Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification

The Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification (Template:Langx) 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.Template:Sfn In the 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 and 1954 legislative elections. In the 1956 presidential elections several opposition candidates were barred from standing by the Central Elections Council,Template:Sfn allowing its candidate, José María Lemus, to win with over 95% of the vote. In the legislative elections that year it again won all 54 seats, despite facing opposition from the National Action Party.

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

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Result	Ref.
1950	Óscar Osorio	345,139	Template:Percentage bar	Elected Green tickY	Template:Sfn
1956	José María Lemus	677,748	Template:Percentage bar	Elected Green tickY	Template:Sfn

Election	Votes	%	Position	Seats	+/–	Status in legislature	Ref.
1950	345,139	56.45	Increase 1st	Template:Composition bar	New	Supermajority government	Template:Sfn
1952	700,979	100.00	Steady 1st	Template:Composition bar	Increase 16	Supermajority government	Template:Sfn
1954		100.00	Steady 1st	Template:Composition bar	Steady 0	Supermajority government	Template:Sfn
1956	552,000	94.36	Steady 1st	Template:Composition bar	Steady 0	Supermajority government	Template:Sfn
1958	450,000	100.00	Steady 1st	Template:Composition bar	Steady 0	Supermajority government	Template:Sfn
1958	368,545	87.73	Steady 1st	Template:Composition bar	Steady 0	Supermajority government	Template:Sfn