1903 Salvadoran presidential election

1903 Salvadoran presidential election
16 February 1903
 
Candidate Pedro José Escalón Francisco Antonio Reyes
Party Liberal/Military Liberal
Popular vote 91,861 19,900
Percentage 77.82% 16.86%
Results by department
President before election

Tomás Regalado
Liberal/Military

Elected President

Pedro José Escalón
Liberal/Military

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 16 February 1903. General Pedro José Escalón was elected with 78 percent of the vote.[1] President Tomás Regalado hand-picked Escalón to be his successor.[2] All men were eligible to vote in the election.[3]

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Pedro José EscalónLiberal/Military91,86177.82
Francisco Antonio ReyesLiberal19,90016.86
Potenciano EscalónIndependent/Military5,4454.61
Tomás RegaladoLiberal/Military5010.42
Joaquín PérezIndependent1500.13
Other candidates[a]1910.16
Total118,048100.00
Source: Diario Oficial 1903, p. 298[1]

Results by department

The following table displays the number of votes each presidential candidate received from each of the country's 14 departments. The candidate with the most votes in a department is highlighted in gray.

Department P.J. Escalón Reyes P. Escalón Regalado Pérez Others
Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes
Ahuachapán 9,603 275 9 2 4 10
Cabañas 4,907 23 0 7 0 9
Chalatenango 8,579 81 166 30 2 1
Cuscatlán 6,102 1,964 199 43 0 10
La Libertad 4,721 1,902 349 36 27 14
La Paz 2,006 4,271 1,471 130 1 26
La Unión 4,699 793 0 122 0 26
Morazán 6,477 257 1 2 0 2
San Miguel 8,874 243 2 4 0 18
San Salvador 4,501 5,342 2,423 69 0 4
Santa Ana 10,735 462 28 29 114 15
San Vicente 3,597 2,689 501 8 0 5
Sonsonate 8,064 336 278 7 1 23
Usulután 8,996 1,252 18 12 1 28
Total 91,861 19,900 5,445 501 150 191
Source: Diario Oficial 1903, p. 298[1]

Vice president

CandidatePartyVotes%
Calixto Velado EduardoIndependent69,14258.58
Joaquín BadicaIndependent17,84015.11
Onofre Durán SantillanaLiberal17,75015.04
José Rosa PacasIndependent8,5727.26
Samuel LunaIndependent1,9891.69
José Miguel BatrésIndependent/Military7870.67
Simeon MagañaIndependent1900.16
Potenclano FaciliaIndependent1490.13
Carlos MeléndezLiberal1380.12
Other candidates[b]1,4761.25
Total118,033100.00
Source: Diario Oficial 1903, p. 298[1]

Results by department

The following table displays the number of votes each presidential candidate received from each of the country's 14 departments. The candidate with the most votes in a department is highlighted in gray.

Department Velado Badica Durán Rosa Luna Batrés Magaña Facilia Meléndez Others
Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes
Ahuachapán 9 4 9,680 10 0 0 0 1 1 36
Cabañas 3,385 13 1,514 0 0 0 0 0 4 105
Chalatenango 8,520 33 0 125 9 0 0 2 0 119
Cuscatlán 6,145 1,993 0 50 0 0 0 1 1 13
La Libertad 4,935 1,369 115 279 23 380 190 25 1 42
La Paz 314 4,214 1,697 1,410 0 0 0 1 117 133
La Unión 4,775 646 2 1 0 0 0 1 8 157
Morazán 6,486 250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107
San Miguel 8,866 210 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 144
San Salvador 6 5,334 4,490 2,416 1 1 0 1 0 106
Santa Ana 8,903 276 1 20 1,956 0 0 112 0 106
San Vicente 0 2,306 0 4,140 0 0 0 0 0 133
Sonsonate 7,771 27 260 111 0 406 0 1 0 120
Usulután 9,027 1,171 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 127
Total 69,142 17,840 17,750 8,572 1,989 787 190 149 138 1,476
Source: Diario Oficial 1903, p. 298[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Other candidates for president were Carlos Meléndez, José Rosa Pacas, Fidel Novoa Meléndez, Hermógenes Alvarado, Dionisio Arzú, Emilio Peñate, Samuel Luna, Camilo Arévalo, Rafel S. López, David Rosales, Horacio Villavicencio, Juan Espinosa, Baltasar Estupinián, Calixto Velado Eduardo, Rubén Rivera, Federico Prado, Rafael Reyes, José Antonio Trigueros, Justo Sol, Mardoqueo Sandoval, Manuel Antonio Reyes, Juan María Villatoro, Nicolás Angulo, Francisco Reyes, Juan F. Castro, Domingo López, Santiago Contreras, Gonzalo Herrera, Fernando Gómez, Luis Alonso Barahona, Joaquín Medina, and Onofre Durán Santillana.[1]
  2. ^ Other candidates for vice president were Emeterio S. Ruano, Francisco Antonio Reyes, Enrique Vásquez, Fidel Novoa Meléndez, Rafael S. López, Maximiliano González, Santiago Andrade, Carlos d'Aubuisson, Baltasar Estupinián, José Antonio Martínez, Hilario Interiano, Santiago Meléndez, Francisco Hurtado, Enrique Zeyala, Hermógenes Alvarado, Alfredo Lara, Joaquín Pérez, Ramón Flores, Máximo Brizuela, Samuel Quiróz, Manuel Delgado, Guillermo Mazzini, David Rosales, Alejandro Velásquez, Rubén Rivera, Eugenio Araujo, Dionisio Aráuz, Francisco García de Machén, Estanislao Pérez, Juan María Villatoro, and Carlos Modesto Meléndez.[1]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Diario Oficial 1903, p. 298.
  2. ^ Ching 1997, p. 220.
  3. ^ Nohlen 2005, p. 270.

Bibliography

  • Ching, Erik K. (1997). From Clientelism to Militarism: The State, Politics and Authoritarianism in El Salvador, 1840–1940. Santa Barbara, California: University of California, Santa Barbara. OCLC 39326756. ProQuest 304330235. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  • "Cuadro Demonstrativo de los Votos Emitidos para Presidente y Vice Presidente de la República en el Período de 1903 a 1907" [Demonstrative Table of the Votes Cast for President and Vice President of the Republic for the Period of 1903 to 1907] (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). Vol. 54, no. 44. 20 February 1903. p. 298. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  • Nohlen, Dieter (2005). Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1: North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. pp. 270–299. ISBN 9780191557934. OCLC 58051010. Retrieved 21 October 2024.

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