1944 Salvadoran presidential election

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1944 Salvadoran presidential election

January 1944

<tbody> </tbody> Candidate Maximiliano Hernández Martínez Party Pro Patria Legislative vote 42 Percentage 100%

<tbody> </tbody> President before election Maximiliano Hernández Martínez Pro Patria Elected President Maximiliano Hernández Martínez Pro Patria

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador in January 1944. Maximiliano Hernández Martínez was the only candidate and won the election, but no results were posted. This was the last election until 2024 in which an incumbent president was re-elected.

Bibliography

• Anderson, Thomas P (1971) Matanza: El Salvador's communist revolt of 1932 Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press
• Political Handbook of the world, 1944 New York, 1945
• Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter (1997) Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press