Guatemalan presidential election, August 1920

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Presidential elections were held in Guatemala on 27 August 1920. The result was a victory for Carlos Herrera y Luna, who received 95% of the vote.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Carlos Herrera y Luna	Unionist Party-Democratic Party	246,976	94.59
José León Castillo	Republican Party	7,948	3.04
Francisco Fuentes	West Republican Party-Constitutionalist Liberal Party	5,983	2.29
53 other candidates		204	0.08
Invalid/blank votes			-
Total		261,111	100
Source: Moore, Lloyd Jones

Bibliography

Caida de una tiranía. Páginas de la historia de Centro América. Guatemala: Impreso en los Talleres Sánchez. Moore, Clement Henry. 1965.
Campang Chang, José. El estado y los partidos políticos en Guatemala. 1944-1951. Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos. 1992.
Díaz Romeu, Guillermo. “ Del régimen de Carlos Herrera a la elección de Jorge Ubico.” Historia general de Guatemala. 1993-1999. Guatemala: Asociación de Amigos del País, Fundación para la Cultura y el Desarrollo. Volume 5. 1996.
Grandin, Greg. The last colonial massacre: Latin America in the Cold War. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2004.
Jones, Chester Lloyd. Guatemala, past and present. New York: Russell and Russell. (Reprint of 1940 edition). 1966.

Elections and referendums in Guatemala

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Referendums	1935 1954 1994 1999

See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America

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