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This article lists political parties in El Salvador.
El Salvador has a multi-party system. Two political parties, the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), had traditionally dominated politics. [1] ARENA candidates won four consecutive presidential elections until the election of Mauricio Funes of the FMLN in March 2009. [2]
Geographically, the departments of the Central region, especially the capital and the coastal regions, known as departamentos rojos, or red departments, are relatively Leftist.[ citation needed ] The departamentos azules, or blue departments in the east, western and highland regions are relatively conservative.[ citation needed ]
In February 2021, El Salvador's legislative election was an important breakthrough. The new party, founded by President Nayib Bukele, Nuevas Ideas, won around two-thirds of votes with its allies (GANA-New Ideas). His party won supermajority 56 seats in the 84-seat parliament. Bukele became the country’s most powerful leader in three decades. [3]
The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is a Salvadoran political party and former guerrilla rebel group.
Coordinadora Revolucionaria de Masas was a coordination of revolutionary mass organizations in El Salvador formed on January 11, 1980.
Frente Democrático Salvadoreño (FDS) was a broad front of democratic organizations that was formed in El Salvador in March, 1980. It consisted of, amongst others, Movimiento Independiente de Profesionales y Técnicos de El Salvador (MIPTES), Movimiento Popular Social Cristiano (MPSC), Movimiento Nacional Revolucionario (MNR), Trade Union federations, small business owners and a minor sector of dissident militaries. Amongst the militaries that joined FDS was the Colonel Ernesto Claramont, who had been the presidential candidate of National Opposing Union in 1977.
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Rubén Ignacio Zamora Rivas is a Salvadoran politician.
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