1984 Salvadoran presidential election

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 25 March 1984, with a second round on 6 May.[1] The Salvadoran people elected a new president, together with a vice-president, for a five-year term. The result was a victory for José Napoleón Duarte of the Christian Democratic Party.

1984 Salvadoran presidential election
25 March 1984
 
Nominee José Napoleón Duarte Roberto D'Aubuisson
Party PDC ARENA
Home state Santa Ana Santa Tecla
Popular vote 752,625 651,741
Percentage 53.59% 46.41%
President before election

Álvaro Magaña
Democratic Action Party (El Salvador)

 Elected President

José Napoleón Duarte
PDC

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The elections were held under military rule amidst high levels of repression and violence, and candidates to the left of Duarte's brand of Christian Democrats were excluded from participating.[2]

Nevertheless, the election was considered the first fair and just one after the 1931 election.

Results
CandidateRunning matePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
José Napoleón DuarteRodolfo Antonio Castillo ClaramountChristian Democratic Party549,72743.41752,62553.59
Roberto D'AubuissonHugo Barrera GuerreroNationalist Republican Alliance376,91729.77651,74146.41
Francisco José GuerreroPío Arnulfo AyalaNational Conciliation Party244,55619.31
René Fortin MagañaLuis Nelson SegoviaDemocratic Action43,9393.47
Francisco Quiñones ÁvilaAna Cecilia Campos de TobarPopular Salvadoran Party24,3951.93
Roberto García EscobarJosé Armando Mejía RomeroSalvadoran Authentic Institutional Party15,4301.22
Juan Ramón RosalesIgnacio Luis Orlando LópezStable Republican Centrist Movement6,6450.52
Gilberto TrujilloRafael RiveraPopular Orientation Party4,6770.37
Total1,266,286100.001,404,366100.00
Valid votes1,266,28689.211,404,36692.15
Invalid/blank votes153,21710.79119,7137.85
Total votes1,419,503100.001,524,079100.00
Source: Nohlen

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Chitnis, Pratap C. (1984). "Observing El Salvador: The 1984 Elections". Third World Quarterly. 6 (4): 963–980. doi:10.1080/01436598408419809. ISSN 0143-6597. JSTOR 3991805.
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