Guatemalan general election, 1978
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General elections were held in Guatemala
on 5 March 1978. No candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the presidential election, resulting in Fernando Romeo Lucas García
being elected president by Congress
on 13 March. The Congressional elections were won by the National Liberation Movement
.
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 5 March 1978. No candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the presidential election, resulting in Fernando Romeo Lucas García
Fernando Romeo Lucas García
Fernando Romeo Lucas García was the 25th President of Guatemala from 1 July 1978 to 23 March 1982...
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 13 March. The Congressional elections were won by 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....
.
President
| Candidate | Party | Public vote | Congress vote | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Fernando Romeo Lucas García Fernando Romeo Lucas García Fernando Romeo Lucas García was the 25th President of Guatemala from 1 July 1978 to 23 March 1982... |
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... -PR-CAO |
262,960 | 40.33 | 34 | 100 |
| Enrique Peralta Azurdia Enrique Peralta Azurdia Alfredo Enrique Peralta Azurdia was President of Guatemala from 31 March 1963 to 1 July 1966.Enrique Peralta was born on June 17, 1908 in Guatemala City. He took over the presidency after a coup against president Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes... |
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.... |
221,223 | 33.93 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Peralta Méndez | DCG 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... -PRA |
167,890 | 25.75 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | |||||
| Total | 652,073 | 100 | 61 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen | |||||
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.... |
20 | |||
| 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... |
17 | |||
| Revolutionary Party | 14 | |||
| 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... |
7 | |||
| Central Aranista Organization | 3 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | ||||
| Total | 61 | +1 |