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1985 Salvadoran legislative election

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FieldValue
countryEl Salvador
previous_election1982
next_election1988
election_date31 March 1985
seats_for_electionAll 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly
majority_seats31
party1Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador)
leader1José Duarte
percentage152.35
seats133
last_election124
party2Nationalist Republican Alliance
leader2Roberto D'Aubuisson
percentage229.70
seats213
last_election219
party3National Coalition Party (El Salvador)
percentage38.36
seats312
last_election314
party4Salvadoran Authentic Institutional Party
percentage43.74
seats41
last_election4New
party5Democratic Action (El Salvador)
percentage53.68
seats51
last_election52
mapElecciones legislativas de El Salvador de 1985 - Resultados por Departamento.svg
map_captionResults by constituency

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 31 March 1985. The result was a victory for the Christian Democratic Party, which won 33 of the 60 seats. Voter turnout was 42%.

Results

References

Bibliography

  • Political Handbook of the world, 1985. New York, 1986.
  • Acevedo, Carlos. 1991. "Las novedades de las elecciones del 10 de marzo." Estudios centroamericanos (ECA) 46, 507-508:71-76 (enero-febrero 1991).
  • Arriaza Meléndez, Jorge. 1989. Historia de los procesos electorales en El Salvador (1811–1989). San Salvador: Instituto Salvadoreño de Estudios Políticos.
  • Benítez Manaut, Raúl. 1990. "El Salvador: un equilibrio imperfecto entre los votos y las botas." Secuencia 17:71-92 (mayo-agosto de 1990).
  • Córdova M., Ricardo. 1988. "Periodización del proceso de crisis (1979-1988)." El Salvador: guerra, política y paz (1979–1988). 1988. San Salvador: Graffiti. Pages 83–97 plus statistical tables.
  • Eguizábal, Cristina. 1992. "Parties, programs, and politics in El Salvador." Goodman, Louis W., ed. 1992. Political parties and democracy in Central America. Boulder: Westview Press. Pages 135-160.
  • Eguizábal, Cristina. 1992. "El Salvador: procesos electorales y democratización." Una tarea inconclusa: elecciones y democracia en America Latina: 1988-1991. 1992. San Jose: IIDH—CAPEL. Pages 41–65.
  • García, José Z. 1989. "El Salvador: recent elections in historical perspective." Booth, John A. and Mitchell A. Seligson, eds. 1989. Elections and democracy in Central America. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. Pages 60–92.
  • Haggerty, Richard A., ed. 1990. El Salvador, a country study. Washington: Library of Congress, Federal Research Division.
  • Karl, Terry. 1986. "Imposing consent? Electoralism vs. Democratization in El Salvador." Drake, Paul W. and Eduardo Silva, eds. 1986. Elections and democratization in Latin America, 1980-1985. La Jolla: Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, Institute of the Americas, University of California, San Diego. Pages 9–36.
  • Lungo Uclés, Mario. 1996. El Salvador in the eighties: counterinsurgency and revolution. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. (Based on his El Salvador en los 80: contrainsurgencia y revolución. 1990. San Jose: EDUCA—FLACSO.)
  • Montes, Segundo. 1988. "Las elecciones del 20 de marzo de 1988." Estudios centroamericanos (ECA) 43, 473-474:175-190 (marzo-abril 1988).
  • Montgomery, Tommie Sue. 1985. "El Salvador." Latin America and Caribbean Contemporary Record IV:471-502 (1984–1985).
  • Montgomery, Tommie Sue. 1995. Revolution in El Salvador: from civil strife to civil peace. Boulder: Westview.
  • Sharpe, Kenneth E. 1986. "El Salvador." Latin America and Caribbean Contemporary Record V:B275-B298 (1985–1986).

References

  1. [[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p276 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p283
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