Grand Alliance for National Unity

Grand Alliance for National Unity Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional
Abbreviation	GANA
President	Nelson Guardado [1]
Founder	Andrés Rovira
Founded	16 January 2010;15 years ago (2010-01-16)
Registered	19 May 2010;15 years ago (2010-05-19)
Split from	Nationalist Republican Alliance
Headquarters	41 Avenida Sur y Sexta-Décima Calle Poniente, San Salvador, El Salvador
Ideology	Conservative liberalism Populism
Political position	Center-right [2]
PARLACEN group	Center-Democratic Integration
Colours	Orange (until 2018, from 2021) [3]   Turquoise (2018–2021)
Seats in the Legislative Assembly	0 / 60
Mayors	6 / 44
Seats in the PARLACEN	2 / 20
Party flag
Website
gana.org.sv
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The party's flag from 2018 to 2021.

The Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA; Spanish : Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional) is a political party in El Salvador. The party established itself on 16 January 2010 ^[4] and was recognized by the Supreme Electoral Court of El Salvador on 19 May of the same year.

The majority of party members came from the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA). Originally the defection from ARENA included 12 deputies in the Legislative Assembly, but this number has grown to 16. GANA ranks third in seats in the assembly with 11, after the FMLN's 31 and the ARENA's remaining 28. ^[5] There have been accusations of ARENA members being bought or blackmailed by the GANA party in order to secure them in their party. ^{[6] [7] [8]} GANA has also been accused of multiple cases of corruption. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

On 1 June 2019, Nayib Bukele under the banner of the GANA party became the first president of El Salvador since José Napoleón Duarte to come from outside of the two major political parties in El Salvador, the ARENA and FMLN. Bukele is also the first president to be elected while a part of GANA.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	First round		Second round		Result
		Votes	%	Votes	%
2014	Supported Antonio Saca	307,603	11.44%			LostN
2019	Nayib Bukele	1,434,856	53.10%			ElectedY
2024	Supported Nayib Bukele (NI) [12]	2,701,725	84.65%	—		ElectedY

Legislative Assembly elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Position	Seats	+/–	Status in legislature
2012	José Andres Rovira	210,101	9.6%	3rd	11 / 84	11	Opposition
2015		209,897	9.22%	3rd	11 / 84		Opposition
2018		243,268	11.45%	3rd	10 / 84	1	Opposition
2021	Nelson Guardado	132,958	5.33%	4th	5 / 84	5	Government
2024		99,344	3.19	7th	0 / 60	5	Extraparliamentary

Municipal elections

Election	Votes	%	Position	Municipalities	+/–	Ref.
2012	265,358	11.48	3rd	17 / 262	New
2015	244,567	10.34	3rd	19 / 262	2
2018	289,820	12.58	3rd	26 / 262	8
2021	295,091	11.16	3rd	27 / 262	1
2024	216,664	13.41	2nd	6 / 44	21

See also

• List of political parties in El Salvador
• Politics of El Salvador

References

1. https://www.elsalvador.com/eldiariodehoy/nelson-guardado-es-el-nuevo-presidente-de-gana/657907/2019/ Nelson Guardado es el nuevo presidente de GANA
2. "GANA:a la derecha del FMLN, a la izquierda de ARENA", ContraPunto, 5 February 2014, archived from the original on 29 March 2019, retrieved 8 April 2014
3. "GANA Convoca a Elecciones Internas para Elegir Candidatos Hacia el 2024" [GANA Invokes Internal Elections to Elect Candidates for 2024]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
4. "Gana firma acta de constitución como instituto político". El Diario de Hoy. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
5. "Representantes por Grupo Parlamentario". Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
6. "San Sebastián será la capital por un día".
7. "Soto denuncia presiones en interior ARENA".
8. "Diputado Samayoa de ARENA se pasa a GANA". Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
9. "Diario digital de noticias de El Salvador". Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
10. "FMLN y Gana se oponen a que Ley contra Lavado de Dinero ejerza mayor control sobre políticos - el Faro". Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
11. "Cambalache electoral entre FMLN y Gana".
12. Crespín, Verónica (27 June 2023). "Gana No Presentará Candidato a Presidente para Apoyar a Bukele" [GANA Will Not Present a Candidate for President to Support Bukele]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2023.

External links

• Website of GANA