1966 Salvadoran legislative election
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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.
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Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 13 March 1966.[1] The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won 31 of the 52 seats.
Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
National Conciliation Party | 207,586 | 53.62 | 31 | –1 | |
Christian Democratic Party | 120,645 | 31.16 | 15 | +1 | |
Renovating Action Party | 26,661 | 6.89 | 4 | –2 | |
Republican Party of National Evolution | 22,960 | 5.93 | 1 | New | |
Salvadoran Popular Party | 9,303 | 2.40 | 1 | New | |
Total | 387,155 | 100.00 | 52 | 0 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 1,195,823 | – | |||
Source: Nohlen |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
Bibliography
[edit]- Political Handbook of the world, 1966. New York, 1967.
- Benítez Manaut, Raúl. 1990. "El Salvador: un equilibrio imperfecto entre los votos y las botas." Secuencia 17:71-92 (mayo-agosto de 1990).
- Caldera T., Hilda. 1983. Historia del Partido Demócrata Cristiano de El Salvador. Tegucigalpa: Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Políticos.
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- 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.
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- Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter. 1997. Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.