1954 Guatemalan general election

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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[edit]

### Armas as president[edit]

Choice  | Votes  | %

|
|

For | 485,699 | 99.92
Against | 400 | 0.08
Invalid/blank votes |  | –
Total | 486,099 | 100
Source: Holden

### Constituent Assembly[edit]

Party| Seats

|

| National Anti-Communist Front| 57
| Anti-Communist University Students Committee| 2
| ACCA| 2
| Independent Anti-Communist Party of the West| 2
| Independents| 2
Total| 65
Source: Ebel

## Bibliography[edit]

* 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.

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