2009 Salvadoran legislative election

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 18 January 2009.[1] The leftist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) was widely expected to win the most seats for the first time against the nationalist conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA).[2] As a result of the election, the Revolutionary Democratic Front, a left-wing party founded by FMLN dissidents in 2006 with the same name and symbols as the historic FDR from the Salvadoran Civil War, was deregistered as a political party as it failed to gain either a seat or 50,000 votes, as necessary to sustain registration.[3] All parties contested the election in all departments, except for the FDR, which did not contest the election in three departments and stood jointly with the PDC in two others.

2009 Salvadoran legislative election
El Salvador
18 January 2009
All 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly
43 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
FMLN Medardo González 42.60 35 +3
ARENA Rodrigo Ávila 38.55 32 -2
PCN Ciro Cruz Zepeda 8.79 11 +1
PDC Rodolfo Parker 6.94 5 -1
CD Héctor Dada Hirezi 2.12 1 -1
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In San Isidro in Cabañas Department, voting had to be rescheduled to 25 January 2009 after a group of non-natives illegally attempted to vote.[4]

Results
See also: List of members of the IX Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front943,93642.6035+3
Nationalist Republican Alliance854,16638.5532–2
National Conciliation Party194,7518.7911+1
Christian Democratic Party153,6546.945–1
Democratic Change46,9712.121–1
Revolutionary Democratic Front22,1111.000New
Total2,215,589100.00840
Valid votes2,215,58997.84
Invalid/blank votes48,9782.16
Total votes2,264,567100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,226,47953.58
Source: Election Resources

References
  1. "Smaller Lead for Ruling ARENA in El Salvador". Angus Reid Global Monitor. 19 November 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  2. Renderos, Alex & Wilkinson, Tracy (19 January 2009). "Leftists favored in Salvador elections". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  3. Pastrán, Rosa María (20 January 2009). "FDR acepta su desaparición del mapa político". elsalvador.com. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  4. Soleil, Alexandria & Von Vogt, Maggie (29 January 2009). "El Salvador: Legislative and Municipal Elections Conducted with Flaws". The Narcosphere. Retrieved 27 January 2009.


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