| Country: | El Salvador |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Previous Election: | 1972 Salvadoran presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1972 |
| Next Election: | 1982 Salvadoran presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
| Election Date: | 20 February 1977 |
| Image1: | Humberto Romero 1977.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Carlos Humberto Romero |
| Running Mate1: | Julio Ernesto Astacio |
| Party1: | National Coalition Party (El Salvador) |
| Popular Vote1: | 812,281 |
| Percentage1: | 67.30% |
| Nominee2: | Ernesto Antonio Claramount Roseville |
| Running Mate2: | José Antonio Morales Ehrlich |
| Party2: | National Opposing Union |
| Popular Vote2: | 394,661 |
| Percentage2: | 32.70% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Arturo Armando Molina |
| Before Party: | National Coalition Party (El Salvador) |
| After Election: | Carlos Humberto Romero |
| After Party: | National Coalition Party (El Salvador) |
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 20 February 1977.[1]
The result was a victory for Carlos Humberto Romero of the Party of National Conciliation, who received 67.3% of the vote. However, the election was characterised by massive fraud,[2] with officials of the National Opposing Union (UNO, an alliance of the Christian Democratic Party, National Revolutionary Movement and Nationalist Democratic Union) intercepting military radio transmissions ordering ballot box stuffing, whilst their election officials were assaulted and ejected from polling stations.[3] According to credible witnesses, in sixteen districts where an honest count was made, the UNO candidate, Ernesto Antonio Claramount Roseville, won around 75% of the vote.[3]