Salvadoran legislative and local elections, 2012

Salvadoran legislative election, 2012

← 2009 11 March 2012 2015 →
All 84 seats to the Legislative Assembly 43 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alfredo Cristiani Medardo González Andres Rovira Party ARENA FMLN GANA Last election 39.8%, 33 seats 36.7%, 31 seats New party Seats before 18 35 16 Seats won 33 31 11 Seat change 1 4 11

Summary of the 2015 Salvadoran Legislative Assembly election results

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Party Leader % Seats ± ARENA Jorge Velado 38.90% 32 -1 FMLN Medardo González 37.23% 31 0 GANA José Andres Rovira 9.22% 11 0 PCN Manuel Rodríguez 6.77% 4 -3 ARENA–PCN – 1.66% 3 PDC 2.48% 1 0 PCN–PDC – 0.28% 1 PCN–DS – 0.16% 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Legislative and local elections were held in El Salvador on 11 March 2012 to choose 84 members of the legislative assembly and 262 mayors. The election was carried out by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. The opposition Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) narrowly defeated the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) and its ally Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA).

Following the 2009 presidential election, the first ever president from the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), Mauricio Funes, was elected following the end of the Salvadoran civil war.

This election was seen as a test of Funes' government since it was the first election since he came to power. Prior to the election, the FMLN controlled the Legislative Assembly in alliance with Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA), dissidents from the conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA).

In addition to ARENA, FMLN and GANA, six smaller parties fielded candidates. ARENA is led by Alfredo Cristiani, a former president during the civil war; FMLN is led by Medardo González, a former guerrilla chief; and GANA is led by former member of ARENA and president Elías Antonio Saca.

The National Conciliation Party and the Christian Democratic Party were both dissolved by a Supreme Court of Justice verdict in 2011. Technically, they would have been deregistered after their electoral setback in 2004 (less than 3%), but a 2005 decree saved them from being folded and allowed them to carry on. The Supreme Court ruled this decree to be unconstitutional and eventually disbanded the parties. However, both parties continued their political work and registered as the National Coalition and Party of Hope, respectively.