National Democratic Reconciliation Party

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The National Democratic Reconciliation Party (Spanish: Partido Reconciliacion Democratica Nacional, PRDN or REDENCION) was a moderate conservative party in Guatemala.

History

The PRDN was founded in March 1950 by General Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes.^[1] Ydígoras finished as the runner-up in the November 1950 presidential elections with 19% of the vote. He finished as runner-up again in the 1957 elections, but the results were annulled due to fraud. In the fresh elections the following year, Ydígoras received the largest vote share (41%) and was confirmed as President by a vote in Congress, in which the PRDN-led coalition had won a majority of seats. The PRDN retained its Congressional majority in the 1959 and 1961 elections.

Ydígoras was removed from office by a 1963 coup, after which the party was disbanded.

References

↑ Rodríguez de Ita, Guadalupe (2003) La participación política en la primavera guatemalteca: una aproximación a la historia de los partidos durante el periodo 1944-1954, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, p274

Political parties in Guatemala

Parties in Congress	Renewed Democratic Liberty National Unity of Hope Todos Patriotic Party National Convergence Front National Change Union Commitment, Renewal and Order Unionist Party Vision with Values Encounter for Guatemala Convergence Winaq Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity National Advancement Party Fuerza

Extra-parliamentary	Democratic Union Front for Democracy Grand National Alliance Institutional Republican Party Reform Movement Social Action Centre Victory

Defunct parties	New Nation Alternative

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