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style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1974_Guatemalan_general_election" title="1974 Guatemalan general election">1974</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>5 March 1978</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1982_Guatemalan_general_election" title="1982 Guatemalan general election">1982</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> </table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1247979735"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><div 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class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Executive</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_Guatemala" title="President of Guatemala">President of Guatemala</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bernardo_Ar%C3%A9valo" title="Bernardo Arévalo">Bernardo Arévalo</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Guatemala" title="Vice President of Guatemala">Vice President of Guatemala</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karin_Herrera" title="Karin Herrera">Karin Herrera</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_Guatemala" title="Council of Ministers of Guatemala">Ministries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretariats_of_the_Presidency_of_Guatemala" title="Secretariats of the Presidency of 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id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> amidst an opposition boycott. The Congressional elections were won by the <a href="/wiki/National_Liberation_Movement_(Guatemala)" title="National Liberation Movement (Guatemala)">National Liberation Movement</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_Guatemalan_general_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="President">President</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_Guatemalan_general_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: President"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" rowspan="2">Candidate</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col" colspan="2">Popular vote</th><th scope="col" colspan="2">Congress vote</th></tr><tr><th scope="col" rowspan="1">Votes</th><th scope="col" rowspan="1">%</th><th scope="col" rowspan="1">Votes</th><th scope="col" rowspan="1">%</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FBEC5D"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Fernando_Romeo_Lucas_Garc%C3%ADa" title="Fernando Romeo Lucas García">Fernando Romeo Lucas García</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Institutional_Democratic_Party" title="Institutional Democratic Party">PID</a>–<a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Party_(Guatemala)" title="Revolutionary Party (Guatemala)">PR</a>–<a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Aranista_Organization&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Aranista Organization (page does not exist)">CAO</a></td><td style="text-align:right">262,960</td><td style="text-align:right">40.33</td><td style="text-align:right">35</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#002C77"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Enrique_Peralta_Azurdia" title="Enrique Peralta Azurdia">Enrique Peralta Azurdia</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/National_Liberation_Movement_(Guatemala)" title="National Liberation Movement (Guatemala)">National Liberation Movement</a></td><td style="text-align:right">221,223</td><td style="text-align:right">33.93</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#046637"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricardo_Peralta_M%C3%A9ndez&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ricardo Peralta Méndez (page does not exist)">Ricardo Peralta Méndez</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Guatemalan_Christian_Democracy" title="Guatemalan Christian Democracy">DCG</a>–PRA</td><td style="text-align:right">167,890</td><td style="text-align:right">25.75</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="3">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">652,073</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">35</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="7" style="color:var( --color-base, #202122 );background:var( --background-color-neutral, #eaecf0 )"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td></td><td></td><td>35</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td></td><td></td><td>0</td><td>0.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td></td><td></td><td>35</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>1,785,764</td><td>–</td><td>60</td><td>58.33</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="7" style="text-align:left">Source: Nohlen, ISLA</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Congress">Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_Guatemalan_general_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#002C77"></td><td><a href="/wiki/National_Liberation_Movement_(Guatemala)" title="National Liberation Movement (Guatemala)">National Liberation Movement</a></td><td style="text-align:right">20</td><td style="text-align:right">+4</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FBEC5D"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Institutional_Democratic_Party" title="Institutional Democratic Party">Institutional Democratic Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">17</td><td style="text-align:right">+3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#9B7A01"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Party_(Guatemala)" title="Revolutionary Party (Guatemala)">Revolutionary Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">14</td><td style="text-align:right">+4</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#046637"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Guatemalan_Christian_Democracy" title="Guatemalan Christian Democracy">Guatemalan Christian Democracy</a></td><td style="text-align:right">7</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Aranista_Organization&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Central Aranista Organization (page does not exist)">Central Aranista Organization</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">–3</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">61</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="4" style="color:var( --color-base, #202122 );background:var( --background-color-neutral, #eaecf0 )"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="4" style="text-align:left">Source: Nohlen</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_Guatemalan_general_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Guatemalan municipal elections (page does not exist)">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Guatemalan_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Guatemalan municipal elections (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Guatemalan_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 Guatemalan municipal elections (page does not exist)">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Guatemalan_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Guatemalan municipal elections (page does not exist)">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Guatemalan_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2003 Guatemalan municipal elections (page does not exist)">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_Guatemalan_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 Guatemalan municipal elections (page does not exist)">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Guatemalan_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Guatemalan municipal elections (page does not exist)">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Guatemalan_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2015 Guatemalan municipal elections (page does not exist)">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Guatemalan_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2019 Guatemalan municipal elections (page does not exist)">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2023_Guatemalan_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2023 Guatemalan municipal elections (page does not exist)">2023</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=2027_Guatemalan_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2027 Guatemalan municipal elections (page does not exist)">2027</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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