83:
90:
264:
388:
1351:
862:
25:
402:
1566:
1676:
1646:
1591:
899:
1864:
1852:
1339:
1317:
1581:
1898:
1837:
1406:
360:
1893:
1847:
1842:
775:
82:
1165:
1015:
925:
756:
752:
203:
124:
1696:
1686:
1481:
1476:
740:
733:
1691:
1641:
1636:
1621:
1611:
1606:
1601:
1596:
1586:
1571:
1556:
1551:
713:
705:
615:
838:
1533:
1426:
1421:
1401:
1396:
1391:
1386:
1381:
1284:
441:
892:
1332:
848:
496:
355:
1737:
1731:
1726:
1721:
1716:
1711:
1706:
1701:
1681:
1671:
1661:
1656:
1651:
1631:
1626:
1616:
1576:
1561:
1546:
1541:
1522:
1516:
1511:
1506:
1501:
1496:
1491:
1486:
1471:
1466:
1456:
1451:
1446:
1441:
1436:
1431:
1416:
1411:
1376:
1371:
692:
582:
577:
572:
567:
562:
222:
199:
49:
39:
843:
1883:
1195:
985:
304:
833:
828:
818:
808:
803:
788:
1210:
1180:
1037:
981:
885:
726:
247:
218:
119:
976:
917:
823:
798:
214:
101:
1325:
642:
135:
1820:
1814:
1809:
1804:
1799:
1794:
1789:
1784:
1779:
1774:
1769:
1764:
1759:
1754:
813:
793:
872:
602:
339:
1888:
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Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. BiografĂa polĂtica de
Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
1225:
989:
764:
652:
226:
744:
682:
657:
289:
281:
780:
637:
597:
294:
1032:
1010:
916:
on 5 March 1978. No candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the presidential election, resulting in
672:
662:
632:
107:
1363:
1355:
667:
622:
548:
515:
323:
921:
433:
299:
255:
89:
769:
379:
331:
687:
647:
627:
1280:
677:
866:
263:
924:
with 35 votes, amidst an opposition boycott. The
Congressional elections were won by the
387:
1877:
1272:
347:
405:
1350:
913:
697:
1321:
262:
1314:
Political handbook of the world 1978. New York, 1979.
1865:
Elections in the
Federal Republic of Central America
1277:
Elections in the
Americas: A data handbook, Volume I
1830:
1747:
1532:
1362:
945:
190:
1333:
893:
8:
16:
1340:
1326:
1318:
1146:
940:
900:
886:
242:
15:
1265:
1251:
1247:
1236:
1134:
1117:
1102:
1087:
1072:
1068:
1051:
254:
1356:Elections and referendums in Guatemala
1296:Information Services on Latin America
1151:
1118:
1103:
1088:
1073:
968:
965:
962:
959:
954:
951:
948:
442:Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala
7:
504:President HĂ©ctor Hugo PĂ©rez Aguilera
412:1st Vice President Darwin Lucas Paiz
1899:Presidential elections in Guatemala
417:2nd Vice President César Amézquita
14:
1894:1978 elections in Central America
497:Constitutional Court of Guatemala
1349:
860:
386:
88:
81:
23:
17:1978 Guatemalan general election
912:General elections were held in
1211:Guatemalan Christian Democracy
1181:Institutional Democratic Party
1:
1226:Central Aranista Organization
422:3rd Vice President Nery Rodas
1166:National Liberation Movement
1016:National Liberation Movement
926:National Liberation Movement
977:Fernando Romeo Lucas GarcĂa
920:being elected president by
918:Fernando Romeo Lucas GarcĂa
734:Ministry of Foreign Affairs
340:Vice President of Guatemala
1915:
449:President Oscar Cruz Oliva
1861:
1252:
1248:
1237:
1157:
1154:
1135:
1119:Registered voters/turnout
1069:
1052:
1048:
1025:
714:List of political parties
591:Administrative divisions
282:Constitution of Guatemala
237:
195:President before election
188:
73:
66:
60:
33:
21:
246:This article is part of
1534:Parliamentary elections
1011:Enrique Peralta Azurdia
1884:Elections in Guatemala
1364:Presidential elections
1298:, Volume 16, 1978, p82
1033:Ricardo Peralta MĂ©ndez
753:Diplomatic missions of
745:Carlos Ramiro MartĂnez
324:President of Guatemala
267:
266:
256:Politics of Guatemala
200:Kjell Laugerud GarcĂa
68:Presidential election
1136:Source: Nohlen, ISLA
867:Guatemala portal
215:Fernando Romeo Lucas
146:Electoral vote
1196:Revolutionary Party
1148:
1089:Invalid/blank votes
942:
380:Guatemalan Congress
136:Francisco Villagrán
18:
1147:
941:
305:Capital punishment
268:
159:Popular vote
131:Running mate
1889:1978 in Guatemala
1871:
1870:
1285:978-0-19-928357-6
1257:
1256:
1140:
1139:
910:
909:
776:Visa requirements
727:Foreign relations
616:Political parties
241:
240:
233:
232:
184:
183:
62:
56:
55:
1906:
1354:
1353:
1342:
1335:
1328:
1319:
1299:
1293:
1287:
