Guatemalan general election, 1966

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General elections were held in Guatemala on 6 March 1966.^[1] After no candidate received 50% or more of the national vote, Julio César Méndez Montenegro was elected President by Congress on 10 May. On the Congressional elections, the Revolutionary Party won 28 of the 54 seats. Voter turnout was 56.27% in the presidential election and 55.01% in the Congressional elections

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Public vote		Congress vote
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
Julio César Méndez Montenegro	Revolutionary Party	209,204	44.78	35	64.81
Juan de Dios Aguilar de León	Institutional Democratic Party	148,025	31.68	19	35.19
Miguel Angel Ponciano	National Liberation Movement	109,981	23.54	-	-
Invalid/blank votes		64,060	-	0	-
Total		531,270	100	54	100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Revolutionary Party	192,366	44.07	29
Institutional Democratic Party	138,873	31.81	21
National Liberation Movement	105,306	24.12	5
Invalid/blank votes	82,848	-	-
Total	519,393	100	55
Source: Nohlen

References

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

Bibliography

Guía del organismo legislativo República de Guatemala. Preparada por el Instituto Nacional de Administración para el Desarrollo, Dobierno de la República. 1968.
Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005.

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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