Elections in El Salvador

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

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[edit]

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[edit]

Election[edit]

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[edit]

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

Presidential elections[edit]

1915[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Carlos Meléndez Ramirez	National Democratic Party		100
Invalid or blank votes				–
Total				100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

1919[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jorge Meléndez	National Democratic Party	185,492	100
Invalid or blank votes				–
Total			185,492	100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

1923[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Alfonso Quiñónez Molina	National Democratic Party		100
Invalid or blank votes				–
Total				100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

1927[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Pío Romero Bosque	National Democratic Party	192,860	100
Invalid or blank votes				–
Total			192,860	100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

1931[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Arturo Araujo	Salvadoran Labor Party-National Republican Party	106,777	46.65
	Alberto Gómez Zarate	Zaratista Party	64,280	28.09
	Enrique Córdova	National Development Party	34,499	15.07
	Antonio Claramount Lucero	Progressive Fraternal Party	18,399	8.04
	Miguel Tomás Molina	Constitutional Party	4,911	2.15
Invalid or blank votes				–
Total			228,866	100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

1935[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Maximiliano Hernández Martínez	National Pro Patria Party	329,555	100
Invalid or blank votes				–
Total			329,555	100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

1939[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Maximiliano Hernández Martínez	National Pro Patria Party	210,810	100
Invalid or blank votes				–
Total			210,810	100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

1944[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Maximiliano Hernández Martínez	National Pro Patria Party		100
Invalid or blank votes				–
Total				100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

1945[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Salvador Castaneda Castro	Social Democratic Unification Party	312,754	99.70
	Osmín Aguirre y Salinas	Social Democratic Party	690	0.22
	Antonio Claramount Lucero	Progressive Fraternal Party	165	0.05
	Arturo Romero	Democratic Union Party	55	0.02
	Napoleón Viera Altamirano	Republican Social Front	29	0.01
	José Cipriano Castro	Salvadoran People's Party	1	0.00
Invalid or blank votes				–
Total			313,694	100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

1950[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Óscar Osorio	Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification	345,139	56.45
	José Asencio Menéndez	Renovated Action Party	266,271	43.55
Invalid or blank votes			36,256	–
Total			647,666	100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

1956[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	José María Lemus	Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification	677,748	95.20
	Rafael Carranza Anaya	Authentic Constitutional Party	22,659	3.18
	Enrique Magaña Menéndez	Renovated Action Party	11,524	1.62
Invalid or blank votes				–
Total			711,931	100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

1962[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo	National Conciliation Party	368,801	100
Invalid or blank votes			31,317	–
Total			400,118	100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

1967[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Fidel Sánchez Hernández	National Conciliation Party	267,447	54.37
	Abraham Rodríguez Portillo	Christian Democratic Party	106,358	21.26
	Fabio Castillo Figueroa	Renovated Action Party	70,978	14.43
	Alvaro Magaña	Salvadoran Popular Party	47,111	9.58
Invalid or blank votes				–
Total			491,894	100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

1972[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Arturo Armando Molina	National Conciliation Party	334,600	43.42
	José Napoleón Duarte	National Opposing Union	324,756	42.14
	José Antonio Rodríguez Porth	Salvadoran Popular Party	94,367	12.25
	José Alberto Medrano	United Independent Democratic Front	16,871	2.19
Invalid or blank votes			35,763	–
Total			806,357	100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

1977[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Carlos Humberto Romero	National Conciliation Party	812,281	67.30
	Ernesto Antonio Claramount Roseville	National Opposing Union	394,661	32.70
Invalid or blank votes				–
Total			1,206,942	100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

1982[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Álvaro Magaña	Democratic Action-National Conciliation Party-Christian Democratic Party	36	60.00
	Hugo César Barrera	Nationalist Republican Alliance	17	28.33
Invalid or blank votes			7	–
Total			60	100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

1984[edit]

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	José Napoleón Duarte	Christian Democratic Party	549,727	43.41	752,625	53.59
	Roberto D'Aubuisson	Nationalist Republican Alliance	376,917	29.77	651,741	46.41
	José Francisco Guerrero	National Conciliation Party	244,556	19.31
	René Fortin Magaña	Democratic Action	43,939	3.47
	Francisco Quiñones Avila	Popular Salvadoran Party	24,395	1.92
	Roberto Escobar García	Salvadoran Authentic Institutional Party	15,430	1.22
	Juan Ramón Rosales	Stable Republican Centrist Movement	6,645	0.52
	Gilberto Trujillo	Popular Orientation Party	4,677	0.37
Invalid/blank votes			153,217	–	119,713	–
Total			1,419,503	100	1,524,079	100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?	?	?
Source:

