Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 16 March 1997.[1] The result was a narrow victory for the Nationalist Republican Alliance, which won 28 of the 84 seats. Voter turnout was 39.2%.[2]
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All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly 43 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results edit
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Nationalist Republican Alliance | 396,301 | 35.40 | 28 | –11 | |
| Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front | 369,709 | 33.02 | 27 | +6 | |
| National Conciliation Party | 97,362 | 8.70 | 11 | +7 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 93,545 | 8.36 | 10 | –8 | |
| Social Christian Renewal Party | 40,039 | 3.58 | 3 | New | |
| Democratic Convergence | 39,145 | 3.50 | 2 | +1 | |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 35,279 | 3.15 | 2 | New | |
| Movement of Unity | 25,244 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | 13,533 | 1.21 | 0 | New | |
| Movement of National Solidarity | 7,012 | 0.63 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,302 | 0.21 | 0 | New | |
| Salvadoran Authentic Movement | 132 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 1,119,603 | 100.00 | 84 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 1,119,603 | 95.13 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 57,284 | 4.87 | |||
| Total votes | 1,176,887 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,004,174 | 39.18 | |||
| Source: Nohlen | |||||
References edit
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p284
Bibliography edit
- Political Handbook of the world, 1997. New York, 1998.
- Córdova Macías, Ricardo and Andrew J. Stein. 1998. "National and local elections in El Salvador, 1982-1994." Dietz, Henry A. and Gil Shidlo, eds. 1998. Urban elections in democratic Latin America. Wilmington: SR Books. Pages 141-162.
- Cruz, José Miguel. 1997. "Tres reflexiones sobre el pasado proceso electoral." Estudios centroamericanos (ECA) 52, 583:442-447 (mayo 1997).
- Holiday, David. 1997. "Salvador's guerrilla vote." Nation 264, 14:6 (April 14, 1997).
- "Nuevas posibilidades para la transición política." 1997. Estudios centroamericanos (ECA) 52, 581-582 (marzo-abril 1997).
- "Resultados electorales." 1997. Estudios centroamericanos (ECA) 52, 581-582:339-358 (marzo-abril 1997).