1978 Salvadoran legislative election

1978 Salvadoran legislative election

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All 54 seats in the Legislative Assembly 28 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– PCN Carlos Romero 90.28 50 -2 PPS 9.72 4 +4

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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	90.28	50	–2
	Salvadoran Popular Party	82,535	9.72	4	+4
Total		849,208	100.00	54	+2
Registered voters/turnout		1,800,000	–
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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