1966 Salvadoran legislative election explained
| Country: | El Salvador |
| Previous Election: | 1964 |
| Next Election: | 1968 |
| Election Date: | 13 March 1966 |
| Seats For Election: | All 52 seats in the Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 27 |
| Party1: | National Coalition Party (El Salvador) |
| Leader1: | Julio Rivera |
| Percentage1: | 53.62 |
| Seats1: | 31 |
| Last Election1: | 32 |
| Party2: | Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador) |
| Percentage2: | 31.16 |
| Seats2: | 15 |
| Last Election2: | 14 |
| Party3: | Renovating Action Party |
| Percentage3: | 6.89 |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Last Election3: | 6 |
| Party4: | PREN |
| Percentage4: | 5.93 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Last Election4: | New |
| Party5: | Salvadoran Popular Party |
| Percentage5: | 2.40 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Last Election5: | New |
| Map: | Elecciones legislativas de El Salvador de 1966 - Resultados por Departamento.svg |
Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 13 March 1966.[1] The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won 31 of the 52 seats.
Bibliography
- Political Handbook of the world, 1966. New York, 1967.
- 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.
- Kantor, Harry. 1969. Patterns of politics and political systems in Latin America. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company.
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Notes and References
- [Dieter Nohlen]
