1995

Country profile. Guatemala, El Salvador 1997-98: "In March 1995 ... the Partido Demócrata (PD) [was formed] under the leadership of Joaquín Villalobos, a former guerrilla commander" (page 74).

1997

March 16: Congressional and municipal election

Caribbean and Central America report January 14 1997: 84 congressional seats and 262 municipal governments are to be elected (page 3).

Caribbean and Central America report May 6 1997: Gives by party the number of seats won (page 1).

Central America report March 20, 1997: "Unofficial preliminary figures suggest that the FMLN and the ruling Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) will have virtually equal representation in the Legislative Assembly...On its own, the FMLN also wins most of the country’s major cities, including traditional ARENA strongholds" (page 1). Gives number of municipalities won by FMLN and names many of them, including San Salvador (page 2).

Central America report April 3, 1997: The official results are announced on March 16 (page 8). Gives by party the number of votes and seats won. Gives by party the number of municipalities won.

CIDAI 1997: "(A) lo largo del artículo se defienden básicamente dos argumentos: primero, que como resultado de los comicios se abrirá, a nivel municipal, un espacio de poder local en el cual el FMLN podrá dar muestras tanto de su capacidad administrativa como de su habilidad negociadora; y segundo, que en el plano legislativo, el Partido de Conciliación Nacional jugará un rol decisivo a la hora que los partidos mayoritarios--el FMLN y ARENA--quieran sacar adelante determinadas iniciativas de ley" (page 203). "Resultados de las elecciones para diputados y alcaldes 1997" (page 221). Gives for each party the number and percent of votes for congress, the number and percent of votes for municipal elections, the number of seats won, and the number of mayoralties won.

Córdova Macías 1998: "Much to the contrary of the previous nine years in which ARENA had become the unquestioned dominant party in the system, the March 1997 vote gave a historic victory to the FMLN at the municipal level...and in the Legislative Assembly" (page 156). Gives number of municipalities won by the left and seats won by ARENA and FMLN.

Country profile. Guatemala, El Salvador 1997-98: "Election results, March 16, 1997" (page 73). Gives seats in the assembly and municipalities won by each party.

Cruz 1997: "Composición de los votantes del 16 de marzo en el municipio de San Salvador según variables" (page 445). Gives sex, age, and educational level attained.

Holiday 1997: "(T)he former leftist guerrillas of the Farabundo Martí Liberation Front (FMLN) scored unprecedented victories at the polls in municipal and legislative races, reversing nearly a decade of political dominance by the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party" (page 6). Gives information on municipalities won by FMLN, including San Salvador and half the fourteen departmental capitals, and losses by ARENA. Gives turnout, percent this represents of the estimated voting-age population, and the overall increase in votes for FMLN since 1994.

Keesing’s record of world events March 1997: "The 84 Legislative Assembly members were elected for a three-year term, 64 members in multi-seat constituencies and 20 by proportional representation" (Page 41535). "Unofficial results of legislative assembly elections." Gives party and seats won. "In the election for mayors, the FMLN reportedly won 100 of 262 municipalities, including the capital, San Salvador, and many other major cities, compared with the 118 won by ARENA."

Nuevas posibilidades para la transición política 1997: "(N)adie pudo prever el actual escenario político, donde ningún partido tiene mayoría en la asamblea legislativa y donde los concejos municipales controlados por el FMLN tienen bajo su jurisdicción más población que los controlados por ARENA" (page 183). Abstention rate was 60%. FMLN received 81,000 more votes than in 1994 and ARENA received 209,000 fewer votes than in 1994 (page 184). Gives votes in the congressional election received by each party (pages 184-185). Gives results of mayoral election for each party (page 185-186). Gives composition of new congress, including the increases and decreases in seats for each party from the previous congress (page 186).

Resultados electorales 1997: "Tribunal Supremo Electoral. Unidad de procesamiento de datos. Escrutinio final para concejos municipales elecciones 16 de marzo de 1997. Consolidado nacional de votos válidos" (page 339). Gives at the department level the total votes for each party in the elections for municipal councils and at the country level the total number of councils won. "Tribunal Supremo Electoral. Unidad de procesamiento de datos. Escrutinio final para concejos municipales elecciones 16 de marzo de 1997. Distribuciones de votos válidos" (pages 340-353). Gives for each municipality in each department the total votes for each party in the elections for municipal councils and the total number of councils won at the department level. "Tribunal Supremo Electoral. Unidad de procesamiento de datos. Escrutinio final para concejos municipales elecciones 16 de marzo de 1997" (pages 354-357). For congressional election gives total votes at the country level for each party for the national slate, the number of seats won, the residual votes, and the number of votes required for each seat won. Gives the same information at the department level for seats elected to represent the department. Tribunal Supremo Electoral. Unidad de procesamiento de datos. Escrutinio final para concejos municipales elecciones 16 de marzo de 1997. Distribución de alcaldías por partidos y coaliciones" (page 358). For each department gives the number of municipal councils won by each party.