2021 Salvadoran legislative election

2021 Salvadoran legislative election
	28 February 2021
	28 February 2021
All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly; 43 seats needed for a majority
Mario Ponce; PCN

Legislative elections will be held in El Salvador in 2021 to elect the 84 members of the Legislative Assembly and 262 mayors.[1]

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.[2]

Parties

Parliamentary parties

Name			Ideology	Leader	2018 result
Name			Ideology	Leader	Votes (%)	Seats
	ARENA	Nationalist Republican	National conservatism	Erick Salguero	41.72%	37 / 84
	FMLN	Farabundo Martí	Socialism	Óscar Ortiz	24.54%	23 / 84
	GANA	Grand Alliance	Social conservatism	Andrés Rovira	11.45%	10 / 84
	PCN	National Coalition	Nationalism	Manuel Rodriguez	10.87%	9 / 84
	PDC	Christian Democratic	Christian democracy	Rodolfo Parker	3.11%	3 / 84

Opinion polls

The following table lists estimates of intention to vote nationwide. Refusals are generally excluded from those of the party's vote, while the wording of the questions and the treatment of the answers "I don't know" and those that do not intend to vote may vary among the voting organizations. When available, seating projections are shown below the percentages in a smaller source.

Pollster	Date	Sample	NI	ARENA	FMLN	GANA	PCN	PDC	CD	Lead
Pollster	Date	Sample								Lead
LPG Datos	21–26 August 2019	1,520	32.4	9.3	5.1	3.1	0.7	0.3	0.5	23.1
2019 presidential election	3 February 2019	2,733,178	—	31.7	14.4	53.1	—	—	—	21.4

2018 legislative election	4 March 2018	2,318,754	—	41.7	24.5	11.4	10.8	5.1	0.94	17.2

Legislative election

← Summary of the 28 February 2020 Legislative Assembly election results
Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)
	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)
	Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA)
	National Coalition Party (PCN)
	Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador) (PDC)
	Democratic Change (CD)
	Nuevas Ideas (NI)					New
	Nuestro Tiempo					New
Blank ballots

Total					84	±0

Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters		6,825,935

Sources

Popular vote

ARENA			0.0%
FMLN			0.0%
GANA			0.0%
PCN			0.0%
PDC			0.0%
NI			0.0%

Seats

ARENA			0.0%
FMLN			0.0%
GANA			0.0%
PCN			0.0%
PDC			0.0%
CD			0.0%
NI			0.0%

By department

Constituency	ARENA		FMLN		GANA		PCN		PDC		CD		NI

	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S	%	S
Ahuachapán
Cabañas
Chalatenango
Cuscatlán
La Libertad
La Paz
La Unión
Morazán
San Miguel
San Salvador
Santa Ana
San Vicente
Sonsonate
Usulután
Total

Sources

Central American Parliament

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats

Parties and coalitions		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)
	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)
	Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA)
	National Coalition Party (PCN)
	Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador) (PDC)
	Democratic Change (CD)
	Nuevas Ideas (NI)					New
	Nuestro Tiempo					New
Blank ballots

Total					20	±0

Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters		6,825,935

Sources

Popular vote

ARENA			0.0%
FMLN			0.0%
GANA			0.0%
PCN			0.0%
PDC			0.0%
NI			0.0%

Seats

ARENA			0.0%
FMLN			0.0%
GANA			0.0%
PCN			0.0%
PDC			0.0%
CD			0.0%
NI			0.0%

Municipal

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Mayor

Parties and coalitions		Votes	%	±pp	Total	+/−
	Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)
	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN)
	Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA)
	National Coalition Party (PCN)
	Christian Democratic Party (El Salvador) (PDC)
	Democratic Change (CD)
	Nuevas Ideas (NI)					New
	Nuestro Tiempo					New
Blank ballots

Total					262	±0

Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast / turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters		6,825,935

Sources

Popular vote

ARENA			0.0%
FMLN			0.0%
GANA			0.0%
PCN			0.0%
PDC			0.0%
NI			0.0%

Departmental Head

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

References

Big Victory Comes With Big Expectations for El Salvador’s Young New President World Politics Review, 11 February 2019
El Salvador Election Passport

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[1] Big Victory Comes With Big Expectations for El Salvador’s Young New President World Politics Review, 11 February 2019

[2] El Salvador Election Passport

Elections in El Salvador
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See also: Elections in the Federal Republic of Central America