1950 Salvadoran general election explained

Country:El Salvador
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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
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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

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp.287.