1972 Salvadoran legislative election

none January 2022 El Salvador 1970 1974 12 March 1972 All 52 seats in the Legislative Assembly 27 National Coalition Party (El Salvador) Fidel Sánchez 67.39 39 34 National Opposition Union (El Salvador) José Duarte 22.71 8 16 Salvadoran Popular Party 6.06 4 1 United Independent Democratic Front 3.85 1 New Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 12 March 1972.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 978-0-19-928357-6 The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won 39 of the 52 seats. However, the election was marred by massive fraud and the Central Election Council disqualified the candidates of the opposition National Opposition Union (an alliance of the Christian Democratic Party, the National Revolutionary Movement and the Nationalist Democratic Union) in five out of fourteen constituencies.Nohlen, p283 Voter turnout was 56.7%. Results File:1972 Salvadoran legislative election.svg National Conciliation Party 353775 39 +5 National Opposition Union 119194 8 –9 Salvadoran Popular Party 31790 4 +3 United Independent Democratic Front 20194 1 New 109698 1119699 0 Nohlen References Bibliography Political Handbook of the world, 1972. New York, 1973. Caldera T., Hilda. 1983. Historia del Partido Demócrata Cristiano de El Salvador. Tegucigalpa: Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Políticos. El Salvador. Presidencia. Departamento de Relaciones Públicas. 1972. Elecciones del 72: 20 de febrero, 12 de marzo. San Salvador: Departamento de Relaciones Públicas, Casa Presidencial. Montgomery, Tommie Sue. 1995. Revolution in El Salvador: from civil strife to civil peace. Boulder: Westview. Webre, Stephen. 1979. José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. White, Alastair. 1973. El Salvador. New York: Praeger Publishers. Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter. 1997. Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. Category:Legislative elections in El Salvador Legislative El Salvador