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This article lists
political parties in
El Salvador .
Political culture
El Salvador has a
multi-party system . Two
political parties , the
Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) and the
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), have tended to dominate elections
[1] .[
citation needed ] ARENA candidates won four consecutive presidential elections until the election of
Mauricio Funes of the FMLN in March 2009.
[2]
Geographically,
the departments of the Central region, especially the capital and the coastal regions, known as departamentos rojos, or red departments, are relatively Leftist.[
citation needed ] The departamentos azules, or blue departments in the east, western and highland regions are relatively conservative.[
citation needed ]
In February 2021, El Salvador's
legislative election was an important breakthrough. The new party, founded by President
Nayib Bukele ,
Nuevas Ideas , 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.
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Political parties
Major parties
Minor parties
Christian Force (Fuerza Cristiana , FC)
Citizen Power (Poder Ciudadano , PC)
Communist Party of El Salvador (Partido Comunista de El Salvador , PCES)
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 (Partido Republicano de Union Nacional , PRUN)
Republican People's Party (Partido Popular Republicano , PPR)
Salvadoran Democracy (Democracia Salvadoreña , DS)
Salvadoran Independent Party (Partido Independiente Salvadoreño , PAIS)
Salvadoran Patriotic Fraternity (Fraternidad Patriota Salvadoreña FPS)
Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Demócrata , PSD)
Solidary Force (Fuerza Solidaria , FS)
United Democratic Centre (Centro Democrático Unido , CDU)
Unity Movement (Unidad Movimiento , UNIDAD)
Defunct
Authentic Constitutional Party (Partido Constitucional Auténtico , PCA)
Authentic Democratic Christian Movement (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 (Unión Nacional Opuesto , UNO)
National Pro Patria Party (Partido Nacional Pro Patria , PNPP)
National Republican Party (Partido Republicano Nacional , PRN)
Party of the United People and the New Deal (Partido de Pueblo Unido y el Nuevo Acuerdo , PPUNA)
Popular Orientation Party (Partido de Orientación Popular , POP)
Progressive Fraternal Party (Partido Fraternal Progresista , PFP)
Renewal Movement (Movimiento Renovador , MR)
Renovated Action Party (Partido de Acción Renovado , PAR)
Renovating Action Party (Partido de Acción Renovando , PAR)
Republican Social Front (Frente Social Republicana , FSR)
Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification (Partido Revolucionario de Unificación Democrática , PRUD)
Salvadoran Authentic Institutional Party (Partido Institucional Auténtico Salvadoreño , PIAS)
Salvadoran People's Party (Partido del Pueblo Salvadoreño , PPS)
Social Christian Union (Union Social Cristiana , UCS)
Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Demócrata , PSD)
Social Democratic Unification Party (Partido de Unificación Democrático Social , PUDS)
Stable Republican Centrist Movement (Movimiento Centrista Republicana Estable , MCRE)
United Independent Democratic Front (Frente Democrática Independiente Unida , FDIR)
Zaratista Party (Partido Zaratista , PZ)
See also
References