1903 Salvadoran presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 16 February 1903. General Pedro José Escalón was elected with 78 percent of the vote.[1] President Tomás Regalado hand-picked Escalón to be his successor.[2] All men were eligible to vote in the election.[3]
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16 February 1903
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Results
President
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro José Escalón | Liberal/Military | 91,861 | 77.82 | |
| Francisco Antonio Reyes | Liberal | 19,900 | 16.86 | |
| Potenciano Escalón | Independent/Military | 5,445 | 4.61 | |
| Tomás Regalado | Liberal/Military | 501 | 0.42 | |
| JoaquÃn Pérez | Independent | 150 | 0.13 | |
| Other candidates[a] | 191 | 0.16 | ||
| Total | 118,048 | 100.00 | ||
| Source: Diario Oficial 1903, p. 298 | ||||
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 gray.
| Department | P.J. Escalón | Reyes | P. Escalón | Regalado | Pérez | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | |
| Ahuachapán | 9,603 | 275 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Cabañas | 4,907 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Chalatenango | 8,579 | 81 | 166 | 30 | 2 | 1 |
| Cuscatlán | 6,102 | 1,964 | 199 | 43 | 0 | 10 |
| La Libertad | 4,721 | 1,902 | 349 | 36 | 27 | 14 |
| La Paz | 2,006 | 4,271 | 1,471 | 130 | 1 | 26 |
| La Unión | 4,699 | 793 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 26 |
| Morazán | 6,477 | 257 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| San Miguel | 8,874 | 243 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| San Salvador | 4,501 | 5,342 | 2,423 | 69 | 0 | 4 |
| Santa Ana | 10,735 | 462 | 28 | 29 | 114 | 15 |
| San Vicente | 3,597 | 2,689 | 501 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| Sonsonate | 8,064 | 336 | 278 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| Usulután | 8,996 | 1,252 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 28 |
| Total | 91,861 | 19,900 | 5,445 | 501 | 150 | 191 |
| Source: Diario Oficial 1903, p. 298 | ||||||
Vice president
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calixto Velado Eduardo | Independent | 69,142 | 58.58 | |
| JoaquÃn Badica | Independent | 17,840 | 15.11 | |
| Onofre Durán Santillana | Liberal | 17,750 | 15.04 | |
| José Rosa Pacas | Independent | 8,572 | 7.26 | |
| Samuel Luna | Independent | 1,989 | 1.69 | |
| José Miguel Batrés | Independent/Military | 787 | 0.67 | |
| Simeon Magaña | Independent | 190 | 0.16 | |
| Potenclano Facilia | Independent | 149 | 0.13 | |
| Carlos Meléndez | Liberal | 138 | 0.12 | |
| Other candidates[b] | 1,476 | 1.25 | ||
| Total | 118,033 | 100.00 | ||
| Source: Diario Oficial 1903, p. 298 | ||||
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 gray.
| Department | Velado | Badica | Durán | Rosa | Luna | Batrés | Magaña | Facilia | Meléndez | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | |
| Ahuachapán | 9 | 4 | 9,680 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
| Cabañas | 3,385 | 13 | 1,514 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 105 |
| Chalatenango | 8,520 | 33 | 0 | 125 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 119 |
| Cuscatlán | 6,145 | 1,993 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| La Libertad | 4,935 | 1,369 | 115 | 279 | 23 | 380 | 190 | 25 | 1 | 42 |
| La Paz | 314 | 4,214 | 1,697 | 1,410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 117 | 133 |
| La Unión | 4,775 | 646 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 157 |
| Morazán | 6,486 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 |
| San Miguel | 8,866 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 144 |
| San Salvador | 6 | 5,334 | 4,490 | 2,416 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 106 |
| Santa Ana | 8,903 | 276 | 1 | 20 | 1,956 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 0 | 106 |
| San Vicente | 0 | 2,306 | 0 | 4,140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 |
| Sonsonate | 7,771 | 27 | 260 | 111 | 0 | 406 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 120 |
| Usulután | 9,027 | 1,171 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 127 |
| Total | 69,142 | 17,840 | 17,750 | 8,572 | 1,989 | 787 | 190 | 149 | 138 | 1,476 |
| Source: Diario Oficial 1903, p. 298 | ||||||||||
Notes
- Other candidates for president were Carlos Meléndez, José Rosa Pacas, Fidel Novoa Meléndez, Hermógenes Alvarado, Dionisio Arzú, Emilio Peñate, Samuel Luna, Camilo Arévalo, Rafel S. López, David Rosales, Horacio Villavicencio, Juan Espinosa, Baltasar Estupinián, Calixto Velado Eduardo, Rubén Rivera, Federico Prado, Rafael Reyes, José Antonio Trigueros, Justo Sol, Mardoqueo Sandoval, Manuel Antonio Reyes, Juan MarÃa Villatoro, Nicolás Angulo, Francisco Reyes, Juan F. Castro, Domingo López, Santiago Contreras, Gonzalo Herrera, Fernando Gómez, Luis Alonso Barahona, JoaquÃn Medina, and Onofre Durán Santillana.[1]
- Other candidates for vice president were Emeterio S. Ruano, Francisco Antonio Reyes, Enrique Vásquez, Fidel Novoa Meléndez, Rafael S. López, Maximiliano González, Santiago Andrade, Carlos d'Aubuisson, Baltasar Estupinián, José Antonio MartÃnez, Hilario Interiano, Santiago Meléndez, Francisco Hurtado, Enrique Zeyala, Hermógenes Alvarado, Alfredo Lara, JoaquÃn Pérez, Ramón Flores, Máximo Brizuela, Samuel Quiróz, Manuel Delgado, Guillermo Mazzini, David Rosales, Alejandro Velásquez, Rubén Rivera, Eugenio Araujo, Dionisio Aráuz, Francisco GarcÃa de Machén, Estanislao Pérez, Juan MarÃa Villatoro, and Carlos Modesto Meléndez.[1]
