Country: | El Salvador |
Flag Year: | 1839 |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1844 Salvadoran presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1844 |
Election Date: | 16 February 1846 |
Next Election: | 1848 Salvadoran presidential election |
Next Year: | 1848 |
Party Name: | no |
Image1: | Eugenio Aguilar Gonzalez Batres.jpg |
Colour1: | 800000 |
Candidate1: | Eugenio Aguilar |
Party1: | Liberal |
President | |
Before Election: | Fermín Palacios |
Before Party: | Independent |
After Election: | Eugenio Aguilar |
After Party: | Liberal |
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 16 February 1846.[1] Eugenio Aguilar ran unopposed and was elected by the legislature. He started governing as president-elect on 21 February 1846, before formally taking office on 21 July.[2]