August 1920 Guatemalan presidential election

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Nominee Carlos Herrera José León Castillo Party PU–PD Republican Home state Quetzaltenango Guatemala Popular vote 246,976 7,948 Percentage 94.59% 3.04%

President before election Carlos Herrera PU–PD President-elect Carlos Herrera PU–PD

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

Results[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Carlos Herrera	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
Total			261,111	100.00
Source: Moore, Lloyd Jones

Bibliography[edit]

• 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.