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1968 Salvadoran legislative election

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Field	Value
country	El Salvador
previous_election	1966
next_election	1970
election_date	10 March 1968
seats_for_election	All 52 seats in the Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	27
party1	National Coalition Party (El Salvador)
leader1	Fidel Sánchez
percentage1	47.67
seats1	27
last_election1	31
party2	Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador)
percentage2	43.32
seats2	19
last_election2	15
party3	Salvadoran Popular Party
percentage3	5.10
seats3	4
last_election3	1
party4	MRN
percentage4	3.91
seats4	2
last_election4	New

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

Results

References

Bibliography

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.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p276 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
Nohlen, p282

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