Salvadoran presidential election, 1945

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Presidential elections were held in El Salvador between 14 and 16 January 1945. The result was a victory for Salvador Castaneda Castro of the Social Democratic Unification Party.^[1] The election was boycotted by five candidates who withdrew after accusing Osmín Aguirre y Salinas of unfair practices to ensure victory for his favoured candidate.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Salvador Castaneda Castro	Social Democratic Unification Party	312,754	99.70
Osmín Aguirre y Salinas	Social Democratic Party	690	0.22
Antonio Claramount Lucero	Progressive Fraternal party	165	0.05
Arturo Romero	Democratic Union Party	55	0.02
Napoleón Viera Altamirano	Republican Social Front	29	0.01
José Cipriano Castro	Salvadorean People's Party	1	0.00
Invalid/blank votes			-
Total		313,694	100
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook Vol. 1 Oxford University Press, p287
↑ Parker, Franklin D (1981) The Central American republics Westport: Greenwood Press, p152

Bibliography

Krehm, William (1957) Democracia y tiranias en el Caribe Buenos Aires: Editorial Parnaso
Larde y Larin, Jorge (1958) Guía histórica de El Salvador San Salvador: Ministerio de cultura
Herman, Edward S. and Frank Brodhead (1984) Demonstration elections: U.S.-staged elections in the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, and El Salvador Boston: South End Press
Political Handbook of the world, 1945 New York, 1946
Webre, Stephen (1979) José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972 Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press

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