1974 Salvadoran legislative election

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Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 10 March 1974.[1] The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won 36 of the 52 seats whilst the National Opposing Union (an alliance of the Christian Democratic Party, the and the ) won only 15. However, the election was marred by massive fraud and the official vote counts were not published.[2]

Results[]

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PartySeats+/–
National Conciliation Party36–3
National Opposing Union15+7
10
Total520
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, p283

Bibliography[]

  • Political Handbook of the world, 1974. New York, 1975.
  • 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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