1997 Salvadoran legislative election

1997 Salvadoran legislative election
El Salvador
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All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly
43 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
ARENA 35.40 28 −11
FMLN 33.02 27 +6
PCN 8.70 11 +7
PDC 8.36 10 −8
PRCS 3.58 3 New
CVD 3.50 2 +1
PDL 3.15 2 New
MU 2.25 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency
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Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 16 March 1997.[1] The result was a narrow victory for the Nationalist Republican Alliance, which won 28 of the 84 seats. Voter turnout was 39.2%.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ Nohlen, p284