The National Action Party () is a

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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 ...

. It first contested national elections in 1956. Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p279 However,

Roberto Edmundo Cannessa The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

, its candidate in the

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was disqualified, whilst in the

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it failed to win a seat, despite being the only party to run against the

Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification The Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification ( es, Partido Revolucionario de Unificación Democrática) was the ruling party in El Salvador during the 1950s and early 1960s. History The party was established 1945 as the official party of the ...

. It did not contest the 1958 elections, but returned in 1960, again failing to win a seat against the PRUN. It also failed to win a seat in the Constitutional Assembly elections in 1961. The party did not contest another election until 2000, when it won two seats in the

that year. However, it lost them both in the 2003 elections.

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