Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
| Legislative Assembly of the Republic of El Salvador Asamblea Legislativa de la República de El Salvador | |
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| Type | Unicameral |
| Seats | 84 members |
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| San Salvador | |
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| www.asamblea.gob.sv | |
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| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of El Salvador |
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The Legislative Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Legislativa) is the legislative branch of the government of El Salvador.
Structure
The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. It is made up of 84 deputies, all of who are elected by direct popular vote according to open-list proportional representation to serve three-year terms and are eligible for immediate re-election. Of these, 64 are elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies, corresponding to the country's 14 departments, which return between 3 and 16 deputies each. The remaining 20 deputies are selected on the basis of a single national constituency.
To be eligible for election to the Assembly, candidates must be (Art. 126, Constitution):
- Older than 25.
- Salvadoran citizens by birth, born of either a Salvadoran father or a Salvadoran mother.
- Of recognised honesty and education.
- Not have had the enjoyment of their rights as citizens cancelled in the previous five years.
There is a new "political group"( but not a political party) in the legislature made up of 10 deputies who left the ARENA party, their new Name is Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional, or GANA
Current Standing by Party
since April 4, 2013
| Party / Group | Deputies | ||
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| Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) | 31 | ||
| Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) | 28 | ||
| Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA) | 11 | ||
| National Coalition (CN) | 7 | ||
| Party of Hope (PES) | 1 | ||
| Democratic Change (CD) | 1 | ||
| Independent | 5 | ||
| Total | 84 | ||
| Fuente: asamblea.gob.sv | |||
Election results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
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| 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 | ||||||
Other parliamentary bodies
El Salvador also returns 20 deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament, also elected according to closed-list proportional representation from a single national constituency.
See also
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Coordinates: 13°42′22″N 89°11′58″W / 13.70611°N 89.19944°W