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. Salvadorans 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 Assembly 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.
Latest elections
e • d Summary of the 21 March 2004 Salvadoran presidential election results
| 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 |
Past elections
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