1944 Guatemalan parliamentary by-election

By-elections to fill vacancies in the Congress were held in Guatemala on 13 October 1944. Congressional elections were blatantly manipulated to insure the election of government candidates.^[1] Following the example of former president Ubico, president Ponce Vaides rigged the congressional elections in October 1944, in which the official slate won 48,530 votes out of a total of 44,571 ballots.^[2] The ruling Progressive Liberal Party's candidates easily captured the five congressional seats available.^[3]

On 20 October 1944, young military officers deposed President Ponce in a lightning-quick coup.^[4] The junta immediately dissolved the legislature and set dates for three elections: congressional, 3-5 November; presidential, 17-19 December; and, constituent assembly, 28-30 December.^[5]

References

^ Berger, Susan Ann. State and agrarian development: Guatemala (1931-1978). New York: Columbia University. Unpublished dissertation. 1986. Pp. 134.
^ Yashar, Deborah J. Demanding democracy: reform and reaction in Costa Rica and Guatemala, 1870s-1950s. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 1997. Pp. 96.
^ Leonard, Thomas M. The United States and Central America, 1944-1949: perceptions of political dynamics. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. 1984. Pp. 82.
^ Dosal, Paul J. Doing business with the dictators: a political history of United Fruit in Guatemala, 1899-1944. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources. 1993. Pp. 226.
^ Leonard, Thomas M. The United States and Central America, 1944-1949: perceptions of political dynamics. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. 1984. Pp. 84.

[1] Berger, Susan Ann. State and agrarian development: Guatemala (1931-1978). New York: Columbia University. Unpublished dissertation. 1986. Pp. 134.

[2] Yashar, Deborah J. Demanding democracy: reform and reaction in Costa Rica and Guatemala, 1870s-1950s. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 1997. Pp. 96.

[3] Leonard, Thomas M. The United States and Central America, 1944-1949: perceptions of political dynamics. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. 1984. Pp. 82.

[4] Dosal, Paul J. Doing business with the dictators: a political history of United Fruit in Guatemala, 1899-1944. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources. 1993. Pp. 226.

[5] Leonard, Thomas M. The United States and Central America, 1944-1949: perceptions of political dynamics. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. 1984. Pp. 84.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

v t e Elections and referendums in Guatemala
Presidential elections	1873 1880 1892 1898 1904 1910 1916 1920 1926 1931 1944 1950 1954 1957 1958 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1985 1990–91 1995–96 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027
Parliamentary elections	1873 1880 1923 1925 1926 1927 1929 1931 1935 1944 (Nov) 1944 (Dec) 1947 1948 1950 1953 1954 1955 1957 1958 1959 1961 1964 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1984 1985 1990 1994 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027
Local elections	1985 1988 1990 1993 1995 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027
Referendums	1935 1994 1999 2018
See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America