1978 Salvadoran legislative election
El Salvador
12 March 1978
All 54 seats in the Legislative Assembly
28 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
PCN Carlos Romero 90.28 50 −2
PPS 9.72 4 +4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 12 March 1978.[1] The elections were boycotted by all but one of the opposition parties,[2] resulting in an easy victory for the ruling National Conciliation Party, which won 50 of the 54 seats.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Conciliation Party766,67390.2850–2
Salvadoran Popular Party82,5359.724+4
Total849,208100.0054+2
Registered voters/turnout1,800,000–
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ↑ Webre, Stephen (1979) José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics: 1960-1972 Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, p194

Bibliography

  • Political Handbook of the world, 1978. New York, 1979.
  • Anderson, Thomas P. 1988. Politics in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. New York: Praeger. Revised edition.
  • Herman, Edward S. and Frank Brodhead. 1984. Demonstration elections: U.S.-staged elections in the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, and El Salvador. Boston: South End Press.
  • Montgomery, Tommie Sue. 1995. Revolution in El Salvador: from civil strife to civil peace. Boulder: Westview.
  • Webre, Stephen. 1979. José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
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