1978 Salvadoran legislative election

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1978 Salvadoran legislative election
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  1976 12 March 1978 1982  

All 54 seats in the Legislative Assembly
28 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
PCN Carlos Romero 90.2850-2
PPS 9.724+4

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.

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Results

1978 Salvadoran legislative election.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Conciliation Party 766,67390.2850–2
Salvadoran Popular Party 82,5359.724+4
Total849,208100.0054+2
Registered voters/turnout1,800,000
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, LA: Louisiana State University Press, p194

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