1989[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Alfredo Cristiani	Nationalist Republican Alliance	505,370	53.8
	Fidel Chávez Mena	Christian Democratic Party	342,732	36.5
	Rafael Morán Castañeda	National Conciliation Party	38,218	4.1
	Guillermo Ungo	Democratic Convergence	35,642	3.8
	Julio Adolfo Rey Prendes	Authentic Democratic Christian Movement	9,300	1.0
	Hugo Barrera	Popular Union	4,609	0.5
	Ricardo Molina	Renovating Action Party	3,207	0.3
Invalid or blank votes			64,075	–
Total			1,003,153	100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

1994[edit]

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Armando Calderón Sol	Nationalist Republican Alliance	641,108	49.0	818,264	68.3
	Rubén Zamora Rivas	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front-Democratic Convergence	325,582	24.9	378,980	31.7
	Fidel Chávez Mena	Christian Democratic Party	214,277	16.4
	Roberto Escobar García	National Conciliation Party	70,504	5.4
	Jorge Martínez	Movement of Unity	31,502	2.4
	Edgardo Rodríguez Engelhard	Movement of National Solidarity	13,841	1.1
	Rhina Victoria Escalante de Rey Prendes	Authentic Democratic Christian Movement	10,843	0.8
Invalid/blank votes			103,663	–	48,976	–
Total			1,411,320	100	1,246,220	100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?	?	?
Source:

1999[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Francisco Flores Pérez	Nationalist Republican Alliance	614,268	51.96
	Facundo Guardado	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front-Social Christian Union	343,472	29.05
	Rubén Zamora	United Democratic Centre	88,640	7.50
	Rodolfo Parker	Christian Democratic Party	67,207	5.68
	Hernán Contreras	National Conciliation Party	45,140	3.82
	Salvador Nelson García	Democratic Republican League	19,269	1.63
	Francisco Ayala	Party of the United People and the New Deal	4,252	0.36
Invalid or blank votes			40,967	–
Total			1,223,215	100
Registered voters/turnout			?	?
Source:

2004[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Antonio Saca	Nationalist Republican Alliance	1,314,436	57.71
	Schafik Handal	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front	812,519	35.68
	Héctor Silva Argüello	Christian Democratic Party	88,737	3.90
	José Rafael Machuca Zelaya	National Conciliation Party	61,781	2.71
Invalid or blank votes			40,508	–
Total			2,277,473	100
Registered voters/turnout			3,442,330	67.30
Source:

2009[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mauricio Funes	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front	1,354,000	51.32
	Rodrigo Ávila	Nationalist Republican Alliance	1,284,588	48.68
Invalid or blank votes			20,550	–
Total			2,638,588	100
Registered voters/turnout			4,294,849	61.90
Source: TSE 1, TSE 2 Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine

2014[edit]

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]^[2]

2019[edit]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nayib Bukele	Grand Alliance for National Unity	1,434,856	53.10
	Carlos Calleja	Nationalist Republican Alliance	857,084	31.72
	Hugo Martínez	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front	389,289	14.41
	Josué Alvarado	Vamos	20,763	0.77
Invalid or blank votes			31,186	–
Total			2,733,178	100
Registered voters/turnout			5,268,411	51.88
Source: TSE

Legislative elections[edit]

1928[edit]

e • d Summary of the January 1928 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Democratic Party (Partido Democrático Nacional)		100%	42	0
Totals			100.00%	42	—

1931[edit]

e • d Summary of the 11-13 January 1931 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Salvadoran Labor Party (Partido de Labor Salvadoreño)
	National Republican Party (Partido de Republicano Nacional)
	Zaratista Party (Partido Zaratista)
	National Development Party (Partido de Desarrollo Nacional)	34,960	3.76	0
	Progressive Fraternal Party (Partido Fraternal Progresivo)
	Constitutional Party (Partido Constitucional)
Totals			100.00%	42	—

1932[edit]

The 1932 Salvadoran legislative election occurred between 3-5 January 1932 but the results were cancelled by President Maximiliano Hernández Martínez.^[3] Further elections for 10-12 January were also cancelled.^[4]

1936[edit]

The 1936 Salvadoran legislative election occurred in January 1936 but no results were published.^[5]

1939[edit]

e • d Summary of the January 1939 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Pro Patria Party (Partido Nacional Pro-Patria)	210,810	100%	42	42
Totals		210,810	100.00%	42	—

1944[edit]

