1970 Salvadoran legislative election

1970 Salvadoran legislative election
El Salvador
← 1968 8 March 1970 1972 →

All 52 seats in the Legislative Assembly
27 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
PCN Fidel Sánchez 59.75 34 +7
PDC 27.01 16 −3
UDN 6.14 1 New
PPS 5.42 1 −3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 8 March 1970.[1] The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won 34 of the 52 seats. However, the election was marred by massive fraud.[2] Voter turnout was just 41.6%.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ a b Nohlen, p283