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The '''Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification''' ({{langx|es|Partido Revolucionario de Unificación Democrática}}) was the ruling party in [[El Salvador]] during the 1950s and early 1960s.

==History==
The party was established 1945 as the official party of the military rulers.{{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=270}} In the [[1950 Salvadoran general election|1950 general elections]], its candidate [[Óscar Osorio]] won the presidential elections, whilst the party won 38 of the 52 seats in the Constitutional Assembly. It was the only party to contest the [[1952 Salvadoran legislative election|1952]] and [[1954 Salvadoran legislative election|1954 legislative elections]]. In the [[1956 Salvadoran presidential election|1956 presidential elections]] several opposition candidates were barred from standing by the Central Elections Council,{{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=288}} allowing its candidate, [[José María Lemus]], to win with over 95% of the vote. In the [[1956 Salvadoran legislative election|legislative elections]] that year it again won all 54 seats, despite facing opposition from the [[National Action Party (El Salvador)|National Action Party]].

The party won the [[1958 Salvadoran legislative election|1958 legislative elections]] unopposed, and again won all 54 seats in the [[1960 Salvadoran legislative election|1960 elections]] despite the NAP running again.

== Electoral history ==

=== Presidential elections ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Election
! Candidate
! Votes
! %
! Result
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! [[1950 Salvadoran general election|1950]]
| {{yes2|'''[[Óscar Osorio]]'''}}
| 345,139
| {{Percentage bar|56.45|hex=FAAFBE}}
| '''Elected''' {{Y}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=287}}
|-
! [[1956 Salvadoran presidential election|1956]]
| {{yes2|'''[[José María Lemus]]'''}}
| 677,748
| {{Percentage bar|95.20|hex=FAAFBE}}
| '''Elected''' {{Y}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=288}}
|}

=== Legislative Assembly elections ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Election
! scope="col" | Votes
! scope="col" | %
! Position
! scope="col" | Seats
! +/–
! Status in legislature
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! [[1950 Salvadoran general election|1950]]
| 345,139
| 56.45
| {{increase}} '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|38|52|{{party color|Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification}}}}
| New
| {{Yes2|Supermajority government}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=281}}
|-
! [[1952 Salvadoran legislative election|1952]]
| 700,979
| 100.00
| {{steady}} '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|54|54|{{party color|Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification}}}}
| {{increase}} 16
| {{Yes2|Supermajority government}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=282 & 285}}
|-
! [[1954 Salvadoran legislative election|1954]]
| 
| 100.00
| {{steady}} '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|54|54|{{party color|Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{Yes2|Supermajority government}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=285}}
|-
! [[1956 Salvadoran legislative election|1956]]
| 552,000
| 94.36
| {{steady}} '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|54|54|{{party color|Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{Yes2|Supermajority government}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=282 & 285}}
|-
! [[1958 Salvadoran legislative election|1958]]
| 450,000
| 100.00
| {{steady}} '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|54|54|{{party color|Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{Yes2|Supermajority government}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=282 & 285}}
|-
! [[1958 Salvadoran legislative election|1958]]
| 368,545
| 87.73
| {{steady}} '''1st'''
| {{Composition bar|54|54|{{party color|Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification}}}}
| {{steady}} 0
| {{Yes2|Supermajority government}}
| {{sfn|Nohlen|2005|p=282 & 285}}
|}

== References ==

=== Citations ===

{{reflist}}

=== Bibliography ===

* {{cite book|last1=Nohlen|first1=Dieter|author1-link=Dieter Nohlen|date=2005|title=Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1: North America, Central America, and the Caribbean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-xZREAAAQBAJ|language=en|location=[[Oxford]], United Kingdom|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|pages=270–299|isbn=9780191557934|oclc=58051010|access-date=27 October 2024}}

{{Salvadoran political parties}}

[[Category:Defunct political parties in El Salvador]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1945]]
[[Category:1945 establishments in El Salvador]]


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