2018 Salvadoran legislative election

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 4 March 2018 to choose 84 members of the Legislative Assembly and 262 mayors. The elections were carried out by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.

2018 Salvadoran legislative election

4 March 2018
All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly 43 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	45.73% ( 2.50pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– ARENA Mauricio Interiano 41.72 35 0 FMLN Medardo González 24.54 18 −13 GANA Andrés Rovira 11.45 10 −1 PCN Manuel Rodriguez 10.87 8 +2 PDC Rodolfo Parker 3.11 2 +1 ARENA–PCN – 1.69 3 0 FMLN–CD – 1.15 3 +3 PDC–PCN – 1.10 1 0 DC Douglas Avilés 0.94 1 +1 FMLN–PSD–CD – 0.59 1 +1 FMLN–PSD – 0.50 1 +1 Independents – 0.68 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency President of the Legislative Assembly before President of the Legislative Assembly after Guillermo Gallegos GANA Norman Quijano ARENA

Electoral system

The 84 members of the Legislative Assembly are elected by open list proportional representation from 14 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with seats allocated using the largest remainder method.

Legislative election

See also: List of members of the XII Legislative Assembly of El Salvador

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Nationalist Republican Alliance	886,365	41.72	35	+3
	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front	521,257	24.54	18	–13
	Grand Alliance for National Unity	243,268	11.45	10	–1
	National Coalition Party	230,862	10.87	9	+3
	Christian Democratic Party	65,994	3.11	2	+1
	ARENA–PCN	35,826	1.69	2	–1
	FMLN–CD	24,405	1.15	3	New
	PDC–PCN	23,455	1.10	1	0
	Salvadoran Patriotic Fraternity	20,026	0.94	0	0
	Democratic Change	19,869	0.94	1	+1
	Social Democratic Party	15,610	0.73	0	0
	FMLN–CD–PSD	12,437	0.59	1	New
	FMLN–PSD	10,609	0.50	1	New
	Independents	14,546	0.68	1	+1
Total		2,124,529	100.00	84	0
Valid votes		2,124,529	89.59
Invalid/blank votes		246,796	10.41
Total votes		2,371,325	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,186,042	45.73
Source: TSE

By department

Department	ARENA		FMLN		GANA		PCN		PDC		FPS		CD		PSD		Ind
	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
Ahuachapán	36.41	2	25.24	1	7.07	0	27.46	1	1.71	0	2.08	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cabañas	39.45	2	16.61	0	20.01	1	23.39	1	-	-	0.53	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chalatenango	29.96	1	25.91	1	12.29	0	30.19	1	0.77	0	0.18	0	0.52	0	0.15	0	-	-
Cuscatlán	37.89	1	27.57	1	2.93	0	30.38	1	-	-	0.81	0	-	-	0.66	0	-	-
La Libertad	53.71	5	25.57	3	10.09	1	6.20	1	2.35	-	0.98	0	-	-	1.05	0	-	-
La Paz	44.15	2	26.87	1	18.23	1	7.56	0	1.66	0	0.43	0	-	-	1.06	0	-	-
La Unión	47.35	2	26.09	1	12.11	0	7.58	0	6.26	0	-	-	-	-	0.58	0	-	-
Morazán	26.61	1	31.60	1	18.25	0	23.52	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
San Miguel	32.33	2	29.02	2	17.90	1	1.15	0	18.04	1	0.56	0	0.72	0	0.25	0	-	-
San Salvador	50.26	12	26.09	6	6.29	2	5.43	1	3.88	1	1.17	0	2.59	1	1.41	0	2.82	1
Santa Ana	38.08	3	19.10	1	13.57	1	16.46	1	9.99	1	1.98	0	0.79	0	0.18	0	-	-
San Vicente	48.62	1	29.54	1	17.95	0	36.56	1	-	-	0.61	0	-	-	0.52	0	-	-
Sonsonate	42.25	2	25.90	2	11.83	1	12.82	1	3.88	0	0.46	0	2.06	0	0.76	0	-	-
Usulután	39.41	2	38.44	2	15.28	1	5.14	0	-	-	1.15	0	-	-	0.56	0	-	-
Total	41.72	38	24.54	23	11.45	10	10.87	9	3.11	3	0.94	0	0.94	1	0.73	0	0.68	1
Source: TSE

Municipal

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Nationalist Republican Alliance	962,807	41.80	140	+11
	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front	672,183	29.18	64	–21
	Grand Alliance for National Unity	289,820	12.58	26	+8
	National Coalition Party	241,850	10.50	25	+5
	Christian Democratic Party	95,068	4.13	5	–2
	Salvadoran Patriotic Fraternity	12,565	0.55	1	+1
	Social Democratic Party	12,556	0.55	1	0
	Democratic Change	11,539	0.50	0	–1
	Salvadoran Progressive Party	3,607	0.16	0	0
	Salvadoran Democracy	1,227	0.05	0	New
Total		2,303,222	100.00	262	0
Valid votes		2,303,222	95.22
Invalid/blank votes		115,495	4.78
Total votes		2,418,717	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		5,186,042	46.64

Departmental capitals

City	Current control		New control
Ahuachapán		National Coalition Party (PCN)		National Coalition Party (PCN)
Sensuntepeque		Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)		Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)
Chalatenango		Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)		Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)
Cojutepeque		Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)		National Coalition Party (PCN)
Santa Tecla		Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)		Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)
Zacatecoluca		Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)		Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)
La Unión		Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)		Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)
San Francisco Gotera		Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA)		Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA)
San Miguel		Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)		Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)
San Salvador		Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)		Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)
Santa Ana		Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)		Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)
San Vicente		Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)		Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)
Sonsonate		Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)		Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)
Usulután		National Coalition Party (PCN)		Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)