1967 Salvadoran presidential election

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Nominee Fidel Sánchez Hernández Abraham Rodríguez Portillo [es] Party PCN PDC Running mate Humberto Guillermo Cuestas Mario Pacheco Popular vote 267,447 106,358 Percentage 54.37% 21.62%   Nominee Fabio Castillo Figueroa Álvaro Magaña Party PAR PPS Running mate Jesús Gómez Castro Agustin Alvarenga Popular vote 70,978 47,111 Percentage 14.43% 9.58%

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President before election Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo PCN Elected President Fidel Sánchez Hernández PCN

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Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 5 March 1967.^[1] The result was a victory for Fidel Sánchez Hernández of the Party of National Conciliation, who won 54.4 percent of the vote.

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