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1968 Salvadoran legislative election

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1968 Salvadoran legislative election
El Salvador
← 1966 10 March 1968 1970 →

All 52 seats in the Legislative Assembly
27 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PCN Fidel Sánchez 47.67 27 −4
PDC 43.32 19 +4
PPS 5.10 4 +3
MRN 3.91 2 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 10 March 1968.[1] The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won 27 of the 52 seats. Voter turnout was just 36.6%.[2]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Conciliation Party212,66147.6727–4
Christian Democratic Party193,24843.3219+4
Salvadoran Popular Party22,7485.104+3
National Revolutionary Movement17,4493.912New
Total446,106100.00520
Valid votes446,10690.67
Invalid/blank votes45,9319.33
Total votes492,037100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,342,77536.64
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
  2. ^ Nohlen, p282

Bibliography

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  • Political Handbook of the world, 1968. New York, 1969.
  • 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.
  • Danby, Colin. The electoral farce ends, the war continues: the United States and the Salvadoran elections. Cambridge: CAMINO (Central America Information Office).
  • Eguizábal, Cristina. 1984. "El Salvador: elecciones sin democracia." Polemica (Costa Rica) 14/15:16-33 (marzo-junio 1984).
  • 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.
  • Webre, Stephen. 1979. José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
  • Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter. 1997. Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.