Elections in El Salvador
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Elections in El Salvador gives information on elections and election results in El Salvador.
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, and re-election is not permitted. Salvadoreans also elect a single-chamber, unicameral national legislature – the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador – composed of 84 members (deputies) elected by closed-list proportional representation for three-year terms, with the possibility of immediate re-election. Twenty of the 84 seats in the Legislative Assemby are elected on the basis of a single national constituency. The remaining 64 are elected in 14 multi-member constituencies (corresponding to the country's 14 departments) that range from 3-16 seats each according to department population size.
El Salvador has a multi-party system, although two political parties, ARENA and the FMLN have tended to dominate elections, with ARENA candidates having won the last four consecutive presidential elections.
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[edit] Latest elections
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista) | 620,117 | 39.4 | 34 |
| Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional) | 624,635 | 39.7 | 32 |
| National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional) | 172,341 | 11,0 | 10 |
| Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano) | 106,509 | 6,8 | 6 |
| Democratic Change (Cambio Democrático) | 48,661 | 3,1 | 2 |
| Total (turnout 41.4 %) | 1,573,779 | 100.0 | 84 |
| Source: Adam Carr | |||
| Candidate, Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Elías Antonio ("Tony") Saca González, Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista) | 1,314,436 | 57.71% |
| Schafik Jorge Handal, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional) | 812,519 | 35.68% |
| Héctor Silva Argüello, United Democratic Centre-Christian Democratic Party (Centro Democrático Unido-Partido Demócrata Cristiano) | 88,737 | 3.90% |
| José Rafael Machuca Zelaya, Party of National Conciliation (Partido de Conciliación Nacional) | 61,781 | 2.71% |
| Total (turnout 67.3%) | 2,277,473 | 100.00 |
| Invalid votes | 40,508 | |
| Total votes cast | 2,317,981 | |
| Registered voters | 3,442,330 |
[edit] Past elections
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