2019 Salvadoran presidential election

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2019 Salvadoran presidential election
Flag of El Salvador.svg
  2014 3 February 2019 2024  
Opinion polls
Registered5,268,411
Turnout51.88% (Decrease2.svg 3.44pp)
  Nayib Bukele - 2019 (48342383356) (cropped).jpg A Conversation with Carlos Calleja (cropped).jpg Presentacion de Cartas Credenciales de Embajadores Concurrentes (cropped).jpg
Nominee Nayib Bukele Carlos Calleja Hugo Martínez
Party GANA ARENA FMLN
Running mate Félix Ulloa Carmen Lazo Karina Sosa
Popular vote1,434,856857,084389,289
Percentage53.10%31.72%14.41%

El Salvador President 2019.svg
Results by department

President before election

Salvador Sánchez Cerén
FMLN

Elected President

Nayib Bukele
GANA

Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 3 February 2019, with Salvadorans electing the president and vice president for a five-year term from 2019 to 2024.

Contents

The election resulted in victory for Nayib Bukele of the right-wing Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA), who received 53%, defeating Carlos Calleja of the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), Hugo Martínez of the left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) and Josué Alvarado of the centrist Vamos party. [1] With his victory, Bukele became the first president since José Napoleón Duarte (1984–1989) to not be a member of either ARENA or the FMLN, which had controlled the presidency in a two-party system from 1989 to 2019.

Prior to the elections, Bukele held a lead against Calleja, Martínez and Alvarado in virtually every poll conducted between July 2018 and January 2019. A second round in March was rendered unnecessary as Bukele won an outright majority; Bukele won a plurality in all of the country's fourteen departments, winning an outright majority in eight of them. [2] [3] Bukele was inaugurated on 1 June 2019. [4]

Background

Presidency of Salvador Sánchez Cerén

Salvador Sanchez Ceren at his inauguration in 2014. Acto oficial Traspaso de mando Presidencial 18.jpg
Salvador Sánchez Cerén at his inauguration in 2014.

Salvador Sánchez Cerén, the then vice president of El Salvador, won the 2014 presidential election by a narrow margin. As a member of the left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), he defeated Norman Quijano, the then mayor of San Salvador of the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance, in that election's second round, winning 50.11 percent of the vote by a margin of 6,364 votes. [5] Sánchez Cerén was inaugurated on 1 June 2014, succeeding fellow FMLN President Mauricio Funes. He was the first former guerrilla fighter from the Salvadoran Civil War to be elected president. [6]

Although in control of the presidency, the FMLN did not have a majority of the Legislative Assembly, with power being divided between it, ARENA, and various other political parties. In the 2015 legislative election, the FMLN won 31 seats and ARENA won 35 seats, with the remaining 18 seats being controlled by other parties. [7] In the succeeding 2018 legislative election, the FMLN fell to 23 seats while ARENA increased to 38 seats, with the remaining 23 seats being controlled by other parties. [8]

Electoral system

Electoral procedure

In October 2017, the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) scheduled El Salvador's upcoming 2019 presidential election to occur on 3 February 2019, with a possible second round being scheduled for 10 March 2019. In the election, Salvadorans would elect the country's president and vice president to serve a five-year term from 2019 to 2024. [9]

A presidential candidate needed to win an absolute absolute majority (50% + 1) to be declared the winner of the election. If no candidate received an absolute majority, a second between the two candidates with the most valid votes would have occurred. All presidential and vice presidential candidates must have been at least 30 years old and be Salvadoran citizens by birth. [10] [11]

Electoral dates

The following tables lists dates which mark events which related to the election. [9]

DateEvent
2 February 2018Deadline for voters to change address
4 April 2018Deadline for parties to convoke primary elections
2 October 2018Beginning of electoral campaigning
5 October 2018Deadline for the TSE to convoke the presidential election
3 February 2019Presidential election
10 March 2019Second round (if necessary)

Electoral campaigns

Nationalist Republican Alliance

A billboard promoting Calleja's campaign in Chalatenango, reading: "Vote for Calleja, the president of labor". Carlos Calleja 2019 campaign billboard.png
A billboard promoting Calleja's campaign in Chalatenango, reading: "Vote for Calleja, the president of labor".

