1977 Salvadoran presidential election

none January 2022 El Salvador Presidential 1972 Salvadoran presidential election 1972 1982 Salvadoran presidential election 1982 20 February 1977 Carlos Humberto Romero President of the Republic of El Salvador. - NARA - 176138 (cropped).tiff Carlos Humberto Romero Julio Ernesto Astacio National Coalition Party (El Salvador) 812,281 67.30% UNO National Opposition Union (El Salvador) Ernesto Antonio Claramount Roseville José Antonio Morales Ehrlich National Opposition Union (El Salvador) 394,661 32.70% President Arturo Armando Molina National Coalition Party (El Salvador) Carlos Humberto Romero National Coalition Party (El Salvador) Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 20 February 1977.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 978-0-19-928357-6 The result was a victory for Carlos Humberto Romero of the National Conciliation Party (PCN), who received 67.3% of the vote. However, the election was characterized by massive fraud,Nohlen, p289 with officials of the National Opposition Union (UNO, an alliance of the Christian Democratic Party, National Revolutionary Movement and Nationalist Democratic Union) intercepting military radio transmissions ordering ballot box stuffing, whilst their election officials were assaulted and ejected from polling stations.Herman, Edward S. and Frank Brodhead (1984) Demonstration elections: U.S.-staged elections in the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, and El Salvador Boston: South End Press, p102 According to credible witnesses, in sixteen districts where an honest count was made, the UNO candidate, Ernesto Antonio Claramount Roseville, won around 75% of the vote. Results Carlos Humberto Romero National Conciliation Party 812281 Ernesto Antonio Claramount Roseville National Opposition Union 394661 Nohlen References Bibliography Byrne, Hugh. El Salvador's civil war: a study of revolution. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers. (Excellent source of information on FMLN strategies, progression of the war, and impasse that led both sides to the peace agreement.). 1996. Caldera T., Hilda. Historia del Partido Demócrata Cristiano de El Salvador. Tegucigalpa: Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Políticos. 1983. Political Handbook of the world, 1977. New York, 1978. Webre, Stephen. José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 1979. El Salvador Politics Category:Presidential elections in El Salvador El Salvador President Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:February 1977 in North America