Guatemalan general election, 1982
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General elections were held in Guatemala on 7 March 1982.[1] Ángel Aníbal Guevara, hand-picked successor of previous president Romeo Lucas García, was declared the winner of the presidential election and was scheduled to take office on 1 July. However, the election was widely denounced as fraudulent by elements on both sides of the political spectrum and an army-led coup d'état on 23 March instead installed the three-man junta of General Efraín Ríos Montt, General Horacio Maldonado Schaad, and Colonel Francisco Luis Gordillo Martínez.
Voter turnout was 45.83% in the presidential election.
Results
President
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Ángel Aníbal Guevara | Popular Democratic Front¹ | 379,051 | 38.86 |
Mario Sandoval Alarcón | National Liberation Movement | 275,487 | 28.24 |
Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre | National Opposition Union² | 221,810 | 22.74 |
Gustavo Anzueto Vielnam | Nationalist Authentic Centre | 99,047 | 10.15 |
Invalid/blank votes | 103,997 | - | |
Total | 1,079,392 | 100 | |
Source: Nohlen |
¹ The Popular Democratic Front was an alliance of the Institutional Democratic Party, the Revolutionary Party and the National Unity Front.
² the National Opposing Union was an alliance of Guatemalan Christian Democracy and the National Renewal Party.
Congress
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
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Popular Democratic Front | 33 | +2 | ||
National Liberation Movement | 21 | +1 | ||
National Opposition Union³ | 9 | +2 | ||
Nationalist Authentic Centre | 3 | New | ||
Invalid/blank votes | - | - | - | |
Total | 66 | +5 |
³ Of the nine seats won by the UNO, seven were taken by Guatemalan Christian Democracy and two by the National Renewal Party.
References
Bibliography
- Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
- Political handbook of the world 1982. New York, 1983.