1964 Salvadoran legislative election explained

Country:	El Salvador
Previous Election:	1961
Next Election:	1966
Election Date:	8 March 1964
Seats For Election:	All 52 seats in the Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:	27
Party1:	National Coalition Party (El Salvador)
Leader1:	Julio Rivera
Percentage1:	58.57
Seats1:	32
Last Election1:	54
Party2:	Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador)
Percentage2:	26.08
Seats2:	14
Last Election2:	0
Party3:	Renovating Action Party
Percentage3:	15.35
Seats3:	6
Last Election3:	0
Map:	Elecciones legislativas de El Salvador de 1964 - Resultados por Departamento.svg

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 8 March 1964.^[1] The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won 32 of the 52 seats.

Bibliography

• Political Handbook of the world, 1964. New York, 1965.
• Anderson, Thomas P. 1971. Matanza: El Salvador's communist revolt of 1932. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
• Benítez Manaut, Raúl. 1990. "El Salvador: un equilibrio imperfecto entre los votos y las botas." Secuencia 17:71-92 (mayo-agosto de 1990).
• Caldera T., Hilda. 1983. Historia del Partido Demócrata Cristiano de El Salvador. Tegucigalpa: Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Políticos.
• Eguizábal, Cristina. 1984. "El Salvador: elecciones sin democracia." Polemica (Costa Rica) 14/15:16-33 (marzo-junio 1984).
• 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.
• Webre, Stephen. 1979. José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
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Notes and References

1. [Dieter Nohlen]