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The Legislative Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Legislativa) is the legislative branch of the government of El Salvador.
History
The organization was founded in 1824 as the Central American Congress (Spanish: Congreso Federal Centroamericano).[1]
Structure
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]
Current standing by party
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 |
Current leadership
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 |
Election results
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 |
Other parliamentary bodies
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.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
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See also
- Politics of El Salvador
- List of legislatures by country
- List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
References
- ^ a b "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.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)