2009 Salvadoran legislative election
A parliamentary election was held in El Salvador on 18 January 2009.[2] 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).[3] 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.[4] 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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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.[5]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
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Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional) | 943,936 | 42.60% | 35 | +3 | ||
Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista) | 854,166 | 38.55% | 32 | –2 | ||
National Conciliation Party (Partido de Conciliación Nacional) | 194,751 | 8.79% | 11 | +1 | ||
Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano) | 146,904 | 6.63% | 5 | –1 | ||
Democratic Change (Cambio Democrático) | 46,971 | 2.12% | 1 | –1 | ||
Revolutionary Democratic Front (Frente Democrático Revolucionario) | 21,154 | 0.95% | 0 | — | ||
PDC–FDR | 7,707 | 0.35% | 0 | — | ||
Totals | 2,215,589 | 100.00% | 84 | — | ||
Source: Tribunal Supremo Electoral, |
References
- Luis Eliezer Garcia. "Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de El Salvador » Autoridades » Titulares". Rree.gob.sv. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
- "Smaller Lead for Ruling ARENA in El Salvador". Angus Reid Global Monitor. 2007-11-19. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- Renderos, Alex & Wilkinson, Tracy (2009-01-19). "Leftists favored in Salvador elections". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- Pastrán, Rosa María (2009-01-20). "FDR acepta su desaparición del mapa político". elsalvador.com. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- Soleil, Alexandria & Von Vogt, Maggie (2009-01-29). "El Salvador: Legislative and Municipal Elections Conducted with Flaws". The Narcosphere. Retrieved 2009-01-27.