Salvadoran presidential election, 1989

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Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 19 March 1989.^[1] The result was a victory for Alfredo Cristiani of the ARENA party, who secured a majority in the first round. The election marked the first time in Salvadoran history that power was transferred from one democratically elected president to another. Voter turnout was 54.7%.^[2]

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Alfredo Cristiani	Nationalist Republican Alliance	505,370	53.8
Fidel Chávez Mena	Christian Democratic Party	342,732	36.5
Rafael Morán Castañeda	Party of National Conciliation	38,218	4.1
Guillermo Ungo	Democratic Convergence	35,642	3.8
Julio Adolfo Rey Prendes	Authentic Democratic Christian Movement	9,300	1.0
Hugo Barrera	Popular Union	4,609	0.5
Ricardo Molina	Renovating Action Party	3,207	0.3
Invalid/blank votes		64,075	-
Total		1,003,153	100
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
↑ Nohlen, p290

Elections in El Salvador

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See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America

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