On 27 October 2017, Mauricio Interiano  [ es ], the president of the Nationalist Republican Alliance, announced that the party would hold its primary election on 22 April 2018. [12] Six members of the party expressed interest in securing the party's presidential nomination: [12] [13]

In October 2017, Parada withdrew his candidacy, believing that his campaign would be impossible. [14] In December 2017, Awad and Montalvo were eliminated from competition, while Calleja, Simán, and López advanced to the party's primary election [13] where Calleja won 60.8 percent of the vote, officially becoming the party's presidential nominee. [15]

2018 ARENA presidential primary election
CandidateVotes%
Carlos Calleja 34,67060.80
Javier Simán 21,77938.19
Gustavo López 5741.01
Total57,023100.00
Valid votes57,02396.86
Invalid votes1,2922.19
Blank votes5590.95
Total votes58,874100.00
Source: Nationalist Republican Alliance

Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front

On 28 February 2018, the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front announced that it would hold its primary election on 27 May 2018. [16] [17] Óscar Ortiz, the then vice president of El Salvador, was a potential candidate to secure the party's nomination, but he declined to run after Salvador Cerén appointed him as the technical secretary of the presidency. [17] Two party members announced their intention to seek the party's presidential nomination: [17] [18]

On 27 May 2018, Hugo Martínez was selected as the party's presidential nominee, winning 72.09 percent of the vote. [19] The party elected Karina Sosa, a former deputy of the Legislative Assembly, as the party's vice presidential nominee. [20]

2018 FMLN presidential primary election
CandidateVotes%
Hugo Martínez 20,25972.09
Gerson Martínez  [ es ]7,84527.91
Total28,104100.00
Valid votes28,10499.47
Invalid/blank votes1500.53
Total votes28,254100.00
Source: El Mundo

Grand Alliance for National Unity

The Grand Alliance for National Unity held its primary election on 29 July 2018. Two candidates participated in the election, Nayib Bukele, the former mayor of San Salvador from 2015 to 2018, and Will Salgado  [ es ], the former mayor of San Miguel, but the day before the election, Salgado announced that he withdrew from the primary. Although Salgado withdrew, his name was still on the ballot, [21] but regardless, Bukele won 93.71 percent of the vote and was selected as the party's presidential nominee. [22] [21] Bukele's campaign slogan was "Let's Make History" ("Hagamos Historia"). [23]

2018 GANA presidential primary election
CandidateVotes%
Nayib Bukele 1,86393.71
Will Salgado  [ es ] (withdrawn)1256.29
Total1,988100.00
Valid votes1,98896.41
Invalid votes653.15
Blank votes90.44
Total votes2,062100.00
Source: El Mundo

Presidential candidates

PartyCandidateRunning mate
Grand Alliance for National Unity GANA-500.svg
Grand Alliance for National Unity
Grand Alliance
for National Unity
[lower-alpha 1]
Nayib Bukele Nayib Bukele - 2019 (48342383356) (cropped).jpg
Nayib Bukele
Nayib Bukele
Mayor of San Salvador
(2015–2018)
Mayor of Nuevo Cuscatlán
(2012–2015)
Felix Ulloa Felix Ulloa VP.jpg
Félix Ulloa
Félix Ulloa
Nationalist Republican Alliance Alianza Republicana Nacionalista.svg
Nationalist Republican Alliance
Nationalist
Republican
Alliance
[lower-alpha 2]
Carlos Calleja A Conversation with Carlos Calleja (cropped).jpg
Carlos Calleja
Carlos Calleja
Carmen Lazo Portrait placeholder.svg
Carmen Lazo
Carmen Lazo
Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front Bandera - Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional.svg
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
Farabundo Martí
National Liberation
Front
Hugo Martinez Presentacion de Cartas Credenciales de Embajadores Concurrentes (cropped).jpg
Hugo Martínez
Hugo Martínez
Minister of Foreign Affairs
(2009–2013, 2014–2018)
Secretary General of SICA
(2013–2014)
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly
(2003–2009)
Karina Sosa Portrait placeholder.svg
Karina Sosa
Karina Sosa
Deputy of the Legislative Assembly
(2012–2021)
Vamos Bandera VAMOS.png
Vamos
Vamos
Josue Alvarado Josue Alvarado Vamos.png
Josué Alvarado
Josué Alvarado
Roberto Rivera Portrait placeholder.svg
Roberto Rivera
Roberto Rivera

Debates

Two presidential debates were held; the first was hosted by the University of El Salvador (UES) on 16 December 2018 and the second was hosted by the Salvadoran Association of Broadcasters  [ es ] (ASDER). Calleja, Martínez, and Alvarado attended both debates, while Bukele was absent from both. [24] [25]

2019 Salvadoran presidential election debates
DateOrganizers  P  Present    A  Absent  
ARENA FMLN VAMOS GANA Ref.
16 Dec 2018 UES P
Calleja
P
Martínez
P
Alvarado
A
Bukele
[24]
13 Jan 2019ASDERP
Calleja
P
Martínez
P
Alvarado
A
Bukele
[25]

Opinion polls

Opinion polling from July 2018 through January 2019 consistently gave Bukele a lead over Calleja, Martínez, and Alvarado.

