1907 Salvadoran presidential election
Presidential election
Results by department
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 13 January 1907. 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 Divisional General Fernando Figueroa to be his successor as president of El Salvador . All men were eligible to vote in the election.
Results
President
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
Figueroa
Barahona
Villavicencio
Guirola
Arévalo
Meléndez
Escalón
Estupinián
Gutiérrez
Alfaro
Others
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Ahuachapán
9,902
2
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cabañas
5,364
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Chalatenango
9,778
142
1
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
Cuscatlán
9,890
4
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
La Libertad
11,797
13
3
16
6
1
4
0
0
0
8
La Paz
14,299
11
24
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
17
La Unión
6,655
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
Morazán
9,457
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
San Miguel
11,467
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
San Salvador
18,851
3
5
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
Santa Ana
13,947
2
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
3
San Vicente
6,778
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sonsonate
11,028
26
1
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
3
Usulután
12,840
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
152,053
222
39
16
11
8
6
4
1
1
58
Source: Diario Oficial 1907, p. 354
Vice president
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 gray .
Department
Araujo
Batrés
Meléndez
Morán
Estupinián
Others
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Ahuachapán
9,901
0
0
0
0
7
Cabañas
5,365
0
0
0
0
1
Chalatenango
9,769
0
112
0
0
13
Cuscatlán
10,885
0
0
0
0
26
La Libertad
11,790
0
0
0
0
1
La Paz
14,298
0
0
0
11
26
La Unión
6,617
0
0
0
0
3
Morazán
9,457
0
0
0
0
0
San Miguel
11,469
0
0
0
0
3
San Salvador
18,855
0
0
0
0
4
Santa Ana
13,926
0
0
0
0
18
San Vicente
6,770
0
0
23
0
0
Sonsonate
4,354
6,689
0
1
0
10
Usulután
12,842
0
0
0
0
0
Total
146,298
6,689
112
24
11
112
Source: Diario Oficial 1907, p. 354
References
Citations
Bibliography
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