List of political parties in El Salvador
This article lists political parties in El Salvador.
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El Salvador has a multi-party system. Two political parties, the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), have tended to dominate elections. ARENA candidates won four consecutive presidential elections until the election of Mauricio Funes of the FMLN in March 2009.
Geographically, the departments of the Central region, especially the capital and the coastal regions, known as departamentos rojos, or red departments, are relatively Leftist. The departamentos azules, or blue departments in the east, western and highland regions are relatively conservative.
Political parties
- Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano, PDC)
- Christian Force (Fuerza Cristiana)
- Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA)
- Nuevas Ideas (Nuevas Ideas)
- National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional, PAN)
- National Liberal Party (Partido Nacional Liberal, PNL)
- Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista, ARENA)
- Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, FMLN)
- Party of National Conciliation (Partido de Conciliación Nacional, PCN)
- Popular Action (Acción Popular, AP)
- Republican People's Party (Partido Popular Republicano, PPR)
- Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Demócrata, PSD)
- United Democratic Centre (Centro Democrático Unido, CDU)
- Unity Movement (Unidad Movimiento, UNIDAD)
- Republican Party for National Unity (Partido Republicano de Union Nacional, PRUN)
- Fraternidad Patriota Salvadoreña (FPS)
Defunct
- Democratic Change (Cambio Democrático, CD) *disputed
- Renewal Movement (Movimiento Renovador)
- National Pro Patria Party (Partido Nacional Pro Patria)
See also
- Luis Eliezer Garcia. "Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de El Salvador » Autoridades » Titulares". Rree.gob.sv. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
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