National Democratic Party (El Salvador)

The National Democratic Party (Partido Nacional Democrática) was a Salvadoran political party that existed from 1913 to 1931. The party held power from 1913 to 1931 in a time period of El Salvador known as the Meléndez–Quiñónez dynasty. El Salvador was called a "coffee republic" during the reign of the PND due to the country's heavy reliance on coffee exports.[1] The party ruled as the country's sole political party.[2]

National Democratic Party
Partido Nacional Democrática
AbbreviationPND
Founded1913
BannedDecember 1931
HeadquartersSan Salvador
Legislative Assembly (1928)
42 / 42

The party did not participate in the 1931 general election since President Pío Romero Bosque did not designate a successor like his predecessors had done.[3] The party was dissolved following the 1931 coup d'état when all political parties where banned.[3] Its paramilitary wing from 1918 to 1923 was the Red League.[4]

Electoral history

Presidential elections
Election Candidate Votes % Result Ref.
1915 Carlos Meléndez Ramirez 100% Elected Green tickY [2]
1919 Jorge Meléndez 185,492 100% Elected Green tickY [2][5]
1923 Alfonso Quiñónez Molina 100% Elected Green tickY [2]
1927 Pío Romero Bosque 192,860 100% Elected Green tickY [2][6]

Legislative Assembly elections
Election Votes % Position Seats +/– Role in government
1928 100% Steady 1st
42 / 42
 Steady Supermajority government

PND Presidents of El Salvador
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Elected Term of Office Vice President
Took office Left office Time in office
– Carlos Meléndez Ramirez
(1861–1919)		 — 9 February 1913 29 August 1914 1 year, 201 days —
– Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
(1874–1950)		 — 29 August 1914 1 March 1915 184 days —
1 Carlos Meléndez Ramirez
(1861–1919)		 1915 1 March 1915 21 December 1918 3 years, 295 days Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
– Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
(1874–1950)		 — 21 December 1918 1 March 1919 184 days —
2 Jorge Meléndez
(1871–1953)		 1919 1 March 1919 1 March 1923 4 years Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
3 Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
(1874–1950)		 1923 1 March 1923 1 March 1927 4 years Pío Romero Bosque
4 Pío Romero Bosque
(1860–1935)		 1927 1 March 1927 1 March 1931 4 years Gustavo Vides

Timeline

See also

References
  1. Paige, Jeffery M. (1993). "Coffee and Power in El Salvador". Latin American Research Review. The Latin American Studies Association. 28 (3): 7–40. doi:10.1017/S0023879100016940. JSTOR 2503609. S2CID 252914247.
  2. Garcia, Miguel Angel (1928) Diccionario Histórico Enciclopédico de la República de El Salvador. Vol. II San Salvador pp 118-119
  3. Grieb, Kenneth J (1971) "The United States and the rise of General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez" Journal of Latin American Studies 3, 2 p152
  4. "Elections and Events 1900–1934". University of California, San Diego. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  5. Bulletin of the Pan American Union, Vol. 52, 1921.
  6. La Vanguardia, 12 January 1927
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