Julio Méndez Revolutionary Carlos Arana

General elections were held in Guatemala on 1 March 1970.

[1] No candidate received over 50% of the vote in the presidential election, resulting in Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio being elected by Congress on 21 March by a vote of 37 to 17.

[2] The National Liberation Movement–Institutional Democratic Party alliance also won the Congressional elections.

Voter turnout was 54% in the presidential election and 53% in the Congressional elections.