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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
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| José Napoleón Duarte | Christian Democratic Party | 549,727 | 43.41 | 752,625 | 53.59 | |
| Roberto D'Aubuisson | Nationalist Republican Alliance | 376,917 | 29.77 | 651,741 | 46.41 | |
| Francisco José Guerrero | National Conciliation Party | 244,556 | 19.31 | |||
| René Fortin Magaña | Democratic Action | 43,939 | 3.47 | |||
| Francisco Quiñones Ávila | Salvadoran Popular Party | 24,395 | 1.93 | |||
| Roberto García Escobar | Salvadoran Authentic Institutional Party | 15,430 | 1.22 | |||
| Juan Ramón Rosales | Centrist Republican Stable Movement | 6,645 | 0.52 | |||
| Gilberto Trujillo | Popular Orientation Party | 4,677 | 0.37 | |||
| Total | 1,266,286 | 100.00 | 1,404,366 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 1,266,286 | 89.21 | 1,404,366 | 92.15 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 153,217 | 10.79 | 119,713 | 7.85 | ||
| Total votes | 1,419,503 | 100.00 | 1,524,079 | 100.00 | ||
| Source: Nohlen | ||||||
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ 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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