1972 Salvadoran legislative election
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Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 12 March 1972.[1] The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won 39 of the 52 seats. However, the election was marred by massive fraud and the Central Election Council disqualified the candidates of the opposition National Opposing Union (an alliance of the Christian Democratic Party, the National Revolutionary Movement and the Nationalist Democratic Union) in five out of fourteen constituencies.[2] Voter turnout was 56.7%.[2]
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All 52 seats in the Legislative Assembly 27 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| National Conciliation Party | 353,775 | 67.39 | 39 | +5 | |
| National Opposing Union | 119,194 | 22.71 | 8 | –9 | |
| Salvadoran Popular Party | 31,790 | 6.06 | 4 | +3 | |
| United Independent Democratic Front | 20,194 | 3.85 | 1 | New | |
| Total | 524,953 | 100.00 | 52 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 524,953 | 82.72 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 109,698 | 17.28 | |||
| Total votes | 634,651 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,119,699 | 56.68 | |||
| Source: Nohlen | |||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ a b Nohlen, p283
Bibliography
edit- Political Handbook of the world, 1972. New York, 1973.
- Caldera T., Hilda. 1983. Historia del Partido Demócrata Cristiano de El Salvador. Tegucigalpa: Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Políticos.
- El Salvador. Presidencia. Departamento de Relaciones Públicas. 1972. Elecciones del 72: 20 de febrero, 12 de marzo. San Salvador: Departamento de Relaciones Públicas, Casa Presidencial.
- 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.
- White, Alastair. 1973. El Salvador. New York: Praeger Publishers.
- Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter. 1997. Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.