1997 Salvadoran legislative election

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 16 March 1997.[1] The result was a narrow victory for the Nationalist Republican Alliance, which won 28 of the 84 seats. Voter turnout was 39.2%.[2]

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–

	Nationalist Republican Alliance	396,301	35.40	28	-11
	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front	369,709	33.02	27	+6
	National Conciliation Party	97,362	8.70	11	+7
	Christian Democratic Party	93,545	8.36	10	-8
	Social Christian Renewal Party	40,039	3.58	3	New
	Democratic Convergence	39,145	3.50	2	+1
	Liberal Democratic Party	35,279	3.15	2	New
	Movement of Unity	25,244	2.25	1	0
	Democratic Party	13,533	1.21	0	New
	Movement of National Solidarity	7,012	0.63	0	0
	Liberation Party	2,302	0.21	0	New
	Salvadoran Authentic Movement	132	0.01	0	New
Total		1,119,603	100.00	84	0

Valid votes		1,119,603	95.13
Invalid/blank votes		57,284	4.87
Total votes		1,176,887	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,004,174	39.18
Source: Nohlen

References

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

Bibliography

Political Handbook of the world, 1997. New York, 1998.
Córdova Macías, Ricardo and Andrew J. Stein. 1998. "National and local elections in El Salvador, 1982-1994." Dietz, Henry A. and Gil Shidlo, eds. 1998. Urban elections in democratic Latin America. Wilmington: SR Books. Pages 141-162.
Cruz, José Miguel. 1997. "Tres reflexiones sobre el pasado proceso electoral." Estudios centroamericanos (ECA) 52, 583:442-447 (mayo 1997).
Holiday, David. 1997. "Salvador's guerrilla vote." Nation 264, 14:6 (April 14, 1997).
"Nuevas posibilidades para la transición política." 1997. Estudios centroamericanos (ECA) 52, 581-582 (marzo-abril 1997).
"Resultados electorales." 1997. Estudios centroamericanos (ECA) 52, 581-582:339-358 (marzo-abril 1997).

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

[2] Nohlen, p284

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See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America