List of political parties in El Salvador

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This article lists political parties in El Salvador.

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Political culture

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]

Political parties

Major parties

LogoNameAbbr.LeaderIdeology Legislative Assembly Mayors Central American Parliament Political position
PDC El Salvador logo.svg Christian Democratic Party
Partido Demócrata Cristiano
PDC Rodolfo Parker Christian democracy
1 / 60
4 / 44
1 / 20
Center [ citation needed ]
Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional.svg Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional
FMLN Óscar Ortiz Left-wing nationalism
Left-wing populism
0 / 60
0 / 44
2 / 20
Left-wing
Bandera de GANA.svg Grand Alliance for National Unity
Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional
GANANelson Guardado Conservative liberalism
Economic liberalism
Right-wing populism
0 / 60
6 / 44
2 / 20
Center-right
Bandera VAMOS.png Let's Go
Vamos
VJosué Alvarado Flores Christian democracy
Liberalism
Centrism
1 / 60
0 / 44
0 / 20
Center
Alianza Republicana Nacionalista.svg Nationalist Republican Alliance
Alianza Republicana Nacionalista
ARENACarlos García Saade Salvadoran nationalism
Conservatism
Economic liberalism
Anti-communism
2 / 60
1 / 44
2 / 20
Center-right to right-wing
Bandera Nuevas Ideas.svg New Ideas
Nuevas Ideas
NI Xavier Zablah Bukele Populism
Bukelism
54 / 60
26 / 44
13 / 20
Big tent
National Coalition Party
Partido de Concertación Nacional
PCNManuel Rodríguez Nationalism
2 / 60
3 / 44
0 / 20

Minor parties

Defunct

See also

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References

  1. "BTI 2022 El Salvador Country Report". BTI 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  2. "Leftist leader sworn in as president, reopens ties with Cuba". France 24. 2 June 2009.
  3. "El Salvador: Bukele has become the country's most powerful leader in three decades after his party won a supermajority". Credendo.