1270:
1149:
943:
902:
895:
888:
865:
864:
863:
556:Recent Elections
390:
332:Bernardo Arévalo
243:
191:
92:
85:
75:
74:
61:
35:
34:
28:
27:
26:
19:
1914:
1913:
1909:
1908:
1907:
1905:
1904:
1903:
1874:
1873:
1872:
1867:
1857:
1826:
1748:Local elections
1743:
1528:
1358:
1348:
1346:
1308:
1303:
1302:
1294:
1290:
1271:
1267:
1262:
1145:
939:
934:
906:
877:
873:Other countries
861:
859:
854:
853:
785:
774:
765:Nationality law
761:
749:
729:
719:
718:
710:
702:
618:
608:
607:
587:
551:
541:
540:
492:
436:
426:
425:
392:
374:
366:
365:
352:
318:
310:
309:
276:
275:Legal framework
217:
212:
210:President-elect
202:
197:
189:
108:Enrique Peralta
69:
29:
24:
22:
12:
11:
5:
1912:
1910:
1902:
1901:
1896:
1891:
1886:
1876:
1875:
1869:
1868:
1862:
1859:
1858:
1856:
1855:
1850:
1845:
1840:
1834:
1832:
1828:
1827:
1825:
1824:
1817:
1812:
1807:
1802:
1797:
1792:
1787:
1782:
1777:
1772:
1767:
1762:
1757:
1751:
1749:
1745:
1744:
1742:
1741:
1734:
1729:
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1347:
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1307:
1304:
1301:
1300:
1288:
1264:
1263:
1261:
1258:
1255:
1254:
1253:Source: Nohlen
1250:
1249:
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1239:
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1234:
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1163:
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1133:
1132:
1129:
1126:
1123:
1120:
1116:
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1107:
1105:
1101:
1100:
1097:
1094:
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1090:
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1079:
1077:
1075:
1071:
1070:
1067:
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1063:
1060:
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1035:
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1027:
1026:
1024:
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1018:
1013:
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979:
974:
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964:
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947:
938:
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869:
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759:
748:
747:
737:
736:
730:
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724:
721:
720:
717:
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709:
708:
706:Former parties
701:
700:
695:
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685:
680:
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665:
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635:
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619:
614:
613:
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609:
606:
605:
603:Municipalities
600:
594:
593:
586:
585:
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207:
186:
185:
182:
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178:
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169:
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152:
147:
143:
142:
141:HĂ©ctor AragĂłn
139:
132:
128:
127:
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117:
113:
112:
110:
105:
98:
94:
93:
86:
79:
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42:
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30:
13:
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1900:
1897:
1895:
1892:
1890:
1887:
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1882:
1881:
1879:
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1854:
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1383:
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1370:
1369:
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1352:
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1320:
1313:
1310:
1309:
1305:
1297:
1292:
1289:
1286:
1282:
1278:
1274:
1273:Dieter Nohlen
1269:
1266:
1259:
1243:
1240:
1232:
1229:
1227:
1224:
1222:
1221:
1217:
1214:
1212:
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1207:
1206:
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1199:
1197:
1194:
1192:
1191:
1187:
1184:
1182:
1179:
1177:
1176:
