1956 Salvadoran legislative election

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15 May 1956

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All 54 seats in the Legislative Assembly
28 seats needed for a majority

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
	PRUD	Óscar Osorio	94.36	54	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Results by constituency

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Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 15 May 1956. The result was a victory for the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification, which won all 54 seats.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification	552,000	94.36	54	0
	National Action Party	33,000	5.64	0	New
Total		585,000	100.00	54	0

Source: Nohlen

Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

Political Handbook of the world, 1956. New York, 1957.
Benítez Manaut, Raúl. 1990. "El Salvador: un equilibrio imperfecto entre los votos y las botas." Secuencia 17:71-92 (mayo-agosto de 1990).
Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems. 1967. El Salvador election factbook, March 5, 1967. Washington: Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems.
Ruddle, Kenneth. 1972. Latin American political statistics. supplement to the statistical abstract of Latin America. Los Angeles: Latin American Center, UCLA.
Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter. 1997. Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

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