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1961 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election

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1961 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election
El Salvador
← 1960 17 December 1961 1964 →

All 54 seats in the Constitutional Assembly
28 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats
PCN Julio Rivera 60.10 54
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in El Salvador on 17 December 1961.[1] The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won all 54 seats.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
National Conciliation Party207,70160.1054
Union of Democratic Parties (PARPDCPSD)64,91618.780
National Action Party49,30014.270
Authentic Constitutional Party23,6656.850
Total345,582100.0054
Registered voters/turnout789,805
Source: Nohlen

References

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

Bibliography

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  • Political Handbook of the world, 1961. New York, 1962.
  • Elections in the Americas : a data handbook/ ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2005.
  • Anderson, Thomas P. 1971. Matanza: El Salvador's communist revolt of 1932. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
  • Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems. 1967. El Salvador election factbook, March 5, 1967. Washington: Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems.
  • Kantor, Harry. 1969. Patterns of politics and political systems in Latin America. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company.
  • McDonald, Ronald H. 1969. "Electoral behavior and political development in El Salvador." Journal of politics 31, 2:397-419 (May 1969).
  • Montgomery, Tommie Sue. 1995. Revolution in El Salvador: from civil strife to civil peace. Boulder: Westview.
  • Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter. 1997. Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.