Presidential election polls
Polling firmFieldwork dateSample
size
Calleja
(ARENA)
Martínez
(FMLN)
Alvarado
(VAMOS)
Bukele
(GANA)
UndecidedNoneLeadRef.
CONARES17 Jan 20192,01219.013.01.061.03.03.042.0 [26]
CDOP17 Jan 20191,30027.310.51.036.19.615.18.8 [27]
CIOPS/UTEC16 Jan 20192,11324.08.10.640.426.116.4 [28]
UFG15 Jan 20191,53621.88.11.042.618.48.120.8 [29]
CIG-Gallup11 Jan 20191,00023.08.01.042.026.019.0 [30]
Mitofsky8 Jan 20191,00031.011.01.057.026.0 [31]
IUDOP/UCA13 Dec 20181,80619.710.60.844.122.32.524.4 [32]
TResearch11 Dec 20181,00031.010.31.357.426.4 [33]
UES10 Dec 20181,55717.348.730.2648.4325.2431.09 [34]
Fundaungo7 Dec 20181,98521.411.30.642.015.09.720.6 [35]
TResearch5 Dec 20181,00031.310.41.357.025.7 [36]
CIOPS/UTEC5 Dec 20182,13324.510.40.940.512.810.916.0 [37]
La Prensa Gráfica29 Nov 20182,00016.86.90.528.95.741.212.1 [38]
TResearch25 Nov 20181,00031.910.81.455.924.0 [39]
Fundaungo20 Nov 20181,06814.210.21.935.110.028.620.9 [40]
UFG19 Nov 20181,53821.46.41.540.721.28.719.3 [41]
CID-Gallup1 Nov 20181,00028.016.01.044.01.016.0 [42]
TResearch29 Oct 20181,00032.29.00.956.61.324.4 [43]
TResearch24 Oct 20181,00032.19.31.156.51.024.4 [44]
ICP23 Oct 20181,40031.713.60.633.320.81.6 [45]
TResearch15 Oct 20181,00031.89.41.056.11.724.3 [46]
CIOPS/UTEC9 Oct 20182,13321.010.51.048.019.527.0 [47]
CONARES8 Oct 20181,40021.011.01.045.011.011.024.0 [48]
TResearch1 Oct 20181,00032.410.91.154.61.022.2 [49]
CID-Gallup26 Sept 20181,20520.07.01.045.027.025.0 [50]
La Prensa Gráfica31 Aug 20181,52017.68.60.321.937.514.14.3 [51]
UFG28 Aug 20181,29523.010.02.337.726.01.014.7 [52]
TResearch19 Aug 20183,60030.29.71.155.93.125.7 [53]
TResearch31 Jul 20183,60031.79.72.855.824.1 [54]
CID-Gallup30 Jul 201880624.05.00.038.033.014.0 [55]
2014 election 9 Mar 2014N/A49.8950.110.22 [5]

Results

CandidateRunning matePartyVotes%
Nayib Bukele Félix Ulloa Grand Alliance for National Unity 1,434,85653.10
Carlos Calleja Carmen Aída Lazo Nationalist Republican Alliance 857,08431.72
Hugo Martínez Karina Sosa Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front 389,28914.41
Josué AlvaradoRoberto Rivera Vamos 20,7630.77
Total2,701,992100.00
Valid votes2,701,99298.86
Invalid/blank votes31,1861.14
Total votes2,733,178100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,268,41151.88
Source: TSE

By department

Department ARENA FMLN Vamos GANA
Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %
Ahuachapán 50,05136.1028,25720.386600.4759,68943.05
Cabañas 26,32539.618,58612.921990.3031,34647.17
Chalatenango 30,36432.4020,93422.343160.3442,09244.92
Cuscatlán 39,09833.8917,88215.506090.5257,79550.09
La Libertad 117,09237.2533,8239.853,7561.10177,83251.80
La Paz 40,76229.4117,35712.536560.4779,80357.59
La Unión 29,13831.8212,25613.392950.3249,87154.47
Morazán 26,00732.1323,10228.541930.2331,64939.10
San Miguel 43,96024.3637,52920.809060.5098,06454.34
San Salvador 246,79229.9986,65610.539,5821.16479,99158.32
Santa Ana 77,55034.0924,69510.861,8210.80123,41354.25
San Vicente 22,78631.3315,92121.892660.3633,76546.42
Sonsonate 60,79631.6228,59914.871,0950.57101,79452.94
Usulután 35,42226.4733,35024.934060.3064,61948.30
Total857,08431.72389,28914.4120,7630.771,434,85653.10
Source: TSE

See also

Notes

  1. Bukele's electoral campaign with the Grand Alliance for National Unity was supported by Nuevas Ideas.
  2. Calleja's campaign with the Nationalist Republican Alliance was supported by the National Coalition Party (PCN), Christian Democratic Party (PDC), and Salvadoran Democracy (DS).

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