1950 Salvadoran general election

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1950 Salvadoran general election - Wikipedia

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Presidential election

← 1945

26–29 March 1950

1956 →

Results by department

President before election

Revolutionary Council of Government

Elected President

Óscar Osorio
PRUD

Legislative election

← 1944

1952 →

All 52 seats in the Legislative Assembly
27 seats needed for a majority

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats
	PRUD	Óscar Osorio	56.45	38
	PAR	José Asencio	43.55	14

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Results by constituency

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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,^[1] and his Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification in the legislative election.

Results



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

^ Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp.287.

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