1907 Salvadoran presidential election
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{{Infobox election
| country = El Salvador
| flag_year = 1875
| previous_election = 1903 Salvadoran presidential election
| previous_year = 1903
| election_date = 13 January 1907
| next_election = 1911 Salvadoran presidential election
| next_year = 1911
| module = {{Infobox election
| embed = yes
| election_name = Presidential election
| party_name = no
| image1 = Illus-059 (Salvador, 20th Century).jpg
| colour1 = 800000
| candidate1 = Fernando Figueroa
| party1 = Liberal/Military
| popular_vote1 = 152,053
| percentage1 = 99.76%
| image2 = Luis Alonso Barahona.jpg
| colour2 = C3B091
| candidate2 = Luis Alonso Barahona
| party2 = Independent/Military
| popular_vote2 = 222
| percentage2 = 0.15%
| title = President
| before_election = Pedro José Escalón
| before_party = Conservative/Military
| posttitle = Elected President
| after_election = Fernando Figueroa
| after_party = Liberal/Military
| map_image = Elecciones presidenciales de El Salvador de 1907 - Resultado por Departamento.svg
| map_caption = Results by department
}}}}
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 13 January 1907.{{sfn|University of California, San Diego}} General Fernando Figueroa was elected with 99.76 percent of the vote. His closest rival Luis Alonso Barahona received 222 votes to Figueroa's 152,053.
Campaign
Prior to the 1907 presidential election, President Pedro José Escalón and his allies hand-picked Vice President Fernando Figueroa to be his successor as president of El Salvador. This followed a precedent set by Escalón's predecessor, Tomás Regalado, who selected him as his successor ahead of the 1903 presidential election.{{sfn|Ching|1997|p=220}} Some politicians opposed Figueroa's selected. Among them were Brigadier General Luis Alonso Barahona who decided to run against Figueroa. Before the election, Figueroa had Barahona arrested and Barahona's supporters were persecuted.{{sfn|Ching|1997|p=222}}
Results
All men were eligible to vote in the election.{{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=270}}
= President =
{{Election results
|cand1=Fernando Figueroa|party1=Liberal/Military|votes1=152053|color1=Maroon
|cand2=Luis Alonso Barahona|party2=Independent/Military|votes2=222|color2=#C3B091
|cand3=Horacio Villavicencio|party3=Independent/Military|votes3=39|color3=#C3B091
|cand4=Rafael Guirola Duke|party4=Independent|votes4=16
|cand5=Camilo Arévalo|party5=Independent|votes5=11
|cand6=Carlos Meléndez|party6=Liberal|votes6=8|color6=Maroon
|cand7=Potenciano Escalón|party7=Independent/Military|votes7=6|color7=#C3B091
|cand8=Baltasar Estupinián|party8=Independent|votes8=4
|cand9=Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez|party9=Liberal/Military|votes9=1|color9=Maroon
|cand10=Prudencio Alfaro|party10=Liberal|votes10=1|color10=Maroon
|row11=Other candidates|votes11=58
|source=Diario Oficial 1907, p. 354{{sfn|Diario Oficial|1907|p=354}}
}}
== Results by department ==
The following table displays the number of votes each presidential candidate received from each of the country's 14 departments. The candidate with the most votes in a department is highlighted in {{Background color|#DDD|gray}}.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%; line-height:20px;"
! rowspan="3" | Department ! width="30px" class="unsortable" | Figueroa ! width="30px" class="unsortable" | Barahona ! width="30px" class="unsortable" | Villavicencio ! width="30px" class="unsortable" | Guirola ! width="30px" class="unsortable" | Arévalo ! width="30px" class="unsortable" | Meléndez ! width="30px" class="unsortable" | Escalón ! width="30px" class="unsortable" | Estupinián ! width="30px" class="unsortable" | Gutiérrez ! width="30px" class="unsortable" | Alfaro ! width="30px" class="unsortable" | Others |
| style="background:#800000" |
! style="background:{{Party color|Military rule}}" | ! style="background:{{Party color|Military rule}}" | ! style="background:{{Party color|Independent politician}}" | ! style="background:{{Party color|Independent politician}}" | ! style="background:#800000" | ! style="background:{{Party color|Military rule}}" | ! style="background:{{Party color|Independent politician}}" | ! style="background:#800000" | ! style="background:#800000" | ! style="background:" | |
|---|
| data-sort-type="number" | Votes
! data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! data-sort-type="number" | Votes |
| align="left" | Ahuachapán
| style="background:#DDD" | 9,902 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align="left" | Cabañas
| style="background:#DDD" | 5,364 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align="left" | Chalatenango
| style="background:#DDD" | 9,778 | 142 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| align="left" | Cuscatlán
| style="background:#DDD" | 9,890 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align="left" | La Libertad
| style="background:#DDD" | 11,797 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| align="left" | La Paz
| style="background:#DDD" | 14,299 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| align="left" | La Unión
| style="background:#DDD" | 6,655 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| align="left" | Morazán
| style="background:#DDD" | 9,457 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align="left" | San Miguel
| style="background:#DDD" | 11,467 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align="left" | San Salvador
| style="background:#DDD" | 18,851 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| align="left" | Santa Ana
| style="background:#DDD" | 13,947 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| align="left" | San Vicente
| style="background:#DDD" | 6,778 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align="left" | Sonsonate
| style="background:#DDD" | 11,028 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| align="left" | Usulután
| style="background:#DDD" | 12,840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="background:#CDCDCD;"
| align="left" | Total | 152,053 | 222 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 58 |
