1978 Guatemalan general election

1978 Guatemalan general election
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	Presidential election
President before election; Kjell Laugerud García; MLN	President-elect ; Fernando Romeo Lucas; PID–PR–CAO

General elections were held in Guatemala on 5 March 1978.^[1] No candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the presidential election, resulting in Fernando Romeo Lucas García being elected president by Congress with 35 votes,^[2] amidst an opposition boycott. The Congressional elections were won by the National Liberation Movement.

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Candidate		Party	Popular vote		Congress vote
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Fernando Romeo Lucas García	PID–PR–CAO	262,960	40.33	35	100.00
	Enrique Peralta Azurdia	National Liberation Movement	221,223	33.93
	Ricardo Peralta Méndez	DCG–PRA	167,890	25.75
Total			652,073	100.00	35	100.00

Valid votes					35	100.00
Invalid/blank votes					0	0.00
Total votes					35	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,785,764	–	60	58.33
Source: Nohlen, ISLA

Party		Seats	+/–
	National Liberation Movement	20	+4
	Institutional Democratic Party	17	+3
	Revolutionary Party	14	+4
	Guatemalan Christian Democracy	7	–
	Central Aranista Organization	3	–3
Total		61	+1

Source: Nohlen

1978 Guatemalan general election

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