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
17 December 1961
All 54 seats in the Constitutional Assembly
  Majority party
 
Party PCN
Last election –
Seats won 54
Seat change New
Popular vote 207,701
Percentage 60.1%
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Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Conciliation Party207,70160.1054New
Union of Democratic Parties (PAR–PDC–PSD)64,91618.7800
National Action Party49,30014.270New
Authentic Constitutional Party23,6656.850New
Total345,582100.00540
Registered voters/turnout789,805–
Source: Nohlen

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

Bibliography
  • 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.
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  • 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.
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