Guatemalan general election, 1954

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Constituent Assembly elections were held alongside a plebiscite on the presidency of Carlos Castillo Armas in Guatemala on 10 October 1954. A reported 99.92% of voters voted in favour of Armas' presidency, whilst the National Anti-Communist Front won 57 of the 65 seats in the Assembly.

Results

Plebiscite

Choice	Votes	%
For	485,699	99.92
Against	400	0.08
Invalid/blank votes		-
Total	486,099	100
Source: Holden

Constituent Assembly

Parties and alliances	%	Seats
National Anti-Communist Front		57
Anti-Сommunist University Students Committee		2
ACCA		2
Independent Anti-Communist Party of the West		2
Independents		2
Invalid/blank votes	-	-
Total		-
Source: Ebel

Bibliography

Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
Political handbook of the world 1954. New York, 1955.
Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005.
Holden, Robert H. 2004. Armies without nations: public violence and state formation in Central America, 1821-1960. New York: Oxford University Press.
Ebel, Roland H. 1998. Misunderstood caudillo: Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes and the failure of democracy in Guatemala. Lanham: University Press of America.

Elections and referendums in Guatemala

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Referendums	1935 1954 1994 1999

See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America

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