1957 Guatemalan general election

1957 Guatemalan general election

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Presidential election

Nominee Miguel Ortiz Miguel Ydígoras Miguel Asturias Quiñónez Party MLN PRDN DCG Popular vote 241,335 173,365 52,600 Percentage 51.64% 37.10% 11.26%

President before election Arturo Gonzáles MLN President-elect None (Results annulled)

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General elections were held in Guatemala on 20 October 1957.^[1] Miguel Ortiz Passarelli won the presidential election. However, the elections were nullified on 23 October 1957 following protests against electoral fraud, and fresh elections were held in 1958.