General elections were held in
Guatemala on 1 March 1970.
[ Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p323 ] No candidate received over 50% of the vote in the presidential election, resulting in
Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio being elected by Congress on 21 March by a vote of 37 to 17.
[T. Skinner (1974) ''The West Indies & Caribbean Year Book: Anuario Comercial de Las Antillas Y Países Del Caribe, Volume 1974'', p509] The
National Liberation Movement–
Institutional Democratic Party
The Institutional Democratic Party ( es, Partido Institucional Democrático, PID) was a Guatemalan pro-government political party active during the 1970s.
The PID was formed in 1963 by Enrique Peralta Azurdia after he had seized power in a coup. ...
alliance also won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 53.82% in the presidential election and 53.26% in the Congressional elections.
Results
President
Congress
References
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.
* Political handbook of the world 1970. New York, 1971.
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