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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| Seats | 84 members |
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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.
Current Standing by Party
| 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) | 10 | ||
| National Coalition (CN) | 7 | ||
| Unidos Por El Salvador | 5 | ||
| Christian Democratic Party (PES) | 1 | ||
| Democratic Change (CD) | 1 | ||
| Independent | 1 | ||
| Total | 84 | ||
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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
References
External links
- Official website (Spanish)
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Coordinates: 13°42′22″N 89°11′58″W / 13.70611°N 89.19944°W