Parliamentary elections were held in Guatemala on 3 December 1961,[1] in order to elect half the seats in Congress. Following the election, the National Democratic Reconciliation Party-National Democratic Movement-Democratic Unity Party alliance held 50 of the 66 seats. Voter turnout was just 44.48%.
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Total | +/– | ||||||
| PRDN–MDN–PUD | 150,948 | 50.52 | – | 50 | +2 | |||
| Revolutionary Party | 81,500 | 27.27 | – | 9 | +2 | |||
| National Liberation Movement | 25,102 | 8.40 | – | 3 | New | |||
| Guatemalan Christian Democracy | 20,957 | 7.01 | – | 4 | –7 | |||
| Democratic Authentic Party | 20,310 | 6.80 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
| Total | 298,817 | 100.00 | 33 | 66 | 0 | |||
| Valid votes | 298,817 | 82.53 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 63,247 | 17.47 | ||||||
| Total votes | 362,064 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 814,000 | 44.48 | ||||||
| Source: Nohlen (votes) | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p323 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
Bibliography
edit- Villagrán Kramer, Francisco. Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz. FLACSO-Guatemala, 2004.
- Political handbook and Atlas of the world 1961. New York, 1962.