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

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]

Results

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	José Napoleón Duarte	Christian Democratic Party	549,727	43.41	752,625	53.59
	Roberto D'Aubuisson	Nationalist Republican Alliance	376,917	29.77	651,741	46.41
	José Francisco Guerrero	National Conciliation Party	244,556	19.31
	René Fortin Magaña	Democratic Action	43,939	3.47
	Francisco Quiñones Avila	Popular Salvadoran Party	24,395	1.93
	Roberto Escobar García	Salvadoran Authentic Institutional Party	15,430	1.22
	Juan Ramón Rosales	Stable Republican Centrist Movement	6,645	0.52
	Gilberto Trujillo	Popular Orientation Party	4,677	0.37
Total			1,266,286	100.00	1,404,366	100.00
Valid votes			1,266,286	89.21	1,404,366	92.15
Invalid/blank votes			153,217	10.79	119,713	7.85
Total votes			1,419,503	100.00	1,524,079	100.00
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.