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Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 1 March 2015, [1] electing 84 members of the Legislative Assembly, 20 members of the Central American Parliament and 262 mayors.
The 84 members of the Legislative Assembly are elected by open list proportional representation from 14 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with seats allocated using the largest remainder method.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Nationalist Republican Alliance | 885,374 | 38.90 | 32 | |
| Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front | 847,289 | 37.23 | 31 | |
| Grand Alliance for National Unity | 209,897 | 9.22 | 11 | |
| National Coalition Party | 154,093 | 6.77 | 4 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 56,353 | 2.48 | 1 | |
| ARENA–PCN | 37,690 | 1.66 | 3 | |
| Democratic Change | 36,796 | 1.62 | 0 | |
| Salvadoran Democracy | 19,846 | 0.87 | 0 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 16,770 | 0.74 | 0 | |
| PCN–PDC | 6,453 | 0.28 | 1 | |
| PCN–DS | 3,658 | 0.16 | 1 | |
| Independents | 1,802 | 0.08 | 0 | |
| Total | 2,276,021 | 100.00 | 84 | |
| Valid votes | 2,276,021 | 96.09 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 92,712 | 3.91 | ||
| Total votes | 2,368,733 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,911,672 | 48.23 | ||
| Source: TSE | ||||
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Nationalist Republican Alliance | 861,491 | 40.14 | 8 | 0 | |
| Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front | 854,621 | 39.82 | 8 | –1 | |
| Grand Alliance for National Unity | 193,848 | 9.03 | 2 | +2 | |
| National Coalition Party | 124,463 | 5.80 | 1 | –1 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 45,110 | 2.10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Democratic Change | 29,528 | 1.38 | 0 | 0 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 13,907 | 0.65 | 0 | New | |
| Salvadoran Progressive Party | 12,150 | 0.57 | 0 | New | |
| Salvadoran Patriotic Fraternity | 11,210 | 0.52 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 2,146,328 | 100.00 | 20 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,146,328 | 91.44 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 200,843 | 8.56 | |||
| Total votes | 2,347,171 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,911,672 | 47.79 | |||
| Source: TSE | |||||
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Nationalist Republican Alliance | 944,859 | 39.93 | 129 | +13 | |
| Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front | 892,882 | 37.73 | 85 | –9 | |
| Grand Alliance for National Unity | 244,567 | 10.34 | 19 | +2 | |
| National Coalition Party | 173,438 | 7.33 | 20 | –7 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 52,729 | 2.23 | 7 | +2 | |
| Democratic Change | 25,099 | 1.06 | 1 | –2 | |
| Salvadoran Democracy | 13,132 | 0.55 | 0 | New | |
| Social Democratic Party | 9,347 | 0.40 | 1 | New | |
| Salvadoran Progressive Party | 6,552 | 0.28 | 0 | New | |
| Salvadoran Patriotic Fraternity | 3,658 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2,366,263 | 100.00 | 262 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,366,263 | 97.98 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 48,790 | 2.02 | |||
| Total votes | 2,415,053 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,911,672 | 49.17 | |||
| Source: TSE (votes) | |||||
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