1945 Salvadoran presidential election

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	Salvadoran People's Party	1	0.00
Total			313,694	100.00

Source: Ruddle et al.^[3]

^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook Vol. 1 Oxford University Press, p287
^ Franklin D. Parker (1981) The Central American republics Westport: Greenwood Press, p152
^ Kenneth Ruddle, Philip Gillette & Philip S. Gillette (1972) Latin American Political Statistics: Supplement to the Statistical Abstract of Latin America, p86

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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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