Presidential elections were held in

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on 20 February 1977.

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(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p276 The result was a victory for

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of the

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, who received 67.3% of the vote. However, the election was characterised by massive fraud,Nohlen, p289 with officials of the National Opposing Union (UNO, an alliance of the

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and

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) intercepting military radio transmissions ordering ballot box stuffing, whilst their election officials were assaulted and ejected from polling stations.Herman, Edward S. and Frank Brodhead (1984) ''Demonstration elections: U.S.-staged elections in the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, and El Salvador'' Boston: South End Press, p102 According to credible witnesses, in sixteen districts where an honest count was made, the UNO candidate,

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, won around 75% of the vote.

Results

References

Bibliography

*Byrne, Hugh. El Salvador's civil war: a study of revolution. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers. (Excellent source of information on FMLN strategies, progression of the war, and impasse that led both sides to the peace agreement.). 1996. *Caldera T., Hilda. Historia del Partido Demócrata Cristiano de El Salvador. Tegucigalpa: Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Políticos. 1983. *Political Handbook of the world, 1977. New York, 1978. *Webre, Stephen. José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 1979. {{Salvadoran elections Presidential elections in El Salvador

1977 in El Salvador Election and referendum articles with incomplete results