1957 Guatemalan general election

1957 Guatemalan general election
20 October 1957
Presidential election
 
Nominee Miguel Ortiz Miguel Ydígoras Miguel Asturias Quiñónez
Party MLN PRDN DCG
Popular vote 241,335 173,365 52,600
Percentage 51.64% 37.10% 11.26%
President before election

Arturo Gonzáles
MLN

 President-elect

None
(Results annulled)

General elections were held in Guatemala on 20 October 1957. Miguel Ortiz Passarelli won the presidential election. However, the elections were nullified on 23 October 1957 following protests against electoral fraud, and fresh elections were held in 1958.

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