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1903 Salvadoran presidential election

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1903 Salvadoran presidential election

← 1899 16 February 1903 1907 →
 
Candidate Pedro José Escalón Francisco Antonio Reyes
Party Conservative/Military Liberal
Popular vote 91,861 19,900
Percentage 77.82% 16.86%

Results by department

President before election

Tomás Regalado
Liberal/Military

Elected President

Pedro José Escalón
Conservative/Military

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 16 February 1903. General Pedro José Escalón was elected with 78 percent of the vote.[1] President Tomás Regalado hand-picked Escalón to be his successor.[2] All men were eligible to vote in the election.[3]

Results

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President

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Pedro José EscalónConservative/Military91,86177.82
Francisco Antonio ReyesLiberal19,90016.86
Potenciano EscalónIndependent/Military5,4454.61
Tomás RegaladoLiberal/Military5010.42
Joaquín PérezIndependent1500.13
Other candidates[a]1910.16
Total118,048100.00
Source: Diario Oficial 1903, p. 298[1]

Results by department

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The following table displays the number of votes each presidential candidate received from each of the country's 14 departments. The candidate with the most votes in a department is highlighted in gray.

Department P.J. Escalón Reyes P. Escalón Regalado Pérez Others
Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes
Ahuachapán 9,603 275 9 2 4 10
Cabañas 4,907 23 0 7 0 9
Chalatenango 8,579 81 166 30 2 1
Cuscatlán 6,102 1,964 199 43 0 10
La Libertad 4,721 1,902 349 36 27 14
La Paz 2,006 4,271 1,471 130 1 26
La Unión 4,699 793 0 122 0 26
Morazán 6,477 257 1 2 0 2
San Miguel 8,874 243 2 4 0 18
San Salvador 4,501 5,342 2,423 69 0 4
Santa Ana 10,735 462 28 29 114 15
San Vicente 3,597 2,689 501 8 0 5
Sonsonate 8,064 336 278 7 1 23
Usulután 8,996 1,252 18 12 1 28
Total 91,861 19,900 5,445 501 150 191
Source: Diario Oficial 1903, p. 298[1]

Vice president

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Calixto Velado EduardoIndependent69,14258.58
Joaquín BadicaIndependent17,84015.11
Onofre Durán SantillanaLiberal17,75015.04
José Rosa PacasIndependent8,5727.26
Samuel LunaIndependent1,9891.69
José Miguel BatrésIndependent/Military7870.67
Simeon MagañaIndependent1900.16
Potenclano FaciliaIndependent1490.13
Carlos MeléndezLiberal1380.12
Other candidates[b]1,4761.25
Total118,033100.00
Source: Diario Oficial 1903, p. 298[1]

Results by department

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The following table displays the number of votes each presidential candidate received from each of the country's 14 departments. The candidate with the most votes in a department is highlighted in gray.

Department Velado Badica Durán Rosa Luna Batrés Magaña Facilia Meléndez Others
Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes Votes
Ahuachapán 9 4 9,680 10 0 0 0 1 1 36
Cabañas 3,385 13 1,514 0 0 0 0 0 4 105
Chalatenango 8,520 33 0 125 9 0 0 2 0 119
Cuscatlán 6,145 1,993 0 50 0 0 0 1 1 13
La Libertad 4,935 1,369 115 279 23 380 190 25 1 42
La Paz 314 4,214 1,697 1,410 0 0 0 1 117 133
La Unión 4,775 646 2 1 0 0 0 1 8 157
Morazán 6,486 250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107
San Miguel 8,866 210 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 144
San Salvador 6 5,334 4,490 2,416 1 1 0 1 0 106
Santa Ana 8,903 276 1 20 1,956 0 0 112 0 106
San Vicente 0 2,306 0 4,140 0 0 0 0 0 133
Sonsonate 7,771 27 260 111 0 406 0 1 0 120
Usulután 9,027 1,171 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 127
Total 69,142 17,840 17,750 8,572 1,989 787 190 149 138 1,476
Source: Diario Oficial 1903, p. 298[1]

Notes

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Diario Oficial 1903, p. 298.
  2. ^ Ching 1997, p. 220.
  3. ^ Nohlen 2005, p. 270.

Bibliography

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  • Ching, Erik K. (1997). From Clientelism to Militarism: The State, Politics and Authoritarianism in El Salvador, 1840–1940. Santa Barbara, California: University of California, Santa Barbara. OCLC 39326756. ProQuest 304330235. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  • "Cuadro Demonstrativo de los Votos Emitidos para Presidente y Vice Presidente de la República en el Período de 1903 a 1907" [Demonstrative Table of the Votes Cast for President and Vice President of the Republic for the Period of 1903 to 1907] (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). Vol. 54, no. 44. 20 February 1903. p. 298. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  • Nohlen, Dieter (2005). Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1: North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. pp. 270–299. ISBN 9780191557934. OCLC 58051010. Retrieved 21 October 2024.

Further reading

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