National Democratic Party (El Salvador)

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]

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

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

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

• 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.