Salvadoran presidential election, 1994

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A presidential election was held in El Salvador on 20 March 1994. The Salvadoran people elected a new president, together with a vice-president, for a five-year term. Armando Calderón Sol of the ARENA party won the most votes, but failed to gain a constitutionally mandated absolute majority. Calderon won the run-off election held on 24 April.

[edit] Election results

e•d Summary of the 20 March 1994 and 24 April Salvadoran presidential election results

Candidate, Party	Votes 1st round	%	Votes 2nd round	%
Armando Calderón Sol, Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista)	651,632	49.1	818,264	68.3
Rubén Zamora Rivas, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front-Democratic Convergence (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional-Convergencia Democrática)	331,629	25.0	378,980	31.7
Fidel Chávez Mena, Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)	215,936	16.3	-	-
Others	127,639	9.6	-	-
Total	1,326,836	100.0	1,197,244	100.0

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