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political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or pol ...

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 ...

Political culture

El Salvador has a

multi-party system In political science, a multi-party system is a political system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national elections, and all have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in coal ...

. Two

, the

Nationalist Republican Alliance The Nationalist Republican Alliance ( es, Alianza Republicana Nacionalista, ARENA) is a conservative, right-wing political party of El Salvador. It was founded on 30 September 1981 by retired Salvadoran Army Major Roberto D'Aubuisson. It defines ...

(ARENA) and the

Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, FMLN) is a left-wing political party in El Salvador. The FMLN was formed as an umbrella group on 10 October 1980, from five leftist gu ...

(FMLN), have tended to dominate elections. ARENA candidates won four consecutive presidential elections until the election of

Mauricio Funes Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena (born 18 October 1959) is a Salvadoran politician and former journalist who served as President of El Salvador from 2009 to 2014. Funes won the 2009 Salvadoran presidential election, 2009 presidential election as ...

of the FMLN in March 2009. Geographically, the departments of the Central region, especially the capital and the coastal regions, known as departamentos rojos, or red departments, are relatively Leftist. The departamentos azules, or blue departments in the east, western and highland regions are relatively conservative. In February 2021, El Salvador's

legislative election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

was an important breakthrough. The new party, founded by 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 ...

Nuevas Ideas Nuevas Ideas (Spanish for ''New Ideas'') is a Salvadoran populist political party founded on 25 October 2017 and based in San Salvador. It was founded by the current President of the Republic of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele. It was legalized by the ...

, won around two-thirds of votes with its allies (GANA-New Ideas). His party won supermajority 56 seats in the 84-seat parliament. Bukele became the country’s most powerful leader in three decades.

Political parties

Major parties

Minor parties

Christian Force Christian Force () is a political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and partie ...

(''Fuerza Cristiana'', FC) * Democratic Change (''Cambio Democrático'', CD) * National Action Party (''Partido Acción Nacional'', PAN) * National Liberal Party (''Partido Nacional Liberal'', PNL) * Popular Action (''Acción Popular'', AP) *

Republican Party for National Unity Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

(''Partido Republicano de Union Nacional'', PRUN) *

Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party ...

(''Partido Popular Republicano'', PPR) *

Salvadoran Democracy Salvadoran Democracy ( es, Democracia Salvadoreña, abbreviated DS) is a Salvadoran political party. History Salvadoran Democracy was registered with the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) on 13 September 2013, making it eligible to participate ...

(''Democracia Salvadoreña'', DS) * Salvadoran Independent Party (''Partido Independiente Salvadoreño'', PAIS) *

Salvadoran Patriotic Fraternity The Salvadoran Patriotic Fraternity ( es, Fraternidad Patriota Salvadoreña, abbreviated FPS) is a Salvadoran political party. Its leader is Óscar Morales Lemus. Electoral history Presidential elections Legislative Assembly elections ...

(''Fraternidad Patriota Salvadoreña'' FPS) *

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

(''Partido Social Demócrata'', PSD) *

United Democratic Centre United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...

(''Centro Democrático Unido'', CDU) *

Unity Movement The Unity Movement (in Spanish language, Spanish: Movimiento Unidad, UNIDAD) was a Electoral alliance, political party coalition in El Salvador. The coalition was formed in 2013 by Antonio Saca, Former President Antonio Saca. The political parties ...

(''Unidad Movimiento'', UNIDAD)

Defunct

* Authentic Constitutional Party (''Partido Constitucional Auténtico'', PCA) *

Authentic Democratic Christian Movement Authenticity or authentic may refer to: * Authentication, the act of confirming the truth of an attribute Arts and entertainment * Authenticity in art, ways in which a work of art or an artistic performance may be considered authentic Music * A ...

