Salvadoran general election, 1994

General elections were held in El Salvador on 20 March 1994, with a second round of the presidential elections taking place on 24 April.^[1] Armando Calderón Sol of the Nationalist Republican Alliance won the presidential elections, whilst his party also won the legislative elections. Voter turnout was 50% in the first round of the presidential elections and 45.5% in the second,^[2] whilst it was 53.1% for the legislative election.^[3]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Armando Calderón Sol	Nationalist Republican Alliance	641,108	49.0	818,264	68.3
Rubén Zamora Rivas	FLMN-CD	325,582	24.9	378,980	31.7
Fidel Chávez Mena	Christian Democratic Party	214,277	16.4
Roberto Escobar García	Party of National Conciliation	70,504	5.4
Jorge Martínez	Movement of Unity	31,502	2.4
Edgardo Rodríguez Engelhard	Movement of National Solidarity	13,841	1.1
Rhina Victoria Escalante de Rey Prendes	Authentic Democratic Christian Movement	10,843	0.8
Invalid/blank votes		103,663	-	48,976	-
Total		1,411,320	100	1,246,220	100
Source: Nohlen

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
Party of National Conciliation	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
Invalid/blank votes	108,022	-	-	-
Total	1,453,299	100	84	0
Source: Nohlen

References

1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
2. Nohlen, p290
3. Nohlen, p284