Democratic Change (El Salvador)

Democratic Change (Spanish: Cambio Democrático) is a center-left political party in El Salvador. It was formed by former members of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), and United Democratic Center (CDU). It is a social Christian and social democratic in ideological orientation, incorporating what the party calls the "democratic left."[2]

Democratic Change
Cambio Democrático
LeaderJavier Milián[1]
Founded2005
HeadquartersSan Salvador
IdeologySocial democracy
Progressivism
Political positionCentre-left
International affiliationCOPPPAL
Colours    Yellow and Blue
Seats in the Legislative Assembly
0 / 60
Mayors
0 / 44
Central American Parliament
0 / 20
Party flag
Website
http://www.cambiodemocratico.com.sv/

In the 12 March 2006 legislative election, the party won 3.1% of the popular vote and 2 out of 84 seats.

At the January 18, 2009 legislative elections, Democratic Change won 2.1% of the vote and 1 seat.

The party was controversially dissolved by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) in July 2018 for failing to meet minimum seat and vote requirements in the 2015 Salvadoran legislative election, despite meeting those requirements in the following 2018 election.[3] As of October 2019, the party has acquired the necessary signatures to be reregistered, and has begun the process with the TSE.[4]

As Democratic Change failed to receive more than 50,000 votes in the 2024 election, the TSE began the process to deregister the party on 11 April 2024.[5]

Electoral history

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Presidential elections

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Election Candidate First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
2009 Did not run
2014 Did not run
2019 Did not run
2024 Supported Nayib Bukele (NI)[6] 2,701,725
84.65%
Won  Y

Legislative Assembly elections

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Election Votes % Position Seats +/– Status in legislature Ref.
2006 61,022 3.05%   5th
2 / 84
  2 Opposition
2009 46,971 2.12%   5th
1 / 84
  1 Opposition
2012 47,747 2.12%   6th
1 / 84
  0 Opposition
2015 36,796 1.62%   7th
0 / 84
  1 Extra-parliamentary
2018 19,869 0.94%   10th
1 / 84
  1 Opposition
2021 14,768 0.56%   9th
0 / 84
  1 Extra-parliamentary
2024 12,165 0.39   10th
0 / 60
  0 Extra-parliamentary

References

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  1. ^ "Partidos Políticos" [Political Parties]. Supreme Electoral Court (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Cambio Democrático de El Salvador". Archived from the original on 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
  3. ^ "El Salvador: Nayib Bukele se une a GANA tras cancelación de Cambio Democrático". Telemundo (in Spanish). 28 July 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Cambio Democrático entrega 70 mil firmas al TSE para ser inscrito como partido político". La Página (in Spanish). 24 October 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  5. ^ Villarroel, Gabriela (11 April 2024). "Tribunal Iniciará Cancelación de Nuestro Tiempo y Cambio Democrático" [Court Will Initiate the Cancelation of Nuestro Tiempo and Democratic Change]. La Prensa Gráfica. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  6. ^ ""Como Partido Cambio Democrático Apoyamos la Reelección del Presidente, Nayib Bukele"" ["As the Democratic Change Party We Support the Re-Election of President Nayib Bukele"]. Mágico TV (in Spanish). 9 November 2023. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
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