(''Movimiento Cristiano Democrático Auténtico'', MCDA) * Constitutional Party (''Partido Constitucional'', PC) * Democratic Action (''Acción Democrático'', AD) * Democratic Convergence (''Convergencia Democrática'', CD) * Democratic Republican League (''Lega Republicana Democrática'', LRD) * Democratic Union Party (''Partido de Unión Democrático'', PUD) * Labor Party (''Partido Laborista'', PL) * Movement of National Solidarity (''Movimiento de Solidaridad Nacional'', MSN) * Movement of Unity (''Movimiento de Unidad'', MU) * National Democratic Party (''Partido Democrático Nacional'', PDN) * National Development Party, (''Partido de Desarrollo Nacional'', PDN) *

National Opposing Union The National Opposing Union ( es, Unión Nacional Opositora, abbreviated as UNO) was a Salvadoran political coalition which existed from 1972 to 1979. The coalition was composed of the Christian Democratic Party, the National Revolutionary Mov ...

(''Unión Nacional Opuesto'', UNO) *

National Pro Patria Party The National Party of the Fatherland ( es, Partido Nacional "Pro-Patria"), usually translated as the National Pro Patria Party or simply the Pro Patria Party, was a far-right political party which was the sole-legal political party in El Salva ...

(''Partido Nacional Pro Patria'', PNPP) *

National Republican Party The National Republican Party, also known as the Anti-Jacksonian Party or simply Republicans, was a political party in the United States that evolved from a conservative-leaning faction of the Democratic-Republican Party that supported John Qu ...

(''Partido Republicano Nacional'', PRN) *

Party of the United People and the New Deal A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will often feature ...

(''Partido de Pueblo Unido y el Nuevo Acuerdo'', PPUNA) * Popular Orientation Party (''Partido de Orientación Popular'', POP) *

Progressive Fraternal Party Progressive may refer to: Politics * Progressivism, a political philosophy in support of social reform ** Progressivism in the United States, the political philosophy in the American context * Progressive realism, an American foreign policy pa ...

(''Partido Fraternal Progresista'', PFP) *

Renewal Movement The Renewal Movement () was a political party in El Salvador. The Renovadores started as an organized internal tendency within the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Farabund ...

(''Movimiento Renovador'', MR) *

Renovated Action Party Renovation (also called remodeling) is the process of improving broken, damaged, or outdated structures. Renovations are typically done on either commercial or residential buildings. Additionally, renovation can refer to making something new, ...

(''Partido de Acción Renovado'', PAR) *

Renovating Action Party Renovation (also called remodeling) is the process of improving broken, damaged, or outdated structures. Renovations are typically done on either commercial or residential buildings. Additionally, renovation can refer to making something new, ...

(''Partido de Acción Renovando'', PAR) *

Republican Social Front Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

(''Frente Social Republicana'', FSR) *

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 ...

(''Partido Revolucionario de Unificación Democrática'', PRUD) *

Salvadoran Authentic Institutional Party Salvadorans (Spanish: ''Salvadoreños''), also known as Salvadorians (alternate spelling: Salvadoreans), are citizens of El Salvador, a country in Central America. Most Salvadorans live in El Salvador, although there is also a significant Salvado ...

(''Partido Institucional Auténtico Salvadoreño'', PIAS) *

Salvadoran People's Party Salvadorans (Spanish: ''Salvadoreños''), also known as Salvadorians (alternate spelling: Salvadoreans), are citizens of El Salvador, a country in Central America. Most Salvadorans live in El Salvador, although there is also a significant Salvado ...

(''Partido del Pueblo Salvadoreño'', PPS) * Social Christian Union (''Union Social Cristiana'', UCS) *

(''Partido Social Demócrata'', PSD) *

Social Democratic Unification Party Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not. Etymology The word "social" derives from ...

(''Partido de Unificación Democrático Social'', PUDS) *

Stable Republican Centrist Movement A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept. It most commonly means a building that is divided into separate stalls for individual animals and livestock. There are many different types of stables in use today; the ...

(''Movimiento Centrista Republicana Estable'', MCRE) * United Independent Democratic Front (''Frente Democrática Independiente Unida'', FDIR) * Zaratista Party (''Partido Zaratista'', PZ)

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