1977 Salvadoran presidential election

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1977 Salvadoran presidential election
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  1972 20 February 1977 1982  
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Nominee Carlos Humberto Romero Ernesto Antonio Claramount Roseville
Party PCN UNO
Running mate Julio Ernesto Astacio José Antonio Morales Ehrlich
Popular vote812,281394,661
Percentage67.30%32.70%

President before election

Arturo Armando Molina
PCN

Elected President

Carlos Humberto Romero
PCN

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 20 February 1977. [1]

Contents

The result was a victory for Carlos Humberto Romero of the National Conciliation Party (PCN), who received 67.3% of the vote. However, the election was characterized by massive fraud, [2] with officials of the National Opposition Union (UNO, an alliance of the Christian Democratic Party, National Revolutionary Movement and Nationalist Democratic Union) intercepting military radio transmissions ordering ballot box stuffing, whilst their election officials were assaulted and ejected from polling stations. [3] According to credible witnesses, in sixteen districts where an honest count was made, the UNO candidate, Ernesto Antonio Claramount Roseville, won around 75% of the vote. [3]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Carlos Humberto Romero National Conciliation Party 812,28167.30
Ernesto Antonio Claramount Roseville National Opposition Union 394,66132.70
Total1,206,942100.00
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p289
  3. 1 2 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, p102

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