1919 Salvadoran presidential election

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador between 13 and 15 January 1919.[1] The result was a victory for Jorge Meléndez,[2][3] who defeated Arturo Araujo.[1]

1919 Salvadoran presidential election

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Nominee Jorge Meléndez
Party PND

President before election

Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
PND

Elected President

Jorge Meléndez
PND

References edit

  1. ^ a b Elections and Events 1900-1934 Archived 10 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine The Library, UC San Diego
  2. ^ Garcia, Miguel Angel (1928) Diccionario Histórico Enciclopédico de la República de El Salvador. Vol. II San Salvador, p119.
  3. ^ Bulletin of the Pan American Union, Vol. 52, 1921.

Bibliography edit

  • Anderson, Thomas P. (1971) Matanza: El Salvador's communist revolt of 1932 Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
  • Callardo, Ricardo (1961) Las constituciones de El Salvador. I-II Madrid: Ediciones Cultura Hispanica
  • Larde y Larín, Jorge (1958) Guía Histórica de El Salvador San Salvador: Ministerio de Culture
  • Vidal, Manuel (1970) Nociones de historia de Centro América San Salvador: Ministerio de Educación. Ninth edition
  • Webre, Stephen (1979) José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972 Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press