1952 Salvadoran legislative election
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All 54 seats in the Legislative Assembly 28 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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Legislative elections were held in El Salvador in March 1952.[1] The result was a victory for the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification, which was the only party to contest the elections as the opposition Renovating Action Party claimed that they were rigged.[2]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification | 700,979 | 100.00 | 54 | +16 | |
Total | 700,979 | 100.00 | 54 | +2 | |
Source: Nohlen |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Webre, Stephen (1979) José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972 Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, p18
Bibliography
- Political Handbook of the world, 1952. New York, 1953.
- Benítez Manaut, Raúl. 1990. "El Salvador: un equilibrio imperfecto entre los votos y las botas." Secuencia 17:71-92 (mayo-agosto de 1990).
- 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.
- Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter. 1997. Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.