General elections were held in

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between 6 and 8 February 1931. In the presidential election

Jorge Ubico Jorge Ubico Castañeda (10 November 1878 – 14 June 1946), nicknamed Number Five or also Central America's Napoleon, was a Guatemalan military officer, politician, and dictator who served as the president of Guatemala from 1931 to 1944. A ge ...

was elected unopposed,

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(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p337 after the remaining sector of the old

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did not object to his candidacy, whilst the Conservative Party was too disorganised and discredited from the

Lázaro Chacón González Lázaro Chacón González (27 June 1873 – 9 April 1931) was the acting President of Guatemala from 26 September 1926 to 18 December 1926 and President of Guatemala from 19 December 1926 to 2 January 1931. Born in Teculután, Zacapa he was t ...

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 Unpublished dissertation, pp50-51 Ubico's

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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

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