1961 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in El Salvador on 17 December 1961.[1] The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won all 54 seats.

1961 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election
El Salvador
← 1960 17 December 1961 1964 →

All 54 seats in the Constitutional Assembly
28 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats
PCN Julio Rivera 60.10 54
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
National Conciliation Party207,70160.1054
Union of Democratic Parties (PARPDCPSD)64,91618.780
National Action Party49,30014.270
Authentic Constitutional Party23,6656.850
Total345,582100.0054
Registered voters/turnout789,805
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

Bibliography

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  • Political Handbook of the world, 1961. New York, 1962.
  • Elections in the Americas : a data handbook/ ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2005.
  • Anderson, Thomas P. 1971. Matanza: El Salvador's communist revolt of 1932. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
  • Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems. 1967. El Salvador election factbook, March 5, 1967. Washington: Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems.
  • Kantor, Harry. 1969. Patterns of politics and political systems in Latin America. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company.
  • McDonald, Ronald H. 1969. "Electoral behavior and political development in El Salvador." Journal of politics 31, 2:397-419 (May 1969).
  • Montgomery, Tommie Sue. 1995. Revolution in El Salvador: from civil strife to civil peace. Boulder: Westview.
  • Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter. 1997. Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.