2009 Salvadoran legislative election
Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 18 January 2009.[1] The leftist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) was widely expected to win the most seats for the first time against the nationalist conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA).[2] As a result of the election, the Revolutionary Democratic Front, a left-wing party founded by FMLN dissidents in 2006 with the same name and symbols as the historic FDR from the Salvadoran Civil War, was deregistered as a political party as it failed to gain either a seat or 50,000 votes, as necessary to sustain registration.[3] All parties contested the election in all departments, except for the FDR, which did not contest the election in three departments and stood jointly with the PDC in two others.
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All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly 43 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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In San Isidro in Cabañas Department, voting had to be rescheduled to 25 January 2009 after a group of non-natives illegally attempted to vote.[4]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front | 943,936 | 42.60 | 35 | +3 | |
| Nationalist Republican Alliance | 854,166 | 38.55 | 32 | –2 | |
| National Conciliation Party | 194,751 | 8.79 | 11 | +1 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 153,654 | 6.94 | 5 | –1 | |
| Democratic Change | 46,971 | 2.12 | 1 | –1 | |
| Revolutionary Democratic Front | 22,111 | 1.00 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 2,215,589 | 100.00 | 84 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,215,589 | 97.84 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 48,978 | 2.16 | |||
| Total votes | 2,264,567 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,226,479 | 53.58 | |||
| Source: Election Resources | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Smaller Lead for Ruling ARENA in El Salvador". Angus Reid Global Monitor. 19 November 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ Renderos, Alex & Wilkinson, Tracy (19 January 2009). "Leftists favored in Salvador elections". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ Pastrán, Rosa María (20 January 2009). "FDR acepta su desaparición del mapa político". elsalvador.com. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
- ^ Soleil, Alexandria & Von Vogt, Maggie (29 January 2009). "El Salvador: Legislative and Municipal Elections Conducted with Flaws". The Narcosphere. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
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