1970 Salvadoran legislative election

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8 March 1970

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All 52 seats in the Legislative Assembly
27 seats needed for a majority

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
PCN	Fidel Sánchez	59.75	34	+7
PDC		27.01	16	−3
UDN		6.14	1	New
PPS		5.42	1	−3

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 8 March 1970.^[1] The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won 34 of the 52 seats. However, the election was marred by massive fraud.^[2] Voter turnout was just 41.6%.^[2]

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Conciliation Party	315,560	59.75	34	+7
	Christian Democratic Party	142,659	27.01	16	–3
	Nationalist Democratic Union	32,450	6.14	1	New
	Salvadoran Popular Party	28,606	5.42	1	–3
	National Revolutionary Movement	8,832	1.67	0	–2
Total		528,107	100.00	52	0

Valid votes		528,107	84.83
Invalid/blank votes		94,463	15.17
Total votes		622,570	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,494,931	41.65
Source: Nohlen

References

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Political Handbook of the world, 1970. New York, 1971.
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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).
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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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