List of political parties in El Salvador
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This article lists political parties in El Salvador.
Political culture
El Salvador has a multi-party system. Two political parties, the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), had traditionally dominated politics.[1] ARENA candidates won four consecutive presidential elections until the election of Mauricio Funes of the FMLN in March 2009.[2]
Geographically, the departments of the Central region, especially the capital and the coastal regions, known as departamentos rojos, or red departments, are relatively Leftist.[citation needed] The departamentos azules, or blue departments in the east, western and highland regions are relatively conservative.[citation needed]
In February 2021, El Salvador's legislative election was an important breakthrough. The new party, founded by President Nayib Bukele, Nuevas Ideas, won around two-thirds of votes with its allies (GANA-New Ideas). His party won supermajority 56 seats in the 84-seat parliament. Bukele became the country’s most powerful leader in three decades.[3]
Political parties
Major parties
Logo | Name | Abbr. | Leader | Ideology | Legislative Assembly | Mayors | Central American Parliament | Political position | |
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Christian Democratic Party Partido Demócrata Cristiano | PDC | Reinaldo Carballo | Christian democracy | 1 / 60 | 4 / 44 | 1 / 20 | Center[citation needed] | ||
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional | FMLN | Óscar Ortiz | Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism | 0 / 60 | 0 / 44 | 2 / 20 | Left-wing | ||
Grand Alliance for National Unity Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional | GANA | Nelson Guardado | Conservative liberalism Economic liberalism Right-wing populism | 0 / 60 | 6 / 44 | 2 / 20 | Center-right | ||
Let's Go Vamos | V | Cesia Rivas | Christian democracy Liberalism Centrism | 1 / 60 | 0 / 44 | 0 / 20 | Center | ||
Nationalist Republican Alliance Alianza Republicana Nacionalista | ARENA | Carlos García Saade | Salvadoran nationalism Conservatism Economic liberalism Anti-communism | 2 / 60 | 1 / 44 | 2 / 20 | Center-right to right-wing | ||
New Ideas Nuevas Ideas | NI | Xavier Zablah Bukele | Populism Bukelism | 54 / 60 | 26 / 44 | 13 / 20 | Big tent | ||
National Coalition Party Partido de Concertación Nacional | PCN | Manuel Rodríguez | Nationalism | 2 / 60 | 3 / 44 | 0 / 20 |
Minor parties
- Christian Force (Fuerza Cristiana, FC)
- Citizen Power (Poder Ciudadano, PC)
- Communist Party of El Salvador (Partido Comunista de El Salvador, PCES)
- Democratic Change (Cambio Democrático, CD)
- National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional, PAN)
- National Liberal Party (Partido Nacional Liberal, PNL)
- Our Time (Nuestro Tiempo, NT)
- Popular Action (Acción Popular, AP)
- Republican Party for National Unity (Partido Republicano de Union Nacional, PRUN)
- Republican People's Party (Partido Popular Republicano, PPR)
- Salvadoran Democracy (Democracia Salvadoreña, DS)
- Salvadoran Independent Party (Partido Independiente Salvadoreño, PAIS)
- Salvadoran Patriotic Fraternity (Fraternidad Patriota Salvadoreña FPS)
- Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Demócrata, PSD)
- Solidary Force (Fuerza Solidaria, FS)
- United Democratic Centre (Centro Democrático Unido, CDU)
- Unity Movement (Unidad Movimiento, UNIDAD)
Defunct
- Authentic Constitutional Party (Partido Constitucional Auténtico, PCA)
- Authentic Democratic Christian Movement (Movimiento Cristiano Democrático Auténtico, MCDA)
- Constitutional Party (Partido Constitucional, PC)
- Democratic Action (Acción Democrático, AD)
- Democratic Convergence (Convergencia Democrática, CD)
- Democratic Republican League (Lega Republicana Democrática, LRD)
- Democratic Union Party (Partido de Unión Democrático, PUD)
- Labor Party (Partido Laborista, PL)
- Movement of National Solidarity (Movimiento de Solidaridad Nacional, MSN)
- Movement of Unity (Movimiento de Unidad, MU)
- National Democratic Party (Partido Democrático Nacional, PDN)
- National Development Party, (Partido de Desarrollo Nacional, PDN)
- National Opposing Union (Unión Nacional Opuesto, UNO)
- National Pro Patria Party (Partido Nacional Pro Patria, PNPP)
- National Republican Party (Partido Republicano Nacional, PRN)
- Party of the United People and the New Deal (Partido de Pueblo Unido y el Nuevo Acuerdo, PPUNA)
- Popular Orientation Party (Partido de Orientación Popular, POP)
- Progressive Fraternal Party (Partido Fraternal Progresista, PFP)
- Renewal Movement (Movimiento Renovador, MR)
- Renovated Action Party (Partido de Acción Renovado, PAR)
- Renovating Action Party (Partido de Acción Renovando, PAR)
- Republican Social Front (Frente Social Republicana, FSR)
- Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification (Partido Revolucionario de Unificación Democrática, PRUD)
- Salvadoran Authentic Institutional Party (Partido Institucional Auténtico Salvadoreño, PIAS)
- Salvadoran People's Party (Partido del Pueblo Salvadoreño, PPS)
- Social Christian Union (Union Social Cristiana, UCS)
- Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Demócrata, PSD)
- Social Democratic Unification Party (Partido de Unificación Democrático Social, PUDS)
- Stable Republican Centrist Movement (Movimiento Centrista Republicana Estable, MCRE)
- United Independent Democratic Front (Frente Democrática Independiente Unida, FDIR)
- Zaratista Party (Partido Zaratista, PZ)