1972 Salvadoran legislative election

1972 Salvadoran legislative election

12 March 1972

All 52 seats in the Legislative Assembly
27 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PCN Fidel Sánchez 67.39 39 +5
UNO José Duarte 22.71 8 −8
PPS 6.06 4 +3
FDUI 3.85 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 12 March 1972. The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won 39 of the 52 seats. However, the election was marred by massive fraud and the Central Election Council disqualified the candidates of the opposition National Opposition Union (an alliance of the Christian Democratic Party, the National Revolutionary Movement and the Nationalist Democratic Union) in five out of fourteen constituencies. Voter turnout was 56.7%.