1994 Salvadoran general election

1994 Salvadoran presidential election
	20 March 1994 (first round); 24 April 1994 (second round)
	20 March 1994 (first round); 24 April 1994 (second round)
President before election; Alfredo Cristiani; ARENA	Elected President ; Armando Calderón Sol; ARENA

General elections were held in El Salvador on 20 March 1994, with a second round of the presidential elections taking place on 24 April.[1] Armando Calderón Sol of the Nationalist Republican Alliance won the presidential elections, whilst his party also won the legislative elections. Voter turnout was 50% in the first round of the presidential elections and 45.5% in the second,[2] whilst it was 53.1% for the legislative election.[3]

Results

President


Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Armando Calderón Sol	Enrique Borgo Bustamante	Nationalist Republican Alliance	641,108	49.03	818,264	68.35
	Rubén Zamora	Francisco Roberto Lima Rivera	FMLN–CD	325,582	24.90	378,980	31.65
	Fidel Chávez Mena		Christian Democratic Party	214,277	16.39
	Roberto García Escobar	Roberto Marchesini	National Conciliation Party	70,504	5.39
	Jorge Martínez	Arístides Escobar Benítez	Movement of Unity	31,502	2.41
	Edgardo Engelhard	José Roberto Rivas Iglesias	Movement of National Solidarity	13,841	1.06
	Rhina Victoria Escalante	Edgar Saúl Romero Sánchez	Authentic Democratic Christian Movement	10,843	0.83
Total				1,307,657	100.00	1,197,244	100.00

Valid votes				1,307,657	92.65	1,197,244	96.07
Invalid/blank votes				103,663	7.35	48,976	3.93
Total votes				1,411,320	100.00	1,246,220	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,822,000	50.01	2,822,000	44.16
Source: Nohlen

Legislative Assembly


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–

	Nationalist Republican Alliance	605,775	45.03	39	0
	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front	287,811	21.39	21	New
	Christian Democratic Party	240,451	17.87	18	–8
	National Conciliation Party	83,520	6.21	4	–5
	Democratic Convergence	59,843	4.45	1	–7
	Movement of Unity	33,510	2.49	1	New
	Movement of National Solidarity	12,827	0.95	0	New
	Authentic Democratic Christian Movement	12,109	0.90	0	–1
	National Revolutionary Movement	9,431	0.70	0	New
Total		1,345,277	100.00	84	0

Valid votes		1,345,277	92.57
Invalid/blank votes		108,022	7.43
Total votes		1,453,299	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,822,000	51.50
Source: Nohlen

References

Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
Nohlen, p290
Nohlen, p284

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[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

[2] Nohlen, p290

[3] Nohlen, p284

Elections in El Salvador
Presidential elections	1915 1919 1923 1927 1931 1935 1939 1944 1945 1950 1956 1962 1967 1972 1977 1982 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019
Parliamentary elections	1928 1931 1932 1936 1939 1944 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1961 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021
Local elections	1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021
See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America