The 1944 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election occurred in January 1944 but no results were published.^[6]

1950[edit]

e • d Summary of the 26-29 March 1950 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification (Partido Revolucionario de Unificación Democrática)	345,139	56.45%	38	38
	Renovated Action Party (Partido de Acción Renovado)	266,271	43.55%	14	14
Totals		647,666	100.00%	52	10

1952[edit]

e • d Summary of the March 1952 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification (Partido Revolucionario de Unificación Democrática)	700,979	100%	54	16
Totals		700,979	100.00%	54	2

1954[edit]

e • d Summary of the March 1954 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification (Partido Revolucionario de Unificación Democrática)		100%	54	0
Totals			100.00%	54	–

1956[edit]

e • d Summary of the 15 May 1956 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification (Partido Revolucionario de Unificación Democrática)	552,000	94.4%	54	0
	National Action Party (Partido de Acción Nacional)	33,000	5.6%	0	0
Totals		585,000	100.00%	54	–

1958[edit]

e • d Summary of the 23 March 1958 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification (Partido Revolucionario de Unificación Democrática)	450,000	100%	54	0
Totals		450,000	100.00%	54	–

1960[edit]

e • d Summary of the 24 April 1960 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification (Partido Revolucionario de Unificación Democrática)	368,545	87.7%	54	0
	National Action Party (Partido de Acción Nacional)	51,557	12.3%	0	0
Totals		420,102	100.00%	54	–

1961[edit]

e • d Summary of the 17 December 1961 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional)	207,701	60.1%	54	54
	Union of Democratic Parties (Unión de Partidos Democráticos)	64,916	18.8%	0	0
	National Action Party (Partido de Acción Nacional)	49,300	14.3%	0	0
	Authentic Constitutional Party (Partido Constitutcional Auténtico)	23,665	6.8%	0	0
Totals		345,582	100.00%	54	–

1964[edit]

e • d Summary of the 8 March 1964 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional)	176,620	58.6%	32	22
	Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)	77,315	26.1%	14	14
	Renovating Action Party (Partido de Acción Renovando)	45,499	15.3%	6	6
Totals		269,434	100.00%	52	2

1966[edit]

e • d Summary of the 13 March 1966 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional)	207,586	53.6%	31	1
	Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)	120,645	31.2%	15	1
	Renovating Action Party (Partido de Acción Renovando)	26,661	6.9%	4	2
	Republican Party of National Evolution (Partido Republicano de Evolución Nacional)	22,960	5.9%	1	1
	Salvadoran Popular Party (Partido Popular Salvadoreño)	9,303	2.4%	1	1
Totals		387,155	100.00%	52	–

1968[edit]

e • d Summary of the 10 March 1968 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional)	212,661	47.7%	27	4
	Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)	193,248	43.3%	19	4
	Salvadoran Popular Party (Partido Popular Salvadoreño)	22,748	5.9%	4	3
	National Revolutionary Movement (Movimiento Revolucionario Nacional)	17,449	3.9%	2	2
Totals		492,037	100.00%	52	–

1970[edit]

e • d Summary of the 8 March 1970 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional)	315,560	59.8%	34	7
	Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)	142,659	27.0%	16	3
	Nationalist Democratic Union (Unión Democrático Nacional)	32,450	6.1%	1	1
	Salvadoran Popular Party (Partido Popular Salvadoreño)	28,606	5.4%	1	3
	National Revolutionary Movement (Movimiento Revolucionario Nacional)	8,832	1.7%	0	2
Totals		622,570	100.00%	52	–

1972[edit]

e • d Summary of the 12 March 1972 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional)	353,775	67.4%	39	5
	National Opposing Union (Unión Nacional de Opuesto)	119,194	22.8%	8	9
	Salvadoran Popular Party (Partido Popular Salvadoreño)	31,790	6.1%	4	3
	United Independent Democratic Front (Frente Democrático Independiente Unido)	20,194	3.8%	1	1
Totals		634,651	100.00%	52	–

1974[edit]

e • d Summary of the 10 March 1974 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		%	Seats	+/–
	National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional)		36	3
	National Opposing Union (Unión Nacional de Opuesto)		15	7
	United Independent Democratic Front (Frente Democrático Independiente Unido)		1	0
Totals		100.00%	52	–

1976[edit]

e • d Summary of the 14 March 1976 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional)			52	18
Totals			100.00%	52	–

1978[edit]

e • d Summary of the 12 March 1978 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional)	766,673	90.3%	50	2
	Salvadoran Popular Party (Partido Popular Salvadoreño)	82,535	9.7%	4	4
Totals		849,208	100.00%	54	2

