Salvadoran legislative election, 2000

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A legislative election was held in El Salvador on 12 March 2000. The Salvadoran people elected 84 deputies to the Legislative Assembly for a term of three years.

The main opposition Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) won the largest share (31) of seats in the election.

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Summary of the 12 March 2000 El Salvador Legislative Assembly election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional)	426,289	35.22	31
Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista)	436,139	36.04	29
Party of National Conciliation (Partido de Conciliación Nacional)	106,802	8.82	13
Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)	87,074	7.19	6
United Democratic Centre (Centro Democrático Unido)	65,070	5.38	3
National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional)	44,901	3.71	2
Others	43,964	3.63	-
Total	1,210,269		84

Preceded by Election 1997

Salvadoran legislative elections

Succeeded by Election 2003