1950 Salvadoran General Election
General elections were held in El Salvador between 26 and 29 March 1950.
The result was a victory for Óscar Osorio in the presidential election, and his Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification in the legislative election.
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All 52 seats in the Legislative Assembly 27 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||
Results
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| Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification | Óscar Osorio | 345,139 | 56.45 | 38 | |
| Renovating Action Party | José Asencio Menéndez | 266,271 | 43.55 | 14 | |
| Total | 611,410 | 100.00 | 52 | ||
| Valid votes | 611,410 | 94.40 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 36,256 | 5.60 | |||
| Total votes | 647,666 | 100.00 | |||
| Source: Nohlen | |||||
References
Bibliography
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- Consejo Central de Elecciones (1951) Memoria de las elecciones de 1950 San Salvador: Secretaria de Información de la Presidencia de la Republica.
- Eguizábal, Cristina (1984) "El Salvador: elecciones sin democracia" Polemica 14/15:16-33
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