1907 Salvadoran presidential election

1907 Salvadoran presidential election
13 January 1907
Presidential election
 
Candidate Fernando Figueroa Luis Alonso Barahona
Party Liberal/Military Independent/Military
Popular vote 152,053 222
Percentage 99.76% 0.15%
Results by department
President before election

Pedro José Escalón
Liberal/Military

Elected President

Fernando Figueroa
Liberal/Military

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 13 January 1907.[1] General Fernando Figueroa was elected with 99.76 percent of the vote. His closest rival Luis Alonso Barahona received 222 votes to Figueroa's 152,053.

Campaign

Prior to the 1907 presidential election, President General Pedro José Escalón and his allies hand-picked Vice President General Fernando Figueroa to be his successor as president of El Salvador. This followed a precedent set by Escalón's predecessor, Tomás Regalado, who selected him as his successor ahead of the 1903 presidential election.[2] Some politicians opposed Figueroa's selected. Among them were General Luis Alonso Barahona who decided to run against Figueroa. Before the election, Figueroa had Barahona arrested and Barahona's supporters were persecuted.[3]

Results

All men were eligible to vote in the election.[4]

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Fernando FigueroaLiberal/Military152,05399.76
Luis Alonso BarahonaIndependent/Military2220.15
Horacio VillavicencioIndependent/Military390.03
Rafael Guirola DukeIndependent160.01
Camilo ArévaloIndependent110.01
Carlos MeléndezLiberal80.01
Potenciano EscalónIndependent/Military60.00
Baltasar EstupiniánIndependent40.00
Rafael Antonio GutiérrezLiberal/Military10.00
Prudencio AlfaroLiberal10.00
Other candidates580.04
Total152,419100.00
Source: Diario Oficial 1907, p. 354[5]

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 Figueroa Barahona Villavicencio Guirola Arévalo Meléndez Escalón Estupinián Gutiérrez Alfaro Others
Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes
Ahuachapán 9,902 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cabañas 5,364 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chalatenango 9,778 142 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0
Cuscatlán 9,890 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
La Libertad 11,797 13 3 16 6 1 4 0 0 0 8
La Paz 14,299 11 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
La Unión 6,655 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Morazán 9,457 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Miguel 11,467 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
San Salvador 18,851 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Santa Ana 13,947 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
San Vicente 6,778 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sonsonate 11,028 26 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 3
Usulután 12,840 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 152,053 222 39 16 11 8 6 4 1 1 58
Source: Diario Oficial 1907, p. 354[5]

Vice president

CandidatePartyVotes%
Manuel Enrique AraujoLiberal146,29895.47
José Miguel BatrésIndependent/Military6,6894.36
Jorge MeléndezLiberal1120.07
Norberto MoránIndependent240.02
José María EstupiniánIndependent/Military110.01
Other candidates1120.07
Total153,246100.00
Source: Diario Oficial 1907, p. 354[5]

Results by department

The following table displays the number of votes each vice 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 Araujo Batrés Meléndez Morán Estupinián Others
Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes
Ahuachapán 9,901 0 0 0 0 7
Cabañas 5,365 0 0 0 0 1
Chalatenango 9,769 0 112 0 0 13
Cuscatlán 10,885 0 0 0 0 26
La Libertad 11,790 0 0 0 0 1
La Paz 14,298 0 0 0 11 26
La Unión 6,617 0 0 0 0 3
Morazán 9,457 0 0 0 0 0
San Miguel 11,469 0 0 0 0 3
San Salvador 18,855 0 0 0 0 4
Santa Ana 13,926 0 0 0 0 18
San Vicente 6,770 0 0 23 0 0
Sonsonate 4,354 6,689 0 1 0 10
Usulután 12,842 0 0 0 0 0
Total 146,298 6,689 112 24 11 112
Source: Diario Oficial 1907, p. 354[5]

Aftermath

Figueroa and Araujo were inaugurated as president and vice president, respectively, on 1 March 1907.[6]

References

Citations

  1. ^ University of California, San Diego.
  2. ^ Ching 1997, p. 220.
  3. ^ Ching 1997, p. 222.
  4. ^ Nohlen 2005, p. 270.
  5. ^ a b c d Diario Oficial 1907, p. 354.
  6. ^ Leistenschneider & Leistenschneider 1980, p. 166.

Bibliography

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