1968 Salvadoran legislative election
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Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 10 March 1968.[1] The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won 27 of the 52 seats. Voter turnout was just 36.6%.[2]
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All 52 seats in the Legislative Assembly 27 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results edit
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| National Conciliation Party | 212,661 | 47.67 | 27 | –4 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 193,248 | 43.32 | 19 | +4 | |
| Salvadoran Popular Party | 22,748 | 5.10 | 4 | +3 | |
| National Revolutionary Movement | 17,449 | 3.91 | 2 | New | |
| Total | 446,106 | 100.00 | 52 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 446,106 | 90.67 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 45,931 | 9.33 | |||
| Total votes | 492,037 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,342,775 | 36.64 | |||
| Source: Nohlen | |||||
References edit
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p282
Bibliography edit
- Political Handbook of the world, 1968. New York, 1969.
- Benítez Manaut, Raúl. 1990. "El Salvador: un equilibrio imperfecto entre los votos y las botas." Secuencia 17:71-92 (mayo-agosto de 1990).
- Caldera T., Hilda. 1983. Historia del Partido Demócrata Cristiano de El Salvador. Tegucigalpa: Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Políticos.
- Danby, Colin. The electoral farce ends, the war continues: the United States and the Salvadoran elections. Cambridge: CAMINO (Central America Information Office).
- Eguizábal, Cristina. 1984. "El Salvador: elecciones sin democracia." Polemica (Costa Rica) 14/15:16-33 (marzo-junio 1984).
- 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.
- Webre, Stephen. 1979. José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
- Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter. 1997. Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.