1978 Salvadoran legislative election explained
| Country: | El Salvador |
| Previous Election: | 1976 |
| Next Election: | 1982 |
| Election Date: | 12 March 1978 |
| Seats For Election: | All 54 seats in the Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 28 |
| Party1: | National Coalition Party (El Salvador) |
| Leader1: | Carlos Romero |
| Percentage1: | 90.28 |
| Seats1: | 50 |
| Last Election1: | 52 |
| Party2: | Salvadoran Popular Party |
| Percentage2: | 9.72 |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Last Election2: | 0 |
Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 12 March 1978.[1] The elections were boycotted by all but one of the opposition parties,[2] resulting in an easy victory for the ruling National Conciliation Party, which won 50 of the 54 seats.
Bibliography
- Political Handbook of the world, 1978. New York, 1979.
- Anderson, Thomas P. 1988. Politics in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. New York: Praeger. Revised edition.
- 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.
- Montgomery, Tommie Sue. 1995. Revolution in El Salvador: from civil strife to civil peace. Boulder: Westview.
- Webre, Stephen. 1979. José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
Notes and References
- [Dieter Nohlen]
- Webre, Stephen (1979) José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics: 1960-1972 Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, p194
