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1978 Salvadoran legislative election

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FieldValue
countryEl Salvador
previous_election1976
next_election1982
election_date12 March 1978
seats_for_electionAll 54 seats in the Legislative Assembly
majority_seats28
party1National Coalition Party (El Salvador)
leader1Carlos Romero
percentage190.28
seats150
last_election152
party2Salvadoran Popular Party
percentage29.72
seats24
last_election20

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 12 March 1978. The elections were boycotted by all but one of the opposition parties, resulting in an easy victory for the ruling National Conciliation Party, which won 50 of the 54 seats.

Results

References

Bibliography

  • Political Handbook of the world, 1978. New York, 1979.
  • Anderson, Thomas P. 1988. Politics in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. New York: Praeger. Revised edition.
  • 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.
  • 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.

References

  1. [[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p276 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Webre, Stephen (1979) ''José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics: 1960-1972'' Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, p194
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