Guatemalan general election, 1982

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General elections were held in Guatemala on 7 March 1982.[1] Ángel Aníbal Guevara, hand-picked successor of previous president Romeo Lucas García, was declared the winner of the presidential election and was scheduled to take office on 1 July. However, the election was widely denounced as fraudulent by elements on both sides of the political spectrum and an army-led coup d'état on 23 March instead installed the three-man junta of General Efraín Ríos Montt, General Horacio Maldonado Schaad, and Colonel Francisco Luis Gordillo Martínez.

Voter turnout was 45.83% in the presidential election.

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Ángel Aníbal GuevaraPopular Democratic Front¹379,05138.86
Mario Sandoval AlarcónNational Liberation Movement275,48728.24
Alejandro Maldonado AguirreNational Opposition Union²221,81022.74
Gustavo Anzueto VielnamNationalist Authentic Centre99,04710.15
Invalid/blank votes103,997-
Total1,079,392100
Source: Nohlen

¹ The Popular Democratic Front was an alliance of the Institutional Democratic Party, the Revolutionary Party and the National Unity Front.

² the National Opposing Union was an alliance of Guatemalan Christian Democracy and the National Renewal Party.

Congress

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Popular Democratic Front 33+2
National Liberation Movement 21+1
National Opposition Union³ 9+2
Nationalist Authentic Centre 3New
Invalid/blank votes ---
Total 66+5

³ Of the nine seats won by the UNO, seven were taken by Guatemalan Christian Democracy and two by the National Renewal Party.

References

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

Bibliography

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