1923 Salvadoran presidential election explained
| Country: | El Salvador |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 1919 Salvadoran presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1919 |
| Next Election: | 1927 Salvadoran presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1927 |
| Election Date: | 14 January 1923 |
| Image1: | Alfonso Quiñónez Molina 1915.jpg |
| Colour1: | 90EE90 |
| Nominee1: | Alfonso Quiñónez Molina |
| Party1: | National Democratic Party (El Salvador) |
| Percentage1: | 100% |
| President |
| Before Election: | Jorge Meléndez |
| Before Party: | National Democratic Party (El Salvador) |
| After Election: | Alfonso Quiñónez Molina |
| After Party: | National Democratic Party (El Salvador) |
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 14 January 1923. The result was a victory for Alfonso Quiñónez Molina,[1] who received around 178,000 votes.[2] His opponent Miguel Tomás Molina, a cousin, called on his supporters to boycott the election.[3]
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
Notes and References
- Garcia, Miguel Angel (1928) Diccionario Histórico Enciclopédico de la República de El Salvador Vol. II San Salvador p119
- https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/notable-collections/latin-american-elections-statistics/El%20Salvador/elections-and-events-1900-1934.html Elections and Events 1900-1934
- Erik Ching (2014) Authoritarian El Salvador: Politics and the Origins of the Military Regimes, 1880-1940 p262
