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1984 Salvadoran presidential election
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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.
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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]