All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly 43 seats needed for a majority
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
ARENA
35.40
28
−11
FMLN
33.02
27
+6
PCN
8.70
11
+7
PDC
8.36
10
−8
PRCS
3.58
3
New
CVD
3.50
2
+1
PDL
3.15
2
New
MU
2.25
1
0
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Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 16 March 1997.[1] The result was a narrow victory for the Nationalist Republican Alliance, which won 28 of the 84 seats. Voter turnout was 39.2%.[2]
^Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^Nohlen, p284
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