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%

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| 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| %

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| 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.

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