1956 Salvadoran legislative election

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1956 Salvadoran legislative election
El Salvador
← 1954 15 May 1956 1958 →

All 54 seats in the Legislative Assembly
28 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PRUD Óscar Osorio 94.36 54 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 15 May 1956.[1] The result was a victory for the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification, which won all 54 seats.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification552,00094.36540
National Action Party33,0005.640New
Total585,000100.00540
Source: Nohlen

References

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

Bibliography

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  • Political Handbook of the world, 1956. New York, 1957.
  • Benítez Manaut, Raúl. 1990. "El Salvador: un equilibrio imperfecto entre los votos y las botas." Secuencia 17:71-92 (mayo-agosto de 1990).
  • Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems. 1967. El Salvador election factbook, March 5, 1967. Washington: Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems.
  • Ruddle, Kenneth. 1972. Latin American political statistics. supplement to the statistical abstract of Latin America. Los Angeles: Latin American Center, UCLA.
  • Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter. 1997. Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

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