1954 Guatemalan general election

This article is part of a series on
Politics of Guatemala
Legal framework
  • Constitution of Guatemala
Executive
Legislature
  • Guatemalan Congress


  • Leadership
  • 1st Vice President Darwin Lucas Paiz
  • 2nd Vice President César Amézquita
  • 3rd Vice President Nery Rodas
  • President Oscar Cruz Oliva
  • Sagastume
  • Palacios
  • Padilla
  • Coyoy
  • Duarte
  • Castañeda
  • Roca
  • Calderón
  • Méndez
  • Barrera
  • Carillo
  • Palacios

  • President Héctor Hugo Pérez Aguilera
  • Pimentel
  • Arriaga
  • Barreto
  • Escribá
  • Contreras
  • Pérez
  • Villatoro
  • Texaj
  • Marroquín
Elections
  • Recent Elections

  • Administrative divisions


flag Guatemala portal
  • v
  • t
  • e

Constituent Assembly elections were held alongside a plebiscite on the presidency of Carlos Castillo Armas in Guatemala on 10 October 1954. A reported 99.92% of voters voted in favour of Armas' presidency, whilst the National Anti-Communist Front won 57 of the 65 seats in the Assembly.

Results

Armas as president

Choice Votes %
For 485,699 99.92
Against 400 0.08
Invalid/blank votes
Total 486,099 100
Source: Holden

Constituent Assembly

PartySeats
National Anti-Communist Front57
Anti-Communist University Students Committee2
ACCA2
Independent Anti-Communist Party of the West2
Independents2
Total65
Source: Ebel

Bibliography

  • Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
  • Political handbook of the world 1954. New York, 1955.
  • Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005.
  • Holden, Robert H. 2004. Armies without nations: public violence and state formation in Central America, 1821-1960. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Ebel, Roland H. 1998. Misunderstood caudillo: Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes and the failure of democracy in Guatemala. Lanham: University Press of America.