1956 Salvadoran presidential election

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.

1956 Salvadoran presidential election
4 March 1956
 
Nominee José María Lemus Rafael Carranza Anaya Enrique Magaña Menénendez
Party PRUD PCA PAR
Popular vote 677,748 22,659 11,524
Percentage 95.20% 3.18% 1.62%
President before election

Óscar Osorio
DPNU

 Elected President

José María Lemus
DPNU

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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 (Renovating Action Party) from withdrawing their candidacies; nevertheless, the latter two boycotted the elections.[2]

Results
CandidatePartyVotes%
José María LemusRevolutionary Party of Democratic Unification677,74895.20
Rafael Carranza AnayaAuthentic Constitutional Party22,6593.18
Enrique Magaña MenéndezRenovating Action Party11,5241.62
Total711,931100.00
Source: Nohlen

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p276 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. Nohlen, p288

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