1984 Salvadoran presidential election
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6 May 1984 (second round)		 1989 →
 
Nominee José Napoleón Duarte Roberto D'Aubuisson
Party PDC ARENA
Running mate Rodolfo Antonio Castillo Claramount Hugo Barrera Guerrero
Popular vote 752,625 651,741
Percentage 53.59% 46.41%
President before election

Álvaro Magaña
AD

Elected President

José Napoleón Duarte
PDC

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Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 25 March 1984, with a second round on 6 May.[1] A new president was elected, together with a vice-president, for a five-year term. The result was a victory for José Napoleón Duarte of the Christian Democratic Party.

The elections were held under military rule amidst high levels of repression and violence, and candidates to the left of Duarte's brand of Christian Democrats were excluded from participating.[2]

Nevertheless, the election was considered the first fair and just in El Salvador after the 1931 election.[citation needed]

Results

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
José Napoleón DuarteChristian Democratic Party549,72743.41752,62553.59
Roberto D'AubuissonNationalist Republican Alliance376,91729.77651,74146.41
Francisco José GuerreroNational Conciliation Party244,55619.31
René Fortin MagañaDemocratic Action43,9393.47
Francisco Quiñones ÁvilaSalvadoran Popular Party24,3951.93
Roberto García EscobarSalvadoran Authentic Institutional Party15,4301.22
Juan Ramón RosalesCentrist Republican Stable Movement6,6450.52
Gilberto TrujilloPopular Orientation Party4,6770.37
Total1,266,286100.001,404,366100.00
Valid votes1,266,28689.211,404,36692.15
Invalid/blank votes153,21710.79119,7137.85
Total votes1,419,503100.001,524,079100.00
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Chitnis, Pratap C. (1984). "Observing El Salvador: The 1984 Elections". Third World Quarterly. 6 (4): 963–980. doi:10.1080/01436598408419809. ISSN 0143-6597. JSTOR 3991805.
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