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General elections were held in Guatemala on 19 January 1958 after the 1957 elections were nullified. After no candidate received 50% or more of the national vote,
Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes General José Miguel Ramón Ydígoras Fuentes (17 October 1895 – 27 October 1982) was the conservative President of Guatemala from 1958 to March 1963. He was also the main challenger to Jacobo Árbenz during the 1950 presidential election. He ...
was elected President by
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on 12 February, whilst an alliance of the National Democratic Reconciliation Party,
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, the
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, the Democratic National Association and the National Anti-Communist Front won 40 of the 66 seats in Congress.


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Bibliography

*Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004. *Political handbook of the world 1958. New York, 1959. *Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005. {{Guatemalan elections Elections in Guatemala Guatemala 1958 in Guatemala Presidential elections in Guatemala Election and referendum articles with incomplete results