Salvadoran presidential election, 1984
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A presidential election was held in El Salvador on 25 March 1984. The Salvadoran people elected a new president, together with a vice-president, for a five-year term. José Napoleón Duarte of the Christian Democratic Party won the most votes, but failed to gain a constitutionally mandated absolute majority. Duarte won the run-off election held on 6 May.
[edit] Election results
| Candidate, Party | Votes 1st round | % | Votes 2nd round | % |
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| José Napoleón Duarte, Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano) | 549,727 | 43.41 | 752,625 | 53.59 |
| Roberto D'Aubuisson, Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista) | 376,917 | 29.77 | 651,741 | 46.41 |
| José Francisco Guerrero, Party of National Conciliation (Partido de Conciliación Nacional) | 244,556 | 19.31 | - | - |
| René Fortin Magaña, Democratic Action (Acción Democrática) | 43,939 | 3.47 | - | - |
| Francisco Quiñones Avila, Popular Salvadoran Party (Partido Popular Salvadoreño) | 24,395 | 1.92 | - | - |
| Roberto Escobar García, Salvadoran Authentic Institutional Party (Partido Auténtico Institucional Salvadoreño) | 15,430 | 1.22 | - | - |
| Juan Ramón Rosales, Stable Republican Centrist Movement (Movimiento Estable Republicano Centrista) | 6,645 | 0.52 | - | - |
| Gilberto Trujillo, Popular Orientation Party (Partido de Orientación Popular) | 4,677 | 0.37 | - | - |
| Total | 1,266,286 | 100.0 | 1,404,366 | 100.0 |
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