1994 Salvadoran general election

1994 Salvadoran general election
Registered	2,737,743
	Presidential election
Turnout	52.27% (first round) 2.43pp; 45.51% (second round)
President before election; Alfredo Cristiani; ARENA	Elected President ; Armando Calderón Sol; ARENA
	Legislative election
	All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly; 43 seats needed for a majority

General elections were held in El Salvador on 20 March 1994, with a second round of the presidential elections taking place on 24 April. Armando Calderón Sol of the Nationalist Republican Alliance won the presidential elections, whilst his party also won the legislative elections. Voter turnout was 52.27% in the first round of the presidential elections and 45.51% in the second, whilst it was 53.08% for the legislative election.^[1]

Results

President


Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Armando Calderón Sol	Enrique Borgo Bustamante	Nationalist Republican Alliance	651,632	49.11	818,264	68.35
	Rubén Zamora	Francisco Roberto Lima Rivera	FMLN–CD	331,629	24.99	378,980	31.65
	Fidel Chávez Mena	Atilio Vieytez	Christian Democratic Party	215,936	16.27
	Roberto García Escobar	Roberto Marchesini	National Conciliation Party	70,854	5.34
	Jorge Martínez	Arístides Escobar Benítez	Movement of Unity	31,925	2.41
	Edgardo Engelhard	José Roberto Rivas Iglesias	Movement of National Solidarity	13,959	1.05
	Rhina Victoria Escalante	Edgar Saúl Romero Sánchez	Authentic Democratic Christian Movement	10,901	0.82
Total				1,326,836	100.00	1,197,244	100.00

Valid votes				1,326,836	92.72	1,197,244	96.08
Invalid/blank votes				104,199	7.28	48,783	3.92
Total votes				1,431,035	100.00	1,246,027	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				2,737,743	52.27	2,737,743	45.51
Source: TSE, TSE

Legislative Assembly



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Nationalist Republican Alliance	605,775	45.03	39	0
	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front	287,811	21.39	21	New
	Christian Democratic Party	240,451	17.87	18	–8
	National Conciliation Party	83,520	6.21	4	–5
	Democratic Convergence	59,843	4.45	1	–7
	Movement of Unity	33,510	2.49	1	New
	Movement of National Solidarity	12,827	0.95	0	New
	Authentic Democratic Christian Movement	12,109	0.90	0	–1
	National Revolutionary Movement	9,431	0.70	0	New
Total		1,345,277	100.00	84	0

Valid votes		1,345,277	92.57
Invalid/blank votes		108,022	7.43
Total votes		1,453,299	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,737,743	53.08
Source: Nohlen,^[2] TSE

Municipalities


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Nationalist Republican Alliance			207	–
	Christian Democratic Party			29	–
	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front			13	New
	National Conciliation Party			10	–
	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front–Democratic Convergence			2	–
	Authentic Democratic Christian Movement			1	–
	Movement of Unity			0	New
	Movement of National Solidarity			0	New
	National Revolutionary Movement			0	New
Total				262	0

Registered voters/turnout		2,737,743	–
Source: ^[3]

References

^ "Memoria de Labores de las Elecciones de 1994" (PDF). Tribunal Supremo Electoral. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ "Memoria Anual de Labores – Correspondiente a 1994 y Memoria de Labores de las Elecciones de 1994" [Annual Memory of Labors – Correspondence to 1994 and Memory of Labors of the 1994 Elections] (PDF). Supreme Electoral Court (in Spanish). San Salvador, El Salvador. July 1994. p. 51.

[Memoria_de_Labores_de_las_Elecciones_de_1994-1] "Memoria de Labores de las Elecciones de 1994" (PDF). Tribunal Supremo Electoral. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

[N1-2] Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

[3] "Memoria Anual de Labores – Correspondiente a 1994 y Memoria de Labores de las Elecciones de 1994" [Annual Memory of Labors – Correspondence to 1994 and Memory of Labors of the 1994 Elections] (PDF). Supreme Electoral Court (in Spanish). San Salvador, El Salvador. July 1994. p. 51.

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