1952 Salvadoran legislative election explained
| Country: | El Salvador |
| Previous Election: | 1950 |
| Next Election: | 1954 |
| Election Date: | March 1952 |
| Seats For Election: | All 54 seats in the Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 28 |
| Party1: | Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification |
| Leader1: | Óscar Osorio |
| Percentage1: | 100 |
| Seats1: | 54 |
| Last Election1: | 38 |
| Map: | Elecciones legislativas de El Salvador de 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958 y 1960 - Resultados por Departamento.svg |
Legislative elections were held in El Salvador in March 1952.[1] The result was a victory for the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification, which was the only party to contest the elections as the opposition Renovating Action Party claimed that they were rigged.[2]
Bibliography
- Political Handbook of the world, 1952. New York, 1953.
- 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.
- Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter. 1997. Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Notes and References
- [Dieter Nohlen]
- Webre, Stephen (1979) José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972 Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, p18
