The parliamentary elections in El Salvador took place on March 12, 1978 [1] . Almost all opposition parties except one boycotted the election [2] . As a result, the ruling National Coalition Party won an easy victory, receiving 50 of the 54 seats of the Legislative Assembly.
← 1976  1982 → | |||
| Legislative Election in El Salvador | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | |||
| March 12th |
Results
| The consignment | Vote | % | Places | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Coalition Party | 766 673 | 90.3 | fifty | -2 |
| Salvador People's Party | 82 535 | 9.7 | four | new |
| Invalid / Empty Newsletters | - | - | - | |
| Total | 849 208 | one hundred | 54 | +2 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||
Literature
- Political Handbook of the world, 1978. New York, 1979.
- Anderson, Thomas P. 1988. Politics in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. New York: Praeger. Revised edition.
- Herman, Edward S. and Frank Brodhead. 1984. Demonstration elections: US-staged elections in the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, and El Salvador. Boston: South End Press.
- Montgomery, Tommie Sue. 1995. Revolution in El Salvador: from civil strife to civil peace. Boulder: Westview.
- Webre, Stephen. 1979. José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
Notes
- ↑ Nohlen, D (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, LA: Louisiana State University Press, p194