List of political parties in El Salvador

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This article lists political parties in El Salvador.

Political culture[edit]

El Salvador has a multi-party system. Two political parties, the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), have tended to dominate elections[1].[citation needed] 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[edit]

Major parties[edit]

Logo Name Abbr. Leader Ideology Legislative Assembly Mayors Central American Parliament Political position
Christian Democratic Party
Partido Demócrata Cristiano
PDC Rodolfo Parker Christian democracy
1 / 84
3 / 262
0 / 20
Center[citation needed]
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional
FMLN Óscar Ortiz Left-wing nationalism
Left-wing populism
4 / 84
21 / 262
1 / 20
Left-wing
Grand Alliance for National Unity
Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional
GANA Nelson Guardado Conservative liberalism
Economic liberalism
Right-wing populism
4 / 84
26 / 262
2 / 20
Center-right
Let's Go
Vamos
V Josué Alvarado Flores Christian democracy
Liberalism
Centrism
1 / 84
1 / 262
0 / 20
Center
Nationalist Republican Alliance
Alianza Republicana Nacionalista
ARENA Carlos García Saade Salvadoran nationalism
Conservatism
Economic liberalism
Anti-communism
11 / 84
32 / 262
3 / 20
Center-right to right-wing
New Ideas
Nuevas Ideas
NI Xavier Zablah Bukele Populism
Bukelism
56 / 84
152 / 262
14 / 20
Center-right
Our Time
Nuestro Tiempo
NT Andy Failer Progressivism
Humanism
Social liberalism
1 / 84
0 / 262
0 / 20
Center-left to Center
National Coalition Party
Partido de Concertación Nacional
PCN Manuel Rodríguez Nationalism
2 / 84
14 / 262
1 / 20

Minor parties[edit]

Defunct[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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.