1978 Salvadoran legislative election

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.

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

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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