Presidential elections were held in

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on 3 February 2019, with voters electing a

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and

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for a five-year term. With 90% of the votes counted, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal declared former San Salvador mayor Nayib Bukele of the

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the winner with over 53% of the total vote, avoiding the need for the

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, which had provisionally been scheduled for March. Upon his ascension to the presidency, Bukele became the first President to not be from one of the two major parties (ARENA or the FMLN) since

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left office in 1989.

Presidential Primaries

Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front

Candidates

Nominee

* Hugo Martínez, Foreign Minister of

, former secretary general of the

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and former deputy of the Legislative Assembly.

Eliminated in the primary

*Gerson Martínez, Former deputy of the Legislative Assembly.

Results

Nationalist Republican Alliance

Candidates

Nominee

Carlos Calleja Juan Carlos Calleja Hakker (born 11 February 1976) is a Salvadoran businessman and politician. He is currently vice president of Grupo Calleja, owner of the largest supermarket chain ( Super Selectos) in El Salvador—and former candidate fo ...

, businessman

Eliminated in the primary

Javier Simán Javier Ernesto Simán Dada (born 14 June 1964) is a Salvadoran businessman and politician. He is the current owner of the SIMÁN department store chain. As a member of the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), he was a pre-candi ...

, businessman *

Gustavo López Davidson Gustavo Adolfo López Davidson (1961 – 21 July 2022) was a Salvadoran politician and businessman who served as the leader of the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) from August 2019 to February 2020. Biography Gustavo Adolfo López ...

, businessman

Results

Grand Alliance for National Unity

Candidates

Nominee

* Nayib Bukele, Mayor of

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Withdrawn

*Will Salgado, Former Mayor of San Miguel.

Results

Presidential candidates

Opinion polls

Results

By department

References

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Presidential elections in El Salvador Nayib Bukele

Presidential Primaries

Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in the primary

Results

Nationalist Republican Alliance

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in the primary

Results

Grand Alliance for National Unity

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrawn

Results

Presidential candidates

Opinion polls

Results

By department

See also

References