Legislative elections were held in

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on 28 February 2021 to elect the 84 members of the Legislative Assembly, 20 members of the

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and 262 mayors. The result was a

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for

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with pro-Bukele parties winning a supermajority of seats.

Electoral system

The 84 members of the Legislative Assembly are elected by

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from 14 multi-member constituencies based on the departments, with seats allocated using the

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. The 20 members of the

are elected by

in a single nationwide constituency, with seats allocated using the

Parties

Parliamentary parties

Non-parliamentary parties

Retiring deputies

Sixteen incumbent deputies did not run for re-election in 2021. Those incumbents were:

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.

Nationwide polling

Graphical summary

Opinion polling for the 2021 Salvadoran legislative election

Voting intention estimates

Conduct

Controversial discussion between Olivo and Bukele

The Magistrate of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, Julio Olivo Granadino, has declared himself an opponent of the Government of the President,

Nayib Bukele Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez (; born 24 July 1981) is a Salvadoran politician and businessman who is the 43rd president of El Salvador, serving since 1 June 2019. He is the first president since José Napoleón Duarte (1984–1989) not to have ...

. For this new magistracy in the TSE, Olivo was the first candidate of the preselection proposed by the FMLN. His appointment to said institution faced a lawsuit of unconstitutionality, presented by the constitutional lawyer Salvador Enrique Anaya.

New Ideas candidates refused registration

Through its social networks, the New Ideas political party denounced that the Electoral Board (JED) of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) in Cabañas refused to register its candidates so that they could participate in the elections.

Results

Legislative Assembly

Municipalities

Central American Parliament

References

External links

Tribunal Supremo Electoral

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