Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 20 March 1988.[1] The result was a victory for the Nationalist Republican Alliance, which won 31 of the 60 seats. Voter turnout was 59%.[2]
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All 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results
editParty | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Nationalist Republican Alliance | 447,696 | 48.10 | 31 | +18 | |
Christian Democratic Party | 326,716 | 35.10 | 22 | –11 | |
National Conciliation Party | 78,756 | 8.46 | 7 | –5 | |
Liberation Party | 34,960 | 3.76 | 0 | New | |
Salvadoran Authentic Institutional Party | 19,609 | 2.11 | 0 | –1 | |
Democratic Action | 16,211 | 1.74 | 0 | –1 | |
Renovating Action Party | 5,059 | 0.54 | 0 | 0 | |
Popular Orientation Party | 1,742 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 930,749 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 930,749 | 80.87 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 220,185 | 19.13 | |||
Total votes | 1,150,934 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,950,000 | 59.02 | |||
Source: Nohlen |
References
edit- ^ 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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