1968 Salvadoran legislative election explained

Country:	El Salvador
Previous Election:	1966
Next Election:	1970
Election Date:	10 March 1968
Seats For Election:	All 52 seats in the Legislative Assembly
Majority Seats:	27
Party1:	National Coalition Party (El Salvador)
Leader1:	Fidel Sánchez
Percentage1:	47.67
Seats1:	27
Last Election1:	31
Party2:	Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador)
Percentage2:	43.32
Seats2:	19
Last Election2:	15
Party3:	Salvadoran Popular Party
Percentage3:	5.10
Seats3:	4
Last Election3:	1
Party4:	MRN
Percentage4:	3.91
Seats4:	2
Last Election4:	New

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 10 March 1968.^[1] The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won 27 of the 52 seats. Voter turnout was just 36.6%.^[2]

Bibliography

• Political Handbook of the world, 1968. New York, 1969.
• 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.
• Danby, Colin. The electoral farce ends, the war continues: the United States and the Salvadoran elections. Cambridge: CAMINO (Central America Information Office).
• Eguizábal, Cristina. 1984. "El Salvador: elecciones sin democracia." Polemica (Costa Rica) 14/15:16-33 (marzo-junio 1984).
• Herman, Edward S. and Frank Brodhead. 1984. Demonstration elections: U.S.-staged elections in the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, and El Salvador. Boston: South End Press.
• Webre, Stephen. 1979. José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
• Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter. 1997. Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

Notes and References

1. [Dieter Nohlen]
2. Nohlen, p282