1982[edit]

e • d Summary of the 28 March 1982 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)	590,644	40.2%	24	24
	Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista)	430,205	29.3%	19	19
	National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional)	273,383	18.6%	14	36
	Democratic Action (Acción Democrático)	112,787	7.7%	2	2
	Salvadoran Popular Party (Partido Popular Salvadoreño)	44,900	3.1%	1	3
	Popular Orientation Party (Partido de Orientación Popular)	17,378	7.7%	0	0
Totals		1,660,393	100.00%	60	6

1985[edit]

e • d Summary of the 31 March 1985 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)	505,338	52.4%	33	9
	Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista)	286,665	29.7%	13	6
	National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional)	80,730	8.3%	12	2
	Salvadoran Authentic Institutional Party (Partido Institucional Auténtico Salvadoreño)	36,101	3.7%	1	1
	Democratic Action (Acción Democrático)	35,565	3.7%	1	1
	Salvadoran Popular Party (Partido Popular Salvadoreño)	16,344	1.7%	0	1
	Renovating Action Party (Partido de Acción Renovando)	2,963	0.3%	0	0
	Popular Orientation Party (Partido de Orientación Popular)	836	0.1%	0	0
	Centrist Republican Stable Movement (Movimiento Centristo Republicano Estable)	689	0.1%	0	0
Totals		1,101,606	100.00%	60	–

1988[edit]

e • d Summary of the 20 March 1988 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista)	447,696	48.1%	31	18
	Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)	326,716	35.1%	22	11
	National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional)	78,756	8.5%	7	5
	Liberation Party (Partido de Liberación)	34,960	3.8%	0	0
	Salvadoran Authentic Institutional Party (Partido Institucional Auténtico Salvadoreño)	19,609	2.1%	0	1
	Democratic Action (Acción Democrático)	16,211	1.7%	0	1
	Renovating Action Party (Partido de Acción Renovando)	5,059	0.5%	0	0
	Popular Orientation Party (Partido de Orientación Popular)	1,742	0.2%	0	0
Totals		1,150,934	100.00%	60	–

1991[edit]

e • d Summary of the 10 March 1991 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista)	466,091	44.3%	39	8
	Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)	294,029	28.0%	26	4
	Democratic Convergence (Convergencia Democrática)	127,855	12.2%	8	8
	National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional)	94,531	9.0%	9	2
	Authentic Democratic Christian Movement (Movimiento Cristiano Democrático Auténtico)	33,971	3.2%	1	1
	Nationalist Democratic Union (Unión Democrática Nacionalista)	28,206	2.7%	1	1
	Democratic Action (Acción Democrático)	6,798	0.7%	0
Totals		1,150,934	100.00%	84	24

1994[edit]

e • d Summary of the 20 March 1994 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results
Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista)	605,775	45.03%	39	0
	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional)	287,811	21.39%	21	21
	Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)	240,451	17.87%	18	8
	National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional)	83,520	6.21%	4	5
	Democratic Convergence (Convergencia Democrática)	59,843	4.45%	1	7
	Movement of Unity (Movimiento de Unidad)	33,510	2.49%	1	1
	Movement of National Solidarity (Movimiento de Solidaridad Nacional)	12,827	0.95%	0	0
	Authentic Democratic Christian Movement (Movimiento Cristiano Democrático Auténtico)	12,109	0.90%	0	1
	National Revolutionary Movement (Movimiento Revolucionario Nacional)	9,431	0.70%	0	0
Totals		1,453,299	100.00%	84	–

1997[edit]

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e • d 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

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References[edit]

^ "TSE El Salvador – Elecciones Presidenciales 2014 – Escrutinio Final". Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
^ "TSE El Salvador – Segunda Elección Presidencial 2014 – Escrutinio Final". Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Lungo Uclés, Mario (1996) El Salvador in the eighties: counterinsurgency and revolution Philadelphia: Temple University Press, p 114
^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p 277 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
^ Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter (1997) Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, p27
^ Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter (1997) Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, p27

[1] "TSE El Salvador – Elecciones Presidenciales 2014 – Escrutinio Final". Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.

[2] "TSE El Salvador – Segunda Elección Presidencial 2014 – Escrutinio Final". Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[3] Lungo Uclés, Mario (1996) El Salvador in the eighties: counterinsurgency and revolution Philadelphia: Temple University Press, p 114

[N1-4] Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p 277 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6

[5] Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter (1997) Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, p27

[6] Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter (1997) Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, p27

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