Parliamentary elections were held in

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on 15 November 1982. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p173 The

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(the successor of the ruling

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) won 235 of the 479 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 15 of the 25 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 82.8%.

Electoral system

Due to the growing popularity of the opposition

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, the ruling

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passed electoral reforms in 1979, replacing the two-party system in place since 1965 with a multi-party system.Nohlen, p166

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Senate

References

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