1982 Guatemalan general election

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 elections were 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.

1982 Guatemalan general election
7 March 1982
Presidential election
 
Nominee Aníbal Guevara Mario Sandoval
Party FPD MLN
Running mate Ramiro Ponce Leonel Sisniega
Electoral vote 34 0
Popular vote 379,051 275,487
Percentage 38.86% 28.24%
President before election

Romeo Lucas García
PID-PR-CAO

 President after election

Results annulled
(Ángel Aníbal Guevara overthrown by military junta)

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Voter turnout was 45.83% in the presidential election.

Results

President

Ángel Aníbal Guevara was the candidate of the Popular Democratic Front, an alliance of the Institutional Democratic Party, the Revolutionary Party and the National Unity Front. Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre was the candidate of the National Opposition Union, an alliance of Guatemalan Christian Democracy and the National Renewal Party.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ángel Aníbal GuevaraPopular Democratic Front379,05138.86
Mario Sandoval AlarcónNational Liberation Movement275,48728.24
Alejandro Maldonado AguirreNational Opposition Union221,81022.74
Gustavo Anzueto VielnamNationalist Authentic Centre99,04710.15
Total975,395100.00
Valid votes975,39590.37
Invalid/blank votes103,9979.63
Total votes1,079,392100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,355,06445.83
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Of the nine seats won by the National Opposition Union, seven were taken by Guatemalan Christian Democracy and two by the National Renewal Party.

PartySeats+/–
Popular Democratic Front33+2
National Liberation Movement21+1
National Opposition Union9+2
Nationalist Authentic Centre3New
Total66+5
Source: Nohlen

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

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.
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