 July 1978. He was the son of a Norwegian father and Guatemalan mother.... |
MLN National Liberation Movement (Guatemala) The National Liberation Movement was a Guatemala military-backed party formed in 1960 by Mario Sandoval Alarcón as a breakaway from the National Democratic Movement.... -PID Institutional Democratic Party The Institutional Democratic Party was a Guatemalan pro-government political party active during the 1970s.The PID was formed in 1963 by Enrique Peralta Azurdia after he had seized power in a coup. A centre-right party, it was modelled on the Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party. From the... |
298,953 | 44.61 | 32 | 100 |
| José Efraín Ríos Montt | National Opposition Front¹ | 228,067 | 34.03 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernesto Paíz Novales | Revolutionary Party | 143,111 | 21.36 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 57,059 | ||||
| Total | 727,174 | 100 | 60 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||||
¹ The National Opposition Front was an alliance of Guatemalan Christian Democracy
Guatemalan Christian Democracy
The Guatemalan Christian Democracy , founded 24 August 1955, was a political party in Guatemala. It was a moderate reformist party, although also anti-Communist. It first won congressional seats in [Guatemalan parliamentary election, 1955|1955]]. In 1957, it contested presidential elections but...
, the Social Democratic Party and the Authentic Revolutionary Party
Authentic Revolutionary Party
The Authentic Revolutionary Party was a right-wing political party in Bolivia.The Authentic Revolutionary Party was founded in 1959 as a faction of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement , the ruling party under the presidency of Víctor Paz Estenssoro by Wálter Guevara Arze,...
.
Congress
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberation Movement National Liberation Movement (Guatemala) The National Liberation Movement was a Guatemala military-backed party formed in 1960 by Mario Sandoval Alarcón as a breakaway from the National Democratic Movement.... |
16 | |||
| Institutional Democratic Party Institutional Democratic Party The Institutional Democratic Party was a Guatemalan pro-government political party active during the 1970s.The PID was formed in 1963 by Enrique Peralta Azurdia after he had seized power in a coup. A centre-right party, it was modelled on the Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party. From the... |
14 | |||
| National Opposition Front | 14 | |||
| Revolutionary Party | 10 | |||
| Central Aranista Organisation | 6 | New | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | ||||
| Total | 100 | 60 | +5 |