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El Salvador
| COUNTRY |
ELECTION TYPE |
DATE |
| Republic of El Salvador |
Presidential |
March 7, 1999 |
At stake
in this election:
- The office of the president of
El Salvador
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Description
of government structure:
- The president is directly elected by
absolute majority vote for a five-year term. A second round runoff is required in the
event that no candidate receives more than 50% of the first round votes.
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Results of the election for president:
- Presidential
Candidate: Francisco FLORES
Party: National Republican Alliance (ARENA)
Valid Votes Received: 614,268
Percent of Valid Votes Received: 51.96%<
- Presidential
Candidate: Facundo GUARDADO
Party: Coalition Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front - Social Christian Union
(FMLN-USC)
Valid Votes Received: 343,472
Percent of Valid Votes Received: 29.05%
- Presidential
Candidate: Rubén ZAMORA Rivas
Party: Coalition Democratic United Center (CDU) (includes Popular Laborist Party,
Democratic Convergence, and Democratic Party)
Valid Votes Received: 88,640
Percent of Valid Votes Received: 7.50%
- Presidential
Candidate: Rodolfo PARKER
Party: Christian Democratic Party (PDC)
Valid Votes Received: 67,207
Percent of Valid Votes Received: 5.68%
- Presidential
Candidate: Hernán CONTRERAS
Party: National Conciliation Party (PCN)
Valid Votes Received: 45,140
Percent of Valid Votes Received: 3.82%
- Presidential
Candidate: Salvador Nelson GARCÍA
Party: Democratic Republican League (LIDER)
Valid Votes Received: 19,269
Percent of Valid Votes Received: 1.63%
- Presidential
Candidate: Francisco AYALA DE PAZ
Party: Party of the United People and the New Deal (PUNTO)
Valid Votes Received: 4,571
Percent of Valid Votes Received: 0.36%
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When was
the last presidential election?
- Last presidential election held: March 20
and April 24, 1994
- In the April 24, 1994, runoff election,
Armando CALDERON Sol received 68.35% of the vote and thus defeated Rubén ZAMORA Rivas,
his closest competitor with 31.65% of the vote.
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 5,920,000
- Number of registered voters: 3,171,224
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Of Interest:
- The March 1999 poll was the fourth
presidential election since the enactment of the 1983 Constitution.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
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