1991 Salvadoran legislative election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 10 March 1991.[1] The result was a victory for the Nationalist Republican Alliance, which won 39 of the 84 seats. Voter turnout was 44.7%.[2]
Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Nationalist Republican Alliance | 466,091 | 44.33 | 39 | +8 | |
Christian Democratic Party | 294,029 | 27.96 | 26 | +4 | |
Democratic Convergence | 127,855 | 12.16 | 8 | New | |
National Conciliation Party | 94,531 | 8.99 | 9 | +2 | |
Authentic Democratic Christian Movement | 33,971 | 3.23 | 1 | New | |
Nationalist Democratic Union | 28,206 | 2.68 | 1 | New | |
Democratic Action | 6,798 | 0.65 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1,051,481 | 100.00 | 84 | +24 | |
Valid votes | 1,051,481 | 91.19 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 101,532 | 8.81 | |||
Total votes | 1,153,013 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,582,000 | 44.66 | |||
Source: Nohlen |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p284
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