1907 Salvadoran presidential election

1907 Salvadoran presidential election

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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 Conservative/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 Pedro José Escalón and his allies hand-picked Vice President 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 Brigadier 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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Fernando Figueroa	Liberal/Military	152,053	99.76
	Luis Alonso Barahona	Independent/Military	222	0.15
	Horacio Villavicencio	Independent/Military	39	0.03
	Rafael Guirola Duke	Independent	16	0.01
	Camilo Arévalo	Independent	11	0.01
	Carlos Meléndez	Liberal	8	0.01
	Potenciano Escalón	Independent/Military	6	0.00
	Baltasar Estupinián	Independent	4	0.00
	Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez	Liberal/Military	1	0.00
	Prudencio Alfaro	Liberal	1	0.00
Other candidates			58	0.04
Total			152,419	100.00
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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Manuel Enrique Araujo	Liberal	146,298	95.47
	José Miguel Batrés	Independent/Military	6,689	4.36
	Jorge Meléndez	Liberal	112	0.07
	Norberto Morán	Independent	24	0.02
	José María Estupinián	Independent/Military	11	0.01
Other candidates			112	0.07
Total			153,246	100.00
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. Diario Oficial 1907, p. 354.
6. Leistenschneider & Leistenschneider 1980, p. 166.

Bibliography

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