1923 Salvadoran presidential election

1923 Salvadoran presidential election

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Nominee Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
Party National Democratic
Popular vote c.178,000
Percentage 100%

President before election

Jorge Meléndez
National Democratic

Elected President

Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
National Democratic

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 14 January 1923. The result was a victory for Alfonso Quiñónez Molina,[1] who received around 178,000 votes.[2] His opponent Miguel Tomás Molina, a cousin, called on his supporters to boycott the election.[3]

  1. ^ Garcia, Miguel Angel (1928) Diccionario Histórico Enciclopédico de la República de El Salvador Vol. II San Salvador p119
  2. ^ Elections and Events 1900-1934 Archived 10 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine The Library, UC San Diego
  3. ^ Erik Ching (2014) Authoritarian El Salvador: Politics and the Origins of the Military Regimes, 1880-1940 p262