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1923 Salvadoran presidential election

← 1919 14 January 1923 1927 →
 
Nominee Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
Party National Democratic
Popular vote c.178,000
Percentage 100%

President before election

Jorge Meléndez
National Democratic

Elected President

Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
National Democratic

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Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 14 January 1923. The result was a victory for Alfonso Quiñónez Molina, who received around 178,000 votes. His opponent Miguel Tomás Molina, a cousin, called on his supporters to boycott the election.

References

  1. Garcia, Miguel Angel (1928) Diccionario Histórico Enciclopédico de la República de El Salvador Vol. II San Salvador p119
  2. Elections and Events 1900-1934 Archived 10 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine The Library, UC San Diego
  3. Erik Ching (2014) Authoritarian El Salvador: Politics and the Origins of the Military Regimes, 1880-1940 p262

Bibliography

  • Anderson, Thomas P. (1971) Matanza: El Salvador's communist revolt of 1932 Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
  • Callardo, Ricardo (1961) Las constituciones de El Salvador. I-II Madrid: Ediciones Cultura Hispanica
  • Larde y Larín, Jorge (1958) Guía Histórica de El Salvador San Salvador: Ministerio de Culture
  • Vidal, Manuel (1970) Nociones de historia de Centro América San Salvador: Ministerio de Educación. Ninth edition
  • Webre, Stephen (1979) José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972 Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press
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