Guatemalan presidential election, August 1920

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

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Carlos Herrera y Luna	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
Invalid/blank votes			-
Total		261,111	100
Source: Moore, Lloyd Jones

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