1956 Salvadoran legislative election

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All 54 seats in the Legislative Assembly
28 seats needed for a majority
| Party  | Leader  | Vote %  | Seats  | +/–

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| PRUD | Óscar Osorio | 94.36  | 54  | 0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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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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Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–
| Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification| 552,000| 94.36| 54| 0
| National Action Party| 33,000| 5.64| 0| New
Total| 585,000| 100.00| 54| 0
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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