1984 Salvadoran presidential election

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 25 March 1984, with a second round on 6 May.[2] 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
March 25, 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.[3]

Results
Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
José Napoleón DuarteChristian Democratic Party549,72743.41752,62553.59
Roberto D'AubuissonNationalist Republican Alliance376,91729.77651,74146.41
José Francisco GuerreroParty of National Conciliation244,55619.31
René Fortin MagañaDemocratic Action43,9393.47
Francisco Quiñones AvilaPopular Salvadoran Party24,3951.92
Roberto Escobar GarcíaSalvadoran Authentic Institutional Party15,4301.22
Juan Ramón RosalesStable Republican Centrist Movement6,6450.52
Gilberto TrujilloPopular Orientation Party4,6770.37
Invalid/blank votes153,217-119,713-
Total1,419,5031001,524,079100
Source: Nohlen

References
  1. Luis Eliezer Garcia. "Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de El Salvador » Autoridades » Titulares". Rree.gob.sv. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  2. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  3. 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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