1935 Salvadoran presidential election

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador between 13 and 15 January 1935. General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez was the only candidate and was elected unopposed with 329,555 votes.

In December 1931, the Armed Forces of El Salvador overthrew President Arturo Araujo and Martínez (Araujo's vice president) became El Salvador's provisional president. The United States did not recognize Martínez's presidency as the coup that brought him to power violated the 1923 Central American Treaty of Peace and Amity. In 1933, Martínez announced he would run for president in 1935 and resigned from the presidency in late 1934 to be constitutionally eligible to participate in the election. Martínez's government arrested or exiled potential opponents. He won the election unanimously and became President on 1 March 1935. The United States subsequently recognized Martínez's government and he ruled until 1944.