Country: | Central America |
Flag Year: | 1824 |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1830 Central American federal election |
Previous Year: | 1830 |
Next Election: | 1835 Central American federal election |
Next Year: | 1835 |
Election Date: | late 1833 |
Image1: | Del Valle blanco y negro.jpg |
Nominee1: | José Cecilio del Valle |
Party1: | Conservative |
Colour1: | 0000CD |
Nominee2: | Francisco Morazán |
Party2: | Liberal |
Colour2: | 800000 |
Home State2: | Honduras |
President | |
Before Election: | Francisco Morazán |
Before Party: | Liberal |
After Election: | José Cecilio del Valle |
After Party: | Conservative |
Federal elections were held in the Federal Republic of Central America in late 1833.[1]
Incumbent president Francisco Morazán's first four-year term as president had led to him becoming very unpopular among the liberal elites that were his main supporters, due to him moving the federal capital from Guatemala to El Salvador. As a result, moderate conservative leader José Cecilio del Valle was elected president.[2]
Valle died before taking the oath while traveling between Honduras and Guatemala. On 2 June 1834, the Federal Congress for a new presidential election to be held for February 1835.[3] José Gregorio Salazar served as interim president between the two elections.[4]