1994 Salvadoran general election

General elections were held in El Salvador on 20 March 1994, with a second round of the presidential elections taking place on 24 April. Armando Calderón Sol of the Nationalist Republican Alliance won the presidential elections, whilst his party also won the legislative elections. Voter turnout was 52.27% in the first round of the presidential elections and 45.51% in the second, whilst it was 53.08% for the legislative election.[1]

1994 Salvadoran general election
Registered2,737,743
Presidential election
20 March 1994 (first round)
24 April 1994 (second round)
Turnout52.27% (first round), 45.51% (second round)
 
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Nominee Armando Calderón Sol Rubén Zamora
Party ARENA FMLN
Running mate Enrique Borgo Bustamante Francisco Roberto Lima Rivera
Popular vote 818,264 378,980
Percentage 68.35% 31.65%
President before election

Alfredo Cristiani
ARENA

 Elected President

Armando Calderón Sol
ARENA

Legislative election
All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly
43 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
ARENA 45.03 39 0
FMLN 21.39 21 New
PDC 17.87 18 -8
PCN 6.21 4 -5
CVD 4.45 1 -7
MU 2.49 1 New
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Results

President
CandidateRunning matePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Armando Calderón SolEnrique Borgo BustamanteNationalist Republican Alliance651,63249.11818,26468.35
Rubén ZamoraFrancisco Roberto Lima RiveraFMLN–CD331,62924.99378,98031.65
Fidel Chávez MenaAtilio VieytezChristian Democratic Party215,93616.27
Roberto García EscobarRoberto MarchesiniNational Conciliation Party70,8545.34
Jorge MartínezArístides Escobar BenítezMovement of Unity31,9252.41
Edgardo EngelhardJosé Roberto Rivas IglesiasMovement of National Solidarity13,9591.05
Rhina Victoria EscalanteEdgar Saúl Romero SánchezAuthentic Democratic Christian Movement10,9010.82
Total1,326,836100.001,197,244100.00
Valid votes1,326,83692.721,197,24496.08
Invalid/blank votes104,1997.2848,7833.92
Total votes1,431,035100.001,246,027100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,737,74352.272,737,74345.51
Source: TSE, TSE

Legislative Assembly
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Nationalist Republican Alliance605,77545.03390
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front287,81121.3921New
Christian Democratic Party240,45117.8718–8
National Conciliation Party83,5206.214–5
Democratic Convergence59,8434.451–7
Movement of Unity33,5102.491New
Movement of National Solidarity12,8270.950New
Authentic Democratic Christian Movement12,1090.900–1
National Revolutionary Movement9,4310.700New
Total1,345,277100.00840
Valid votes1,345,27792.57
Invalid/blank votes108,0227.43
Total votes1,453,299100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,737,74353.08
Source: Nohlen,[2] TSE

Municipalities
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Nationalist Republican Alliance207–
Christian Democratic Party29–
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front13New
National Conciliation Party10–
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front–Democratic Convergence2–
Authentic Democratic Christian Movement1–
Movement of Unity0New
Movement of National Solidarity0New
National Revolutionary Movement0New
Total2620
Registered voters/turnout2,737,743–
Source: [3]

References
  1. "Memoria de Labores de las Elecciones de 1994" (PDF). Tribunal Supremo Electoral. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  2. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  3. "Memoria Anual de Labores – Correspondiente a 1994 y Memoria de Labores de las Elecciones de 1994" [Annual Memory of Labors – Correspondence to 1994 and Memory of Labors of the 1994 Elections] (PDF). Supreme Electoral Court (in Spanish). San Salvador, El Salvador. July 1994. p. 51.
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