1172:
1169:
1167:
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1162:
1161:
1150:
1142:
1130:
1127:
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1121:
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1098:
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1083:
1080:
1078:
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1017:
1014:
1012:
1009:
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1006:
1002:
999:
996:
993:
991:
987:
983:
980:
978:
975:
973:
972:
958:
955:Congress vote
944:
936:
931:
929:
927:
923:
919:
915:
903:
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896:
891:
889:
884:
883:
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847:
845:
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839:United States
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346:
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1306:Bibliography
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1291:
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952:Popular vote
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757:in Guatemala
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440:
395:
385:
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361:Secretariats
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322:
300:Abortion law
290:Human rights
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45:5 March 1978
44:
1831:Referendums
1104:Total votes
1074:Valid votes
781:Visa policy
598:Departments
373:Legislature
295:LGBT rights
172:Percentage
102:Romeo Lucas
1878:Categories
1863:See also:
1592:1944 (Dec)
1587:1944 (Nov)
1260:References
406:Nery Ramos
396:Leadership
356:Ministries
1122:1,785,764
946:Candidate
937:President
914:Guatemala
849:Venezuela
549:Elections
537:MarroquĂn
531:Villatoro
525:Contreras
469:Castañeda
454:Sagastume
434:Judiciary
403:President
317:Executive
1143:Congress
922:Congress
770:Passport
741:Minister
683:VICTORIA
648:ELEFANTE
509:Pimentel
489:Palacios
477:CalderĂłn
457:Palacios
248:a series
167:221,223
97:Nominee
1482:1995–96
1477:1990–91
1279:, p323
1275:(2005)
1056:652,073
1043:167,890
1020:221,223
994:262,960
932:Results
844:Uruguay
658:SEMILLA
520:Escribá
516:Barreto
512:Arriaga
486:Carillo
483:Barrera
460:Padilla
180:33.93%
163:262,960
78:
1283:
1114:100.00
1084:100.00
1065:100.00
1059:100.00
1003:100.00
834:Turkey
829:Taiwan
819:Russia
809:Mexico
804:Kosovo
789:Belize
638:CAMBIO
480:MĂ©ndez
466:Duarte
176:40.33%
116:Party
1238:Total
1155:Seats
1152:Party
1131:58.33
1053:Total
1046:25.75
1023:33.93
997:40.33
966:Votes
960:Votes
949:Party
824:Spain
799:India
698:WINAQ
678:VAMOS
673:VALOR
663:TODOS
633:CABAL
534:Texaj
528:PĂ©rez
463:Coyoy
1853:2018
1848:1999
1843:1994
1838:1935
1821:2027
1815:2023
1810:2019
1805:2015
1800:2011
1795:2007
1790:2003
1785:1999
1780:1998
1775:1995
1770:1993
1765:1990
1760:1988
1755:1985
1738:2027
1732:2023
1727:2019
1722:2015
1717:2011
1712:2007
1707:2003
1702:1999
1697:1995
1692:1994
1687:1990
1682:1985
1677:1984
1672:1982
1667:1978
1662:1974
1657:1970
1652:1966
1647:1964
1642:1961
1637:1959
1632:1958
1627:1957
1622:1955
1617:1954
1612:1953
1607:1950
1602:1948
1597:1947
1582:1935
1577:1931
1572:1929
1567:1927
1562:1926
1557:1925
1552:1923
1547:1880
1542:1873
1523:2027
1517:2023
1512:2019
1507:2015
1502:2011
1497:2007
1492:2003
1487:1999
1472:1985
1467:1982
1462:1978
1457:1974
1452:1970
1447:1966
1442:1958
1437:1957
1432:1954
1427:1950
1422:1944
1417:1931
1412:1926
1407:1920
1402:1916
1397:1910
1392:1904
1387:1898
1382:1892
1377:1880
1372:1873
1281:ISBN
1099:0.00
1040:–PRA
814:Peru
794:Cuba
688:VIVA
643:CREO
628:BIEN
623:AZUL
583:2007
578:2011
573:2015
568:2019
563:2023
474:Roca
50:1982
40:1974
1158:+/–
1038:DCG
990:CAO
982:PID
693:VOS
668:UNE
653:PPN
227:CAO
219:PID
204:MLN
125:MLN
120:PID
1880::
1244:+1
1241:61
1233:–3
1203:+4
1200:14
1188:+3
1185:17
1173:+4
1170:20
1128:60
1111:35
1081:35
1062:35
1000:35
986:PR
928:.
755:/
743::
250:on
223:PR
154:0
150:35
1341:e
1334:t
1327:v
1230:3
1218:–
1215:7
1125:–
1096:0
988:–
984:–
969:%
963:%
901:e
894:t
887:v
225:–
221:–
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