National Democratic Party (El Salvador)

National Democratic Party Partido Nacional Democrático
Abbreviation	PND
Founder	Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
Founded	1918
Banned	December 1931
Headquarters	San Salvador, El Salvador
Politics of El Salvador Political parties Elections

The National Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Nacional Democrático, abbreviated PND) was a Salvadoran political party that existed from 1918 to 1931. The party held power from 1918 to 1931 in a time period of El Salvador known as the Meléndez–Quiñónez dynasty. El Salvador was called a "coffee republic" during the reign of the PND due to the country's heavy reliance on coffee exports.[1] The party ruled as the country's sole political party.[2]

The party did not participate in the 1931 general election since President Pío Romero Bosque did not designate a successor like his predecessors had done.[3] The party was dissolved following the 1931 coup d'état when all political parties were banned.[3] Its paramilitary wing from 1918 to 1923 was the Red League.[4]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Result	Ref.
1919	Jorge Meléndez	166,441	96.86%	Elected Y	[5]
	Pío Romero Bosque	4,370	2.54%	Lost N
1923	Alfonso Quiñónez Molina	178,000	100.00%	Elected Y	[6]
1927	Pío Romero Bosque	?	100.00%	Elected Y	[7]
1931	Did not run

Legislative Assembly elections

Election	Votes	%	Position	Seats	+/–	Role in government
1928		100%	1st	42 / 42		Supermajority government

See also

• Meléndez–Quiñónez dynasty
• Fourteen Families
• Coffee production in El Salvador

References

Citations

1. Paige, Jeffery M. (1993). "Coffee and Power in El Salvador". Latin American Research Review. 28 (3). The Latin American Studies Association: 7–40. doi:10.1017/S0023879100016940. JSTOR 2503609. S2CID 252914247.
2. Garcia, Miguel Angel (1928) Diccionario Histórico Enciclopédico de la República de El Salvador. Vol. II San Salvador pp 118-119
3. Grieb, Kenneth J (1971) "The United States and the rise of General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez" Journal of Latin American Studies 3, 2 p152
4. "Elections and Events 1900–1934". University of California, San Diego. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
5. Ching 1997, p. 251.
6. Ching 1997, p. 280.
7. Ching 1997, p. 286.

Bibliography

• Ching, Erik K. (1997). From Clientelism to Militarism: The State, Politics and Authoritarianism in El Salvador, 1840–1940. Santa Barbara, California: University of California, Santa Barbara. OCLC 39326756. ProQuest 304330235. Retrieved 21 October 2024.