1923 Salvadoran presidential election

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 14 January 1923. The election was between Vice President Alfonso Quiñónez Molina and Miguel Tomás Molina, a former government minister and Quiñónez's cousin. On 25 December 1922, Salvadoran security forces massacred Molina's supporters at a political rally in San Salvador.^[1] Molina subsequently fled the country and called on his supporters to boycott the election, but Quiñónez won the election unanimously with 178,000 votes.^[2]

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1923 Salvadoran presidential election

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Nominee Alfonso Quiñónez Molina Party National Democratic Popular vote c. 178,000 Percentage 100%

President before election Jorge Meléndez National Democratic Elected President Alfonso Quiñónez Molina National Democratic

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