25 March 1984 (first round) 6 May 1984 (second round)
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José Napoleón Duarte
Roberto D'Aubuisson
Party
PDC
ARENA
Running mate
Rodolfo Antonio Castillo Claramount
Hugo Barrera Guerrero
Popular vote
752,625
651,741
Percentage
53.59%
46.41%
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Álvaro Magaña
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José Napoleón Duarte
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Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 25 March 1984, with a second round on 6 May.[1] A new president was elected, together with a vice-president, for a five-year term. The result was a victory for José Napoleón Duarte of the Christian Democratic Party.
The elections were held under military rule amidst high levels of repression and violence, and candidates to the left of Duarte's brand of Christian Democrats were excluded from participating.[2]
Nevertheless, the election was considered the first fair and just in El Salvador after the 1931 election.[citation needed]
^Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^Chitnis, Pratap C. (1984). "Observing El Salvador: The 1984 Elections". Third World Quarterly. 6 (4): 963–980. doi:10.1080/01436598408419809. ISSN 0143-6597. JSTOR 3991805.
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