1950 Salvadoran general election explained
Country: | El Salvador |
Module: | Embed: | yes | Election Name: | Presidential election | Type: | presidential | Previous Election: | 1945 Salvadoran presidential election | Previous Year: | 1945 | Next Election: | 1956 Salvadoran presidential election | Next Year: | 1956 | Election Date: | 26–29 March 1950 | Image1: | Oscar Osorio.jpg | Nominee1: | Óscar Osorio | Party1: | Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification | Popular Vote1: | 345,139 | Percentage1: | 56.45% | Nominee2: | José Asencio | Party2: | Renovating Action Party | Popular Vote2: | 266,271 | Percentage2: | 43.55% | President | Before Election: | Revolutionary Council of Government | After Election: | Óscar Osorio | After Party: | Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification | Module: | Embed: | yes | Election Name: | Legislative election | Previous Election: | 1944 | Next Election: | 1952 | Seats For Election: | All 52 seats in the Legislative Assembly | Majority Seats: | 27 | First Election: | yes | Party1: | Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification | Leader1: | Óscar Osorio | Percentage1: | 56.45 | Seats1: | 38 | Party2: | Renovating Action Party | Leader2: | José Asencio | Percentage2: | 43.55 | Seats2: | 14 | Map: | Elecciones legislativas de El Salvador de 1950 - Resultados por Departamento.svg |
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General elections were held in El Salvador between 26 and 29 March 1950. The result was a victory for Óscar Osorio in the presidential election,[1] and his Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification in the legislative election.
Bibliography
- Political Handbook of the world, 1950 New York, 1951
- Benítez Manaut, Raúl (1990) "El Salvador: un equilibrio imperfecto entre los votos y las botas" Secuencia 17:71-92
- Consejo Central de Elecciones (1951) Memoria de las elecciones de 1950 San Salvador: Secretaria de Información de la Presidencia de la Republica.
- Eguizábal, Cristina (1984) "El Salvador: elecciones sin democracia" Polemica 14/15:16-33
- Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems. 1967. El Salvador election factbook, March 5, 1967. Washington: Institute for the Comparative Study of Political Systems.
- Kantor, Harry (1969) Patterns of politics and political systems in Latin America Chicago: Rand McNally & Company
- Montgomery, Tommie Sue (1995) Revolution in El Salvador: From civil strife to civil peace Boulder: Westview
- Parker, Franklin D (1981) The Central American republics Westport: Greenwood Press
- Ruddle, Kenneth (1972) Latin American political statistics Supplement to the statistical abstract of Latin America. Los Angeles: Latin American Center, UCLA
- Webre, Stephen (1979) José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972 Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press
- Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter (1997) Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press
Notes and References
- Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp.287.