Presidential elections were held in El Salvador

El Salvador

El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...

 on 4 March 1956. The result was a victory for José María Lemus

José María Lemus

José María Lemus Lopez was President of El Salvador 14 September 1956 - 26 October 1960.He was a military ruler and member of the Party of Democratic Unification. He put into law the Tenant Law, over people renting and the renters of houses or "Mesones"...

 of the Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification

Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification

The Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification 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. In the 1950 general elections, its candidate Óscar Osorio won the presidential elections,...

, who received 95.2% of the vote.

The Central Electoral Council had disqualified the candidacies of José Alberto Funes (Democratic Institutional Party), Roberto Edmundo Cannessa (National Action Party

National Action Party (El Salvador)

The National Action Party is a political party in El Salvador. It first contested national elections in 1956. However, Roberto Edmundo Cannessa, its candidate in the presidential election was disqualified, whilst in the legislative elections it failed to win a seat, despite being the only party to...

) and José Alvaro Díaz (Nationalist Democratic Party). It also forbade Rafael Carranza Anaya (Authentic Constitutional Party) and Enrique Magaña Menéndez (Renovated Action Party) from withdrawing their candidacies; nevertheless, the latter two boycotted the elections.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
José María Lemus López José María Lemus José María Lemus Lopez was President of El Salvador 14 September 1956 - 26 October 1960.He was a military ruler and member of the Party of Democratic Unification. He put into law the Tenant Law, over people renting and the renters of houses or "Mesones"...	Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification The Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification 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. In the 1950 general elections, its candidate Óscar Osorio won the presidential elections,...	677,748	95.20
Rafael Carranza Anaya	Authentic Constitutional Party	22,659	3.18
Enrique Magaña Menéndez	Renovated Action Party	11,524	1.62
Invalid/blank votes
Total		711,931	100
Source: Nohlen