# 1907 Salvadoran presidential election

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 Vice President Fernando Figueroa to be his successor as president of El Salvador. This followed a precedent set by Escalón's predecessor, Tomás Regalado, who selected him as his successor ahead of the 1903 presidential election. Some politicians opposed Figueroa's selected. Among them were Brigadier General Luis Alonso Barahona who decided to run against Figueroa. Before the election, Figueroa had Barahona arrested and Barahona's supporters were persecuted.

## Results

All men were eligible to vote in the election.

### President

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Fernando Figueroa | Liberal/Military | 152,053 | 99.76 |
| | Luis Alonso Barahona | Independent/Military | 222 | 0.15 |
| | Horacio Villavicencio | Independent/Military | 39 | 0.03 |
| | Rafael Guirola Duke | Independent | 16 | 0.01 |
| | Camilo Arévalo | Independent | 11 | 0.01 |
| | Carlos Meléndez | Liberal | 8 | 0.01 |
| | Potenciano Escalón | Independent/Military | 6 | 0.00 |
| | Baltasar Estupinián | Independent | 4 | 0.00 |
| | Rafael Antonio Gutiérrez | Liberal/Military | 1 | 0.00 |
| | Prudencio Alfaro | Liberal | 1 | 0.00 |
| Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | 58 | 0.04 |
| Total | Total | Total | 152,419 | 100.00 |
| Source: Diario Oficial 1907, p. 354 |||||

#### 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 |
| Department | 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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Manuel Enrique Araujo | Liberal | 146,298 | 95.47 |
| | José Miguel Batrés | Independent/Military | 6,689 | 4.36 |
| | Jorge Meléndez | Liberal | 112 | 0.07 |
| | Norberto Morán | Independent | 24 | 0.02 |
| | José María Estupinián | Independent/Military | 11 | 0.01 |
| Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | 112 | 0.07 |
| Total | Total | Total | 153,246 | 100.00 |
| Source: Diario Oficial 1907, p. 354 |||||

#### 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 |
| Department | 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 |||||||

## Aftermath

Figueroa and Araujo were inaugurated as president and vice president, respectively, on 1 March 1907.