1950 Guatemalan parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Guatemala for half the seats in Congress on 16 December 1950. The Revolutionary Action Party won a plurality of seats.
Results
[edit]The other parties winning 12 seats were opposition parties, whilst all independents were pro-government.
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Revolutionary Action Party | 15 | |
| National Renovation Party | 9 | |
| Popular Liberation Front | 7 | |
| Socialist Party | 7 | |
| Guatemalan Party of Labour | 3 | |
| National Integrity Party | 2 | |
| Revolutionary party of National Union | 1 | |
| Other parties | 12 | |
| Independents | 2 | |
| Total | 58 | |
Bibliography
[edit]- Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
- Political handbook of the world 1951. New York, 1952.
- Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005.
- Gleijeses, Piero. 1991. Shattered hope. The Guatemalan Revolution and the United States, 1944-1954. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- Rodríguez de Ita, Guadalupe. 2003. La participación política en la primavera guatemalteca: una aproximación a la historia de los partidos durante el periodo 1944-1954. México: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
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