1967 Salvadoran presidential election

{{short description|1967 elections in El Salvador}}

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1967 Salvadoran presidential election

| country = El Salvador

| type = Presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1962 Salvadoran presidential election

| previous_year = 1962

| next_election = 1972 Salvadoran presidential election

| next_year = 1972

| election_date = 5 March 1967

| image1 =3x4.svg

| nominee1 = Fidel Sánchez Hernández

| party1 = National Coalition Party (El Salvador)

| running_mate1 = Humberto Guillermo Cuestas

| popular_vote1 = 267,447

| percentage1 = 54.37%

| image2 = 3x4.svg

| nominee2 = {{ill|Abraham Rodríguez Portillo|es}}

| party2 = Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador)

| running_mate2 = Mario Pacheco

| popular_vote2 = 106,358

| percentage2 = 21.62%

| image4 = 3x4.svg

| nominee4 = Fabio Castillo Figueroa

| party4 = Renovating Action Party

| running_mate4 = Jesús Gómez Castro

| popular_vote4 = 70,978

| percentage4 = 14.43%

| image5 =

| nominee5 = Álvaro Magaña

| party5 = PPS

| running_mate5 = Agustin Alvarenga

| popular_vote5 = 47,111

| percentage5 = 9.58%

| title = President

| before_election = Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo

| before_party = PCN

| after_election = Fidel Sánchez Hernández

| after_party = PCN

| map_image = Elecciones presidenciales de El Salvador de 1967 - Resultado por Departamento.svg

| map_caption = Results by department

}}{{Politics of El Salvador}}

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 5 March 1967.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}} The result was a victory for Fidel Sánchez Hernández of the Party of National Conciliation, who won 54.4 percent of the vote.

Results

{{Election results

|cand1=Fidel Sánchez Hernández|party1=National Conciliation Party|votes1=267447

|cand2={{ill|Abraham Rodríguez Portillo|es}}|party2=Christian Democratic Party|votes2=106358

|cand3=Fabio Castillo Figueroa|party3={{ill|Renovating Action Party|es|Partido de Acción Renovadora}}|votes3=70978

|cand4=Álvaro Magaña|party4=Salvadoran Popular Party|votes4=47111

|invalid=

|electorate=1266587

|source=Nohlen

}}

References

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Bibliography

  • Anderson, Thomas P. Matanza: El Salvador's communist revolt of 1932. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 1971.
  • Benítez Manaut, Raúl. "El Salvador: un equilibrio imperfecto entre los votos y las botas." Secuencia 17:71-92 (mayo-agosto de 1990).
  • Eguizábal, Cristina. "El Salvador: elecciones sin democracia." Polemica (Costa Rica) 14/15:16-33 (marzo-junio 1984). 1984.
  • Kantor, Harry. Patterns of politics and political systems in Latin America. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company. 1969.
  • Montgomery, Tommie Sue. 1995. Revolution in El Salvador: from civil strife to civil peace. Boulder: Westview.
  • Political Handbook of the world, 1967. New York, 1968.
  • Webre, Stephen. José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 1979.
  • Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter. Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 1997.

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