Legislative_Assembly_of_El_Salvador
Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
Government body of El Salvador
The Legislative Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Legislativa) is the legislative branch of the government of El Salvador.
Legislative Assembly of the Republic of El Salvador Asamblea Legislativa de la República de El Salvador | |
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| Type | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 1824[1] |
| Leadership | |
First Vice President | |
Second Vice President | Rodrigo Ayala (Nuevas Ideas) since 1 May 2021 |
Third Vice President | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 60 deputies |
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Political groups | Government: (57)
Opposition: (3) |
| Elections | |
Last election | 4 February 2024 |
Next election | 2027 |
| Motto | |
| Puesta Nuestra Fe En Dios (English: We Put Our Faith In God) | |
| Meeting place | |
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| Blue Hall, San Salvador | |
| Website | |
| www | |
The organization was founded in 1824 as the Central American Congress (Spanish: Congreso Federal Centroamericano).[1]
The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. It is made up of 84 deputies, all of whom are elected by direct popular vote according to open-list proportional representation to serve three-year terms and are eligible for immediate re-election. Of these, 64 are elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies, corresponding to the country's 14 departments, which return between 3 and 16 deputies each. The remaining 20 deputies are selected on the basis of a single national constituency.
To be eligible for election to the Assembly, candidates must be (Art. 126, Constitution):
- over 25;
- Salvadoran citizens by birth, born of at least one parent to be a Salvadoran citizen;
- of recognised honesty and education, and
- have not had the privilege of one's rights as a citizen cancelled in the previous five years.
On 1 June 2023, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele issued a proposal to the Legislative Assembly to reduce the number of its seats from 84 to 60.[2] The proposal was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 7 June 2023 and it will go into effect on 1 May 2024.[3]
| Party / Group | Ideology | Position | Deputies | ||
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| Nuevas Ideas (NI) | Bukelism | Big tent | 56 | ||
| Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) | Conservatism Nationalism |
Center-right to right-wing | 11 | ||
| Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA) | Conservative liberalism | Center-right | 5 | ||
| Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) | Democratic socialism | Left-wing to far-left | 4 | ||
| National Coalition Party (PCN) | Conservatism Nationalism |
Center-right | 2 | ||
| Nuestro Tiempo (NT) | Social liberalism | Center to center-left | 1 | ||
| Vamos (V) | Liberalism | Center | 1 | ||
| Christian Democratic Party (PDC) | Christian democracy | Center to center-left | 1 | ||
| Independent | 3 | ||||
| Source: Salvadoran Legislative Assembly | |||||
| Office | Holder | Political affiliation | Department | Term | |
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| President | Ernesto Castro | Nuevas Ideas | San Salvador | 2021–2024 | |
| First Vice President | Suecy Callejas | Nuevas Ideas | San Salvador | 2021–2024 | |
| Second Vice President | Rodrigo Ayala | Nuevas Ideas | San Salvador | 2021–2024 | |
| Third Vice President | Guillermo Gallegos | Grand Alliance for National Unity | San Salvador | 2021–2024 | |
| First Secretary | Elisa Rosales | Nuevas Ideas | San Salvador | 2021–2024 | |
| Second Secretary | Numan Salgado | Grand Alliance for National Unity | San Miguel | 2021–2024 | |
| Third Secretary | Serafín Orantes | National Coalition Party | Ahuachapán | 2021–2022 | |
| Reynaldo Cardoza | National Coalition Party | Chalatenango | 2022–2024 | ||
| Fourth Secretary | Reinaldo Carballo | Christian Democratic Party | San Miguel | 2021–2024 | |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Nuevas Ideas | 2,200,332 | 70.56 | 54 | –2 | |
| Nationalist Republican Alliance | 227,357 | 7.29 | 2 | –12 | |
| Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front | 195,920 | 6.28 | 0 | –4 | |
| National Coalition Party | 101,641 | 3.26 | 2 | – | |
| Grand Alliance for National Unity | 99,344 | 3.19 | 0 | –5 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 93,108 | 2.99 | 1 | – | |
| Vamos | 91,675 | 2.94 | 1 | – | |
| Solidary Force | 51,021 | 1.64 | 0 | New | |
| Nuestro Tiempo | 41,060 | 1.32 | 0 | –1 | |
| Democratic Change | 12,165 | 0.39 | 0 | – | |
| PDC–PCN | 4,913 | 0.16 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 3,118,536 | 100.00 | 60 | –24 | |
| Valid votes | 3,118,536 | 96.46 | |||
| Invalid votes | 74,146 | 2.29 | |||
| Blank votes | 40,208 | 1.24 | |||
| Total votes | 3,232,890 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,214,399 | 52.02 | |||
| Source: TSE | |||||
El Salvador also returns 20 deputies to the supranational Central American Parliament, also elected according to open-list proportional representation from a single national constituency.
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Key to parties Authentic Democratic Christian Movement
Democratic Action
Democratic Convergence
Liberal Democratic Party
Movement of Unity
National Revolutionary Movement
Nationalist Democratic Union
Renovating Action Party
Salvadoran Authentic Institutional Party
Salvadoran Popular Party
Social Christian Renewal Party
United Independent Democratic Front
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- "Breve historia de la Asamblea Legislativa de la República de El Salvador" (PDF). Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- Velásquez, Eugenia (1 June 2023). "En Vivo: En su Discurso del Cuarto Año de Gobierno Bukele Presenta Propuesta para Reducir de 262 a 44 Municipios y Diputados a 60" [Live: In His Speech of Four Years of Government Bukele Presents Proposal to Reduce from 262 to 44 Municipalities and Deputies to 60]. El Salvador.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- Renteria, Nelson; Madry, Kylie (7 June 2023). Berkrot, Bill (ed.). "El Salvador Slashes Size of Congress Ahead of Elections". Reuters. San Salvador, El Salvador. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- Official website (in Spanish)