Salvadoran legislative election, 1978
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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
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|
National Conciliation Party | 766,673 | 90.3 | 50 | -2 |
Salvadoran Popular Party | 82,535 | 9.7 | 4 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | - | - | - | |
Total | 849,208 | 100 | 54 | +2 |
Source: Nohlen |
References
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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