Salvadoran presidential election, 1956

El Salvador

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Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 4 March 1956.[1] The result was a victory for José María Lemus of the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification, who received 95.2% of the vote.

The Central Electoral Council had disqualified the candidacies of José Alberto Funes (Democratic Institutional Party), Roberto Edmundo Cannessa (National Action Party) and José Alvaro Díaz (Nationalist Democratic Party). It also forbade Rafael Carranza Anaya (Authentic Constitutional Party) and Enrique Magaña Menéndez (Renovated Action Party) from withdrawing their candidacies; nevertheless, the latter two boycotted the elections.[2]

Results

Candidate Party Votes %
José María Lemus López Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification 677,748 95.20
Rafael Carranza Anaya Authentic Constitutional Party 22,659 3.18
Enrique Magaña Menéndez Renovated Action Party 11,524 1.62
Invalid/blank votes -
Total 711,931 100
Source: Nohlen

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 9780199283576
  2. ^ Nohlen, p288

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