1989 Salvadoran presidential election

{{short description|1989 elections in El Salvador}}

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1989 Salvadoran presidential election

| country = El Salvador

| type = Presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1984 Salvadoran presidential election

| previous_year = 1984

| next_election = 1994 Salvadoran general election

| next_year = 1994

| election_date = 19 March 1989

| registered = 1,834,000

| turnout = 54.70%

| image1 = 150x150px

| nominee1 = Alfredo Cristiani

| party1 = Nationalist Republican Alliance

| running_mate1 = José Francisco Merino López

| electoral_vote1 =

| states_carried1 =

| popular_vote1 = 505,370

| percentage1 = 53.82%

| image2 = 150x110px

| nominee2 = Fidel Chávez Mena

| party2 = Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador)

| running_mate2 = Francisco José Barrientos

| electoral_vote2 =

| states_carried2 =

| popular_vote2 = 342,732

| percentage2 = 36.50%

| map_image = Elecciones presidenciales de El Salvador de 1989 - Resultado por Departamento.svg

| map_caption = Results by department

| title = President

| before_election = José Napoleón Duarte

| before_party = Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador)

| after_election = Alfredo Cristiani

| after_party = Nationalist Republican Alliance

}}{{Politics of El Salvador}}

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 19 March 1989.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 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%.Nohlen, p290