General elections were held in

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on 19 January 1958 after the 1957 elections were nullified. After no candidate received 50% or more of the national vote,

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was elected President by

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on 12 February 1958, whilst an alliance of the National Democratic Reconciliation Party, Nationalist Democratic Party, the

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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. {{Guatemalan elections Elections in Guatemala

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Presidential elections in Guatemala Election and referendum articles with incomplete results