1954 Salvadoran legislative election

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1954 Salvadoran legislative election
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  1952 March 1954 1956  

All 54 seats in the Legislative Assembly
28 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeaderSeats+/–
PRUD Óscar Osorio 540
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results by constituency

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador in March 1954. [1] The result was a victory for the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification, which was the only party to contest the elections as the opposition Renovating Action Party claimed that they were rigged. [2]

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Results

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PartySeats+/–
Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification 540
Total540
Source: Nohlen

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Webre, Stephen (1979) José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972 Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, p18

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