1911 Salvadoran presidential election
8–10 January 1911
 
Candidate Manuel Enrique Araujo
Party Independent
Running mate Onofre Durán Santillana
Popular vote 182,964
President before election

Fernando Figueroa
Liberal/Military

 Elected President

Manuel Enrique Araujo
Independent

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador in January 1911.[1] Manuel Enrique Araujo was elected president through a popular election,[2] receiving 182,964 votes.[3] The election was rigged heavily in favor of Araujo, and as stated by White, "opponents were allowed to participate but not allowed to win".[1] Araujo defeated General Luis Alonso Barahona[4] and Doctor Esteban Castro.[5]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Manuel Enrique AraujoIndependent182,964
Luis Alfonso BarahonaMilitary/Independent
Esteban CastroIndependent
Total
Source: Diario Oficial

References

  1. 1 2 "Elections and Events 1900–1934". University of California, San Diego. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Presidentes de El Salvador – Doctor Manuel Enrique Araujo". President of El Salvador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 April 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Elecciones de Autoridades Supremas" [Elections of the Supreme Authorities] (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). Vol. 70, no. 10. 12 January 1911. p. 105. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. ↑ Trabanino, J. Guillermo. "El Presidente Mártir" [The Martyr President]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Vidal, Manuel (1969). Nociones de Historia de Centro América: Especial para El Salvador [Notions of History of Central America: Special for El Salvador] (in Spanish). Central America: Ministry of Education. p. 357.
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