Salvadoran legislative election, 1960
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Legislative elections were held in El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...

 on 24 April 1960. The result was a victory for the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification
Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification
The Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification was the ruling party in El Salvador during the 1950s and early 1960s.-History:The party was established 1945 as the official party of the military rulers. In the 1950 general elections, its candidate Óscar Osorio won the presidential elections,...

, which won all 54 seats after the Central Electoral Council had disqualified the candidates of the Renovating Action Party in seven of fourteen constituencies.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification
Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification
The Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification was the ruling party in El Salvador during the 1950s and early 1960s.-History:The party was established 1945 as the official party of the military rulers. In the 1950 general elections, its candidate Óscar Osorio won the presidential elections,...

368,545 87.7 54 0
National Action Party
National Action Party (El Salvador)
The National Action Party is a political party in El Salvador. It first contested national elections in 1956. However, Roberto Edmundo Cannessa, its candidate in the presidential election was disqualified, whilst in the legislative elections it failed to win a seat, despite being the only party to...

51,557 12.3 0 New
Invalid/blank votes
Total 420,102 100 54 0
Source: Nohlen
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