Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 16 February 1903. General Pedro José Escalón was elected with 78 percent of the vote. President Tomás Regalado hand-picked Escalón to be his successor. All men were eligible to vote in the election.
1903 Salvadoran presidential election
Results by department
Results by department
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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
P.J. Escalón
Reyes
P. Escalón
Regalado
Pérez
Others
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Ahuachapán
9,603
275
9
2
4
10
Cabañas
4,907
23
0
7
0
9
Chalatenango
8,579
81
166
30
2
1
Cuscatlán
6,102
1,964
199
43
0
10
La Libertad
4,721
1,902
349
36
27
14
La Paz
2,006
4,271
1,471
130
1
26
La Unión
4,699
793
0
122
0
26
Morazán
6,477
257
1
2
0
2
San Miguel
8,874
243
2
4
0
18
San Salvador
4,501
5,342
2,423
69
0
4
Santa Ana
10,735
462
28
29
114
15
San Vicente
3,597
2,689
501
8
0
5
Sonsonate
8,064
336
278
7
1
23
Usulután
8,996
1,252
18
12
1
28
Total
91,861
19,900
5,445
501
150
191
Source: Diario Oficial 1903, p. 298
Results by department
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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
Velado
Badica
Durán
Rosa
Luna
Batrés
Magaña
Facilia
Meléndez
Others
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Votes
Ahuachapán
9
4
9,680
10
0
0
0
1
1
36
Cabañas
3,385
13
1,514
0
0
0
0
0
4
105
Chalatenango
8,520
33
0
125
9
0
0
2
0
119
Cuscatlán
6,145
1,993
0
50
0
0
0
1
1
13
La Libertad
4,935
1,369
115
279
23
380
190
25
1
42
La Paz
314
4,214
1,697
1,410
0
0
0
1
117
133
La Unión
4,775
646
2
1
0
0
0
1
8
157
Morazán
6,486
250
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
107
San Miguel
8,866
210
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
144
San Salvador
6
5,334
4,490
2,416
1
1
0
1
0
106
Santa Ana
8,903
276
1
20
1,956
0
0
112
0
106
San Vicente
0
2,306
0
4,140
0
0
0
0
0
133
Sonsonate
7,771
27
260
111
0
406
0
1
0
120
Usulután
9,027
1,171
0
1
0
0
0
4
3
127
Total
69,142
17,840
17,750
8,572
1,989
787
190
149
138
1,476
Source: Diario Oficial 1903, p. 298
^ Other candidates for president were Carlos Meléndez , José Rosa Pacas , Fidel Novoa Meléndez , Hermógenes Alvarado , Dionisio Arzú , Emilio Peñate , Samuel Luna , Camilo Arévalo , Rafel S. López , David Rosales , Horacio Villavicencio , Juan Espinosa , Baltasar Estupinián , Calixto Velado Eduardo , Rubén Rivera , Federico Prado , Rafael Reyes , José Antonio Trigueros , Justo Sol , Mardoqueo Sandoval , Manuel Antonio Reyes , Juan María Villatoro , Nicolás Angulo , Francisco Reyes , Juan F. Castro , Domingo López , Santiago Contreras , Gonzalo Herrera , Fernando Gómez , Luis Alonso Barahona , Joaquín Medina , and Onofre Durán Santillana .
^ Other candidates for vice president were Emeterio S. Ruano , Francisco Antonio Reyes , Enrique Vásquez , Fidel Novoa Meléndez , Rafael S. López , Maximiliano González , Santiago Andrade , Carlos d'Aubuisson , Baltasar Estupinián , José Antonio Martínez , Hilario Interiano , Santiago Meléndez , Francisco Hurtado , Enrique Zeyala , Hermógenes Alvarado , Alfredo Lara , Joaquín Pérez , Ramón Flores , Máximo Brizuela , Samuel Quiróz , Manuel Delgado , Guillermo Mazzini , David Rosales , Alejandro Velásquez , Rubén Rivera , Eugenio Araujo , Dionisio Aráuz , Francisco García de Machén , Estanislao Pérez , Juan María Villatoro , and Carlos Modesto Meléndez .
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