| colspan="12" | |
| style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; background:#F9F9F9" colspan="12" | Source: Diario Oficial 1907, p. 354{{sfn|Diario Oficial|1907|p=354}} |
= Vice president =
{{Election results
|cand1=Manuel Enrique Araujo|party1=Liberal|votes1=146298|color1=Maroon
|cand2=José Miguel Batrés|party2=Independent/Military|votes2=6689|color2=#C3B091
|cand3=Jorge Meléndez|party3=Liberal|votes3=112|color3=Maroon
|cand4=Norberto Morán|party4=Independent|votes4=24
|cand5=José María Estupinián|party5=Independent/Military|votes5=11|color5=#C3B091
|row6=Other candidates|votes6=112
|source=Diario Oficial 1907, p. 354{{sfn|Diario Oficial|1907|p=354}}
}}
== Results by department ==
The following table displays the number of votes each vice presidential candidate received from each of the country's 14 departments. The candidate with the most votes in a department is highlighted in {{Background color|#DDD|gray}}.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%; line-height:20px;"
! rowspan="3" | Department ! width="30px" class="unsortable" | Araujo ! width="30px" class="unsortable" | Batrés ! width="30px" class="unsortable" | Meléndez ! width="30px" class="unsortable" | Morán ! width="30px" class="unsortable" | Estupinián ! width="30px" class="unsortable" | Others |
| style="background:#800000" |
! style="background:{{Party color|Military rule}}" | ! style="background:#800000" | ! style="background:{{Party color|Independent politician}}" | ! style="background:{{Party color|Military rule}}" | ! style="background:" | |
|---|
| data-sort-type="number" | Votes
! data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! data-sort-type="number" | Votes |
| align="left" | Ahuachapán
| style="background:#DDD" | 9,901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| align="left" | Cabañas
| style="background:#DDD" | 5,365 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| align="left" | Chalatenango
| style="background:#DDD" | 9,769 | 0 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| align="left" | Cuscatlán
| style="background:#DDD" | 10,885 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| align="left" | La Libertad
| style="background:#DDD" | 11,790 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| align="left" | La Paz
| style="background:#DDD" | 14,298 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 26 |
| align="left" | La Unión
| style="background:#DDD" | 6,617 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| align="left" | Morazán
| style="background:#DDD" | 9,457 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| align="left" | San Miguel
| style="background:#DDD" | 11,469 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| align="left" | San Salvador
| style="background:#DDD" | 18,855 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| align="left" | Santa Ana
| style="background:#DDD" | 13,926 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| align="left" | San Vicente
| style="background:#DDD" | 6,770 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| align="left" | Sonsonate
| 4,354 | style="background:#DDD" | 6,689 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| align="left" | Usulután
| style="background:#DDD" | 12,842 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="background:#CDCDCD;"
| align="left" | Total | 146,298 | 6,689 | 112 | 24 | 11 | 112 |
| colspan="7" | |
| style="text-align:left; font-weight:normal; background:#F9F9F9" colspan="7" | Source: Diario Oficial 1907, p. 354{{sfn|Diario Oficial|1907|p=354}} |
Aftermath
Figueroa and Araujo were inaugurated as president and vice president, respectively, on 1 March 1907.{{sfn|Leistenschneider|Leistenschneider|1980|p=166}}
References
= Citations =
{{reflist}}
= Bibliography =
{{Refbegin|35em|indent=yes}}
- {{cite book|last1=Ching|first1=Erik K.|date=1997|title=From Clientelism to Militarism: The State, Politics and Authoritarianism in El Salvador, 1840–1940|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/304330235|language=en|location=Santa Barbara, California|publisher=University of California, Santa Barbara|oclc=39326756|access-date=20 October 2024|id={{ProQuest|304330235}}}}
- {{cite news|url=http://abaco.uca.edu.sv/acervo/Diario_Oficial/1907/1907-02.pdf|title=Cuadro Demonstrativo de los Votos Emitidos para Presidente y Vice Presidente de la República en el Período de 1907 a 1911|trans-title=Demonstrative Table of the Votes Cast for President and Vice President of the Republic for the Period of 1907 to 1911|language=es|date=26 February 1907|work=Diario Oficial|access-date=4 February 2023|volume=62|number=48|page=354|ref={{harvid|Diario Oficial|1907}}}}
- {{cite web|url=https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/notable-collections/latin-american-elections-statistics/El%20Salvador/elections-and-events-1900-1934.html|title=Elections and Events 1900–1934|access-date=4 February 2023|language=en|work=University of California, San Diego|archive-date=23 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323211317/https://library.ucsd.edu/research-and-collections/collections/notable-collections/latin-american-elections-statistics/El%20Salvador/elections-and-events-1900-1934.html|url-status=dead|ref={{harvid|University of California, San Diego}}}}
- {{cite book|last1=Leistenschneider|first1=María|last2=Leistenschneider|first2=Freddy|date=1980|title=Gobernantes de El Salvador: Biografías|trans-title=Governors of El Salvador: Biographies|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/589275475/Gobernantes-de-El-Salvador|language=es|publisher=Ministry of the Interior|oclc=7876291|access-date=2 November 2024|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book|last1=Nohlen|first1=Dieter|author1-link=Dieter Nohlen|date=2005|title=Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1: North America, Central America, and the Caribbean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-xZREAAAQBAJ|language=en|location=Oxford, United Kingdom|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=270–299|isbn=9780191557934|oclc=58051010|access-date=20 October 2024}}
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