Elections in El Salvador

El Salvador

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Elections in El Salvador gives information on elections and election results in El Salvador.

Electoral system

El Salvador elects its head of state – the President of El Salvador – directly through a fixed-date general election whose winner is decided by absolute majority. If an absolute majority (50% + 1) is not achieved by any candidate in the first round of a presidential election, then a run-off election is conducted 30 days later between the two candidates who obtained the most votes in the first round. The presidential period is five years. Consecutive re-election is not permitted, though previously elected presidents may run for a second, non-consecutive term.

Salvadorans also elect a single-chamber, unicameral national legislature – the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador – composed of 84 members (deputies). They are elected by open-list proportional representation for three-year terms, with the possibility of immediate re-election. All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly are elected on the basis of 14 multi-member constituencies (corresponding to El Salvador's 14 departments). They range from 3-16 seats each according to department population size.

Political culture

Further information: List of political parties in El Salvador

El Salvador has a multi-party system. Two political parties, the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) have tended to dominate elections. ARENA candidates won four consecutive presidential elections until the election of Mauricio Funes of the FMLN in March 2009.

Geographically, the departments of the Central region, especially the capital and the coastal regions, known as departamentos rojos, or red departments, are relatively Leftist. The departamentos azules, or blue departments in the east, western and highland regions are relatively conservative.

Schedule

Election

Position	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Type	Gubernatorial (March) National Congress (March)	None	Presidential (March)	National Congress (March) Gubernatorial (March)	None
President and vice president	None		President and vice president	None
National Congress	All seats	None		All seats	None
Provinces, cities and municipalities	All positions	None		All positions	None

Inauguration

Position	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Type	Gubernatorial (June) National Congress (June)	None		Presidential (June) National Congress (June)	None
President and vice president	None		1 June	None
National Congress	1 May	None		1 May	None
Provinces, cities and municipalities	1 May	None		1 May	None

Latest elections

**Summary of the 10 March 2012 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results**
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista)	870,418	39.76%	33	1
	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional)	804,760	36.76%	31	4
	Grand Alliance for National Unity (Alianza por la Unidad Nacional)	210,101	9.6%	11	11
	National Coalition (Concertación Nacional)¹	157,074	7.18%	7⁴	4
	Party of Hope (Partido de la Esperanza)²	60,486	2.76%	1⁴	4
	Democratic Change (Cambio Democrático)	46,838	2.14%	1	0
	National Liberal Party (Partido Nacional Liberal)	14,379	0.66%	0	0
	People's Party (Partido Popular)	10,952	0.50%	0	0
	Independents³	14,098	0.63%	0	0
Totals		2,215,589	100.00%	84	—
¹Compared to National Conciliation Party in 2009. ²Compared to Christian Democratic Party in 2009. ³Five independent candidates. Percentage and votes are cumulative. ⁴A MP from Chalatenango that won, ran on a joint CN and PES ticket and got 17,072 votes, or 0.78% (counted here for CN). Source: Supreme Electoral Tribunal

Main article: Salvadoran presidential election, 2014

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
Salvador Sánchez Cerén	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front	1,315,768	48.93	1,495,815	50.11
Norman Quijano	Nationalist Republican Alliance	1,047,592	38.96	1,489,451	49.89
Antonio Saca	Unity Movement	307,603	11.44
René Rodriguez Hurtado	Salvadoran Progressive Party	11,314	0.42
Óscar Lemus	Salvadoran Patriot Fraternity	6,659	0.25
Invalid/blank votes		34,310	–	19,579	–
Total		2,723,246	100	3,004,845	100
Registered voters/turnout		4,955,107	54.96	4,955,107	60.64
Source: TSE 1,

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