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
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was elected President by
Congress
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on 12 February, whilst an alliance of the
National Democratic Reconciliation Party,
Nationalist Democratic Party
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, the
Nationalist Liberal Party
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, the
Democratic National Association and the
National Anti-Communist Front won 40 of the 66 seats in Congress.
Results
President
Congress
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.
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