General elections were held in
Guatemala between 6 and 8 February 1931. In the presidential election
Jorge Ubico
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was elected unopposed,
[ Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p337 ] after the remaining sector of the old
Liberal Party
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did not object to his candidacy, whilst the
Conservative Party
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was too disorganised and discredited from the
Lázaro Chacón González era to put forward a candidate.
[Susan Ann Berger (1986) ''State and agrarian development: Guatemala (1931-1978)'' New York: Columbia University. Unpublished dissertation, pp50-51] Ubico's
Progressive Liberal Party
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History
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, formed by a union of the two wings of the divided Liberal Party also won the parliamentary election unopposed.
Results
President
Congress
References
Bibliography
*Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
*Political handbook of the world 1933. New York, 1934.
*Dosal, Paul J. Power in transition: the rise of Guatemala's industrial oligarchy, 1871-1994. Westport: Praeger. 1995.
*Grieb, Kenneth J. “El gobierno de Jorge Ubico.” Historia general de Guatemala. 1993-1999. Guatemala: Asociación de Amigos del País, Fundación para la Cultura y el Desarrollo. Volume 5 pages 43–60. 1996.
*Jones, Chester Lloyd. Guatemala, past and present. New York: Russell and Russell. (Reprint of 1940 edition) 1966.
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