Salvadoran general election, 1950

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General elections were held in El Salvador between 26 and 29 March 1950. The result was a victory for Óscar Osorio in the presidential election,^[1] and his Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification in the legislative election.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Óscar Osorio	Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification	345,139	56.45
José Asencio Menéndez	Renovated Action Party	266,271	43.55
Invalid/blank votes		36,256	-
Total		647,666	100
Source: Nohlen

Constitutional Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification	345,139	56.45	38
Renovating Action Party	266,271	43.55	14
Invalid/blank votes	36,256	-	-
Total	647,666	100	52
Source: Nohlen

References

↑ Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp.287.

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Elections in El Salvador

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Parliamentary elections	1928 1931 1932 1936 1939 1944 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1961 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015

Local elections	2012 2015

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