1967 Salvadoran presidential election

1967 Salvadoran presidential election

5 March 1967

Nominee Fidel Sánchez Hernández Abraham Rodríguez Portillo Party PCN PDC Running mate Humberto Guillermo Cuestas Mario Pacheco Popular vote 267,447 106,358 Percentage 54.37% 21.62%   Nominee Fabio Castillo Figueroa Álvaro Ernesto Martinez Party PAR PPS Running mate Jesús Gómez Castro Agustin Alvarenga Popular vote 70,978 47,111 Percentage 14.43% 9.58%

Results by department

President before election Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo PCN Elected President Fidel Sánchez Hernández PCN

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 5 March 1967. The result was a victory for Fidel Sánchez Hernández of the Party of National Conciliation, who won 54.4 percent of the vote.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Fidel Sánchez Hernández	National Conciliation Party	267,447	54.37
	Abraham Rodríguez Portillo	Christian Democratic Party	106,358	21.62
	Fabio Castillo Figueroa	Renovating Action Party	70,978	14.43
	Alvaro Ernesto Martinez	Salvadoran Popular Party	47,111	9.58
Total			491,894	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,266,587	–
Source: Nohlen

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