Salvadoran general election, 1931

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General elections were held in El Salvador on 11 and 13 January 1931. Arturo Araujo won the presidential elections running on a Salvadoran Labor Party-National Republican Party ticket.

Background

Previous elections had usually seen the incumbents choosing their successors, allowing the oligarchy perpetual control of the country's politics. However, on this occasion Pío Romero Bosque failed to designate a successor, resulting in a wide variety of candidates.^[1]

Whilst Arajuo obtained a pluraity of the votes, he had failed to secure a majority.^[2] However, the newly elected Assembly consisted largely of Arajuo supporters, and when convenen on 12 February, allowed him to assume the presidency.^[3] However, Araujo, a landowner with progressive ideals, had the misfortune of taking office in the midst of massive labor and student strikes. Martial law was declared, and soon the military, upset about not having received its pay and supported by the oligarchy, which distrusted Araujo, easily overthrew his government after nine months.^[4]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Arturo Araujo	Salvadoran Labor Party-National Republican Party	106,777	46.65
Alberto Gómez Zarate	Zaratista Party	64,280	28.09
Enrique Córdova	National Development Party	34,499	15.07
Antonio Claramount Lucero	Progressive Fraternal party	18,399	08.04
Miguel Tomás Molina	Constitutional Party	4,911	02.15
Invalid/blank votes			-
Total		228,866	100
Source: Nohlen

Legislative

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Salvadoran Labor Party
National Republican Party
Zaratista Party
National Development Party	34,960	3.76	0
Progressive Fraternal party
Constitutional Party
Invalid/blank votes		-	-
Total		100	42

References

↑ Grieb, Kenneth J (1971) "The United States and the rise of General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez" Journal of Latin American Studies 3, 2 p152
↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook Vol. 1 Oxford University Press, p287
↑ Grieb, p153
↑ Bland, Gary "Assessing the transition to democracy" in Tulchin, Joseph S. with Gary Bland (1992) Is there a transition to democracy in El Salvador? Boulder: Westview Press, p 166

Bibliography

Alvarenga Venutolo, Patricia (1996) Cultura y etica de la violencia San José: EDUCA
Anderson, Thomas P. (1971) Matanza: El Salvador's communist revolt of 1932 Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press
Larde y Larín, Jorge (1958) Guía Histórica de El Salvador San Salvador: Ministerio de Culture
Political Handbook of the world 1931 New York, 1932.
Vidal, Manuel (1970) Nociones de historia de Centro América San Salvador: Ministerio de Educación. Ninth edition

Elections in El Salvador

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See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America

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