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The Legislative Assembly ( es, Asamblea Legislativa) is the
The Salvadoran legislature is a
legislative branch
A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government.
Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as ...
of the government of El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
.
Structure
The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral
Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one.
Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...
body.
It is made up of 84 deputies
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, all of whom are elected by direct popular vote according to open-list proportional representation to serve three-year terms and are eligible for immediate re-election. Of these, 64 are elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies
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, corresponding to the country's 14 departments, which return between 3 and 16 deputies each. The remaining 20 deputies are selected on the basis of a single national constituency
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.
To be eligible for election to the Assembly, candidates must be (Art. 126, Constitution):
*over 25;
*Salvadoran citizens by birth, born of at least one parent to be a Salvadorian citizen;
*of recognised honesty and education, and
*have not had the privilege of one's rights as a citizen cancelled in the previous five years.
Current Standing by Party
XIII legislative composition
Election results
Results
Other parliamentary bodies
El Salvador also returns 20 deputies to the supranationalCentral American Parliament
The Central American Parliament ( es, Parlamento Centroamericano), also known as PARLACEN, is the political institution and parliamentary body of the Central American Integration System (SICA). Its headquarters are in Guatemala City.
History
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, also elected according to closed-list proportional representation from a single national constituency.
See also
*Politics of El Salvador
Politics of El Salvador takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of El Salvador is both head of state and head of government, and of an executive power is exercised by the governmen ...
*List of legislatures by country
This is a list of legislatures by country. A "legislature" is the generic name for the national parliaments and congresses that act as a plenary general assembly of representatives and that have the power to legislate. All entities included in ...
*List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
The president of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador is the speaker (politics), presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.
List of presidents of the Legislative Assembly
References
Bibliography
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References
External links
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El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
Politics of El Salvador
Political organizations based in El Salvador
Government of El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
1824 establishments in El Salvador