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

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Webre, Stephen (1979) José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics: 1960-1972 Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, p194

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.

Elections in El Salvador

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See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America

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