Elections in El Salvador

The government of El Salvador is a presidential representative democratic republic.

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

constituencies (corresponding to El Salvador's 14 departments

). They range from 3-16 seats each according to department population size.

Political culture

El Salvador has a

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, and have traditionally supported the FMLN. The departamentos azules, or blue departments in the east, western and highland regions are relatively conservative, have traditionally supported ARENA, but since the 2019 presidential election, has transitioned to supporting Nuevas Ideas.

In February 2021, El Salvador's legislative election was an important breakthrough. The new party, founded by President Nayib Bukele, Nuevas Ideas, won around two-thirds of votes with its allies (GANA-New Ideas). His party won supermajority 56 seats in the 84-seat parliament. Bukele became the country’s most powerful leader in three decades.^[1]

Schedule

Election

Position	2023	2024	2025	2027	2028	2029	2030
Type	None	Presidential (February) Legislative Assembly (February) Municipalities (March) PARLACEN (March)	None	Legislative Assembly Municipalities PARLACEN	None	Presidential	Legislative Assembly Municipalities PARLACEN
President and Vice President	None	President and Vice President	None			President and Vice President	None
Legislative Assembly	None	All 60 seats	None	All 60 seats	None		All 60 seats
Municipalities	None	All 44 seats	None	All 44 seats	None		All 44 seats
PARLACEN	None	All 20 seats	None	All 20 seats	None		All 20 seats

References

^ "El Salvador: Bukele has become the country's most powerful leader in three decades after his party won a supermajority". Credendo.

[1] "El Salvador: Bukele has become the country's most powerful leader in three decades after his party won a supermajority". Credendo.

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Political culture

Schedule

Election

See also

References