Salvadoran presidential election, 1984

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Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 25 March 1984, with a second round on 6 May.^[1] The Salvadoran people elected a new president, together with a vice-president, for a five-year term. The result was a victory for José Napoleón Duarte of the Christian Democratic Party.

The elections took place against the backdrop of the Salvadoran Civil War, but were considered to be the freest and fairest presidential election since 1931.

Results

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
José Napoleón Duarte	Christian Democratic Party	549,727	43.41	752,625	53.59
Roberto D'Aubuisson	Nationalist Republican Alliance	376,917	29.77	651,741	46.41
José Francisco Guerrero	Party of National Conciliation	244,556	19.31
René Fortin Magaña	Democratic Action	43,939	3.47
Francisco Quiñones Avila	Popular Salvadoran Party	24,395	1.92
Roberto Escobar García	Salvadoran Authentic Institutional Party	15,430	1.22
Juan Ramón Rosales	Stable Republican Centrist Movement	6,645	0.52
Gilberto Trujillo	Popular Orientation Party	4,677	0.37
Invalid/blank votes		153,217	-	119,713	-
Total		1,419,503	100	1,524,079	100
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

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