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National Action Party (El Salvador)
The National Action Party () is a political party in El Salvador. It first contested national elections in 1956.Dieter Nohlen, Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p279 However, Roberto Edmundo Cannessa, its candidate in the 1956 Salvadoran presidential election, presidential election was disqualified, whilst in the 1956 Salvadoran legislative election, legislative elections it failed to win a seat, despite being the only party to run against the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification. It did not contest the 1958 Salvadoran legislative election, 1958 elections, but returned in 1960 Salvadoran legislative election, 1960, again failing to win a seat against the PRUN. It also failed to win a seat in the 1961 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election, Constitutional Assembly elections in 1961. The party did not contest another election until 2000, when it won two seats in the 2000 Salvadoran legislative election, legislative elections that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Political Party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a major part of the politics of almost every country, as modern party organizations developed and spread around the world over the last few centuries. Although List of countries without political parties, some countries have no political parties, this is extremely rare. Most countries have Multi-party system, several parties while others One-party state, only have one. Parties are important in the politics of autocracies as well as democracies, though usually Democracy, democracies have more political parties than autocracies. Autocracies often have a single party that Government, governs the country, and some political scientists consider competition between two or more parties to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. The country's population in 2024 was estimated to be 6 million according to a government census. Among the Mesoamerican nations that historically controlled the region are the Maya peoples, Maya, and then the Cuzcatlan, Cuzcatlecs. Archaeological monuments also suggest an early Olmec presence around the first millennium BC. In the beginning of the 16th century, the Spanish conquest of El Salvador, Spanish Empire conquered the Central American territory, incorporating it into the Viceroyalty of New Spain ruled from Mexico City. However, the Viceroyalty of New Spain had little to no influence in the daily affairs of the isthmus, which was colonized in 1524. In 1609, the area was declared the Captaincy General of Guatemala by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expert on electoral system An electoral or voting system is a set of rules used to determine the results of an election. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections may take place in business, nonprofit organizations and inf ...s and political development, he has published several books. Bibliography Books published by Nohlen include: *''Electoral systems of the world'' (in German, 1978) *''Lexicon of politics'' (seven volumes) *''Elections and Electoral Systems'' (1996) *''Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook'' (1999 with Michael Krennerich and Bernhard Thibaut) *''Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook'' (2001 with and Christof Hartmann) ** ''Volume 2: South East Asia, East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Roberto Edmundo Cannessa
Roberto is an Italian, Portuguese and Spanish variation of the male given name Robert. Notable people named Roberto include: * Roberto (footballer, born 1912) * Roberto (footballer, born 1977) * Roberto (footballer, born 1978) * Roberto (footballer, born 1979) * Roberto (footballer, born 1988) * Roberto (footballer, born January 1990) * Roberto (footballer, born December 1990) * Roberto (footballer, born 1998) * Roberto Abbondanzieri (born 1972), Argentine footballer * Roberto Acuña (born 1972), Paraguayan footballer * Roberto Alagna (born 1963), French operatic tenor * Roberto Alomar (born 1968), Puerto Rican baseball player * Roberto Alvarado (born 1998), Mexican footballer * Roberto Amadio (born 1963), Italian cyclist * Roberto d'Amico (born 1967), Belgian politician * Roberto Ayala (born 1973), Argentine footballer * Roberto Badiani (born 1949), Italian footballer * Roberto Baggio (born 1967), Italian footballer * Roberto Ballini (born 1944), Italian footballer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1956 Salvadoran Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 4 March 1956.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p276 The result was a victory for José María Lemus of the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification, who received 95.2% of the vote. The Central Electoral Council had disqualified the candidacies of José Alberto Funes ( Democratic Institutional Party), Roberto Edmundo Cannessa ( National Action Party) and José Alvaro Díaz ( Nationalist Democratic Party). It also forbade Rafael Carranza Anaya ( Authentic Constitutional Party) and Enrique Magaña Menéndez ( Renovating Action Party) from withdrawing their candidacies; nevertheless, the latter two boycotted the elections.Nohlen, p288 Results References Bibliography *Benítez Manaut, Raúl. "El Salvador: un equilibrio imperfecto entre los votos y las botas." Secuencia 17:71-92 (mayo-agosto de 1990). *Kantor, Harry. Patterns of politics and political systems in Latin Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1956 Salvadoran Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 15 May 1956.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p276 The result was a victory for the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification, which won all 54 seats. Results References Bibliography *Political Handbook of the world, 1956. New York, 1957. *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. *Ruddle, Kenneth. 1972. Latin American political statistics. supplement to the statistical abstract of Latin America. Los Angeles: Latin American Center, UCLA. *Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter. 1997. Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Revolutionary Party Of Democratic Unification
The Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification () was the ruling party in El Salvador during the 1950s and early 1960s. History The party was established 1945 as the official party of the military rulers. In the 1950 general elections, its candidate Óscar Osorio won the presidential elections, whilst the party won 38 of the 52 seats in the Constitutional Assembly. It was the only party to contest the 1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ... and 1954 legislative elections. In the 1956 presidential elections several opposition candidates were barred from standing by the Central Elections Council, allowing its candidate, José María Lemus, to win with over 95% of the vote. In the legislative elections that year it again won all 54 seats, despite facing opposition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1958 Salvadoran Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 23 March 1958.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p276 The result was a victory for the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification, which won all 54 seats unopposed after opposition candidates withdrew from the elections.Benítez Manaut, Raúl (1990) "El Salvador: un equilibrio imperfecto entre los votos y las botas" ''Secuencia'' 17:71-92, p72 Results References Bibliography *Political Handbook of the world, 1958. New York, 1959. *Eguizábal, Cristina. 1984. "El Salvador: elecciones sin democracia." Polemica (Costa Rica) 14/15:16-33 (marzo-junio 1984). *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. *Ruddle, Kenneth. 1972. Latin American political statistics. supplement to the statistical abstract of Latin America. Los Angeles: Latin American Cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1960 Salvadoran Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 24 April 1960.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p276 The result was a victory for the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification, which won all 54 seats after the Central Electoral Council had disqualified the candidates of the Renovating Action Party in seven of fourteen constituencies.Nohlen, p282 Results References Bibliography *Political Handbook of the world, 1960. New York, 1961. *Benítez Manaut, Raúl. 1990. "El Salvador: un equilibrio imperfecto entre los votos y las botas." Secuencia 17:71-92 (mayo-agosto de 1990). *Eguizábal, Cristina. 1984. "El Salvador: elecciones sin democracia." Polemica (Costa Rica) 14/15:16-33 (marzo-junio 1984). *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. *Kantor, Harry. 1969. Patterns of politics and polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1961 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly Election
Constitutional Assembly elections were held in El Salvador on 17 December 1961.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p276 The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won all 54 seats. Results Elected members included Margoth Muñoz de Burgos. References Bibliography *Political Handbook of the world, 1961. New York, 1962. *Elections in the Americas : a data handbook/ ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. xford .a.: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. *Anderson, Thomas P. 1971. Matanza: El Salvador's communist revolt of 1932. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. *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. *Kantor, Harry. 1969. Patterns of politics and political systems in Latin America. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company. *McDonald, Ronald H. 1969. "Electoral behavior and political developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2000 Salvadoran Legislative Election ...
Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 12 March 2000.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p276 Although the Nationalist Republican Alliance received the most votes, the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front won the most seats. Voter turnout was 42%. Results References Bibliography *Political Handbook of the world, 1997. New York, 1998. {{Salvadoran elections El Salvador Legislative elections in El Salvador Legislative A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2003 Salvadoran Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 16 March 2003 to elect 84 deputies to the Legislative Assembly for a term of three years. The main opposition party, the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), won the most seats in election at 31.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p286 However the governing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) won enough seats to continue in government with the Party of National Conciliation (PCN). Background ARENA had controlled the government of El Salvador since winning the 1989 presidential election. The 2003 legislative election was the fifth election since the ending of the Salvadoran Civil War in 1992. Campaign In total 11 political parties contested the election but it was seen as being primarily between ARENA and the opposition FMLN. ARENA campaigned for a mandate to continue the economic reforms they had been pursuing but was hurt in the election by a recent six-month st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
