1970 Guatemalan general election

General elections were held in Guatemala on 1 March 1970. No candidate received over 50% of the vote in the presidential election, resulting in Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio being elected by Congress on 21 March by a vote of 37 to 17. The National Liberation Movement–Institutional Democratic Party alliance also won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 54% in the presidential election and 53% in the Congressional elections.

1970 Guatemalan general election

1 March 1970
Presidential election
 
Nominee Carlos Arana Osorio Mario Fuentes Pieruccini
Party MLN Revolutionary
Running mate Eduardo Cáceres Óscar Castañeda
Electoral vote 37 17
Popular vote 251,135 202,241
Percentage 43.35% 34.91%

President before election

Julio Méndez
Revolutionary

President-elect

Carlos